Russian state transport agency Rostransnadzor has started checks on budget airlines, TASS news agency reported on Wednesday. Russian investigators are currently examining the flight recorders from a plane operated by Dubai-based budget carrier Flydubai, which crashed in southern...

A Russian court on Tuesday sentenced Ukrainian military pilot Nadiya Savchenko to 22 years behind bars after she was found guilty of involvement in the killing of two journalists in eastern Ukraine. The court found Savchenko "guilty on all counts" and sentenced her to 22 years in...

The Investigative Committee of Russia said on Saturday that it is looking into a pilot error or a technical failure as the most likely causes for the plane crash that killed 62 in southern Russia, Russian news agencies reported. "At present, we are looking into two main...