Air traffic controller to remain in pre-trial detention over Total plane crashThe Moscow City Court on Monday upheld the detention of Vnukovo air traffic controller Alexander Kruglov charged in the criminal case over Total CEO Cristophe de Margerie’s death, RAPSI reports from the courtroom.13:38 24.11.2014
Death of Total CEO: new investigation in France underwayParis Prosecutor’s Office has opened a new investigation into the death of Total CEO Cristophe de Margerie, AFP reports on Tuesday.16:33 18.11.2014
Fourth employee of Moscow's Vnukovo airport charged over Total plane crashCharges have been brought against Vnukovo airport flight supervisor Roman Dunaev in the criminal case over Total CEO’s death, Investigative Committee spokesperson Vladimir Markin told journalists on Friday.14:32 31.10.2014
Death of Total CEO: Vnukovo airport engineer chargedInvestigators have brought charges against Vnukovo airport engineer Vladimir Ledenev in the criminal case over Total CEO Cristophe de Margerie’s death, official spokesman for the Investigative Committee told journalists on Friday.12:53 31.10.2014
Death of Total CEO: 23-year-old air traffic control trainee chargedRussia's Investigative Committee announced on Wednesday that charges have been brought against air traffic control trainee Svetlana Krivsun, 23, in the criminal case over Total CEO Cristophe de Margerie’s death.16:03 29.10.2014
Death of Total CEO: Russian investigators warn against baseless allegationsRussia’s Investigative Committee warns mass media against baseless allegations concerning the death of Total CEO Cristophe de Margerie, RIA Novosti reported on Tuesday.12:20 28.10.2014
Death of Total CEO: air traffic controller detainedMoscow's Basmanny District Court has sent in pre-trial detention Alexander Kruglov, air traffic controller of Vnukovo airport, over the plane crash that killed Total CEO Cristophe de Margerie.13:21 24.10.2014
Death of Total CEO: snowplow driver detained, four others arrestedMoscow's Basmanny District Court has sent snowplow driver Vladimir Martynenko, implicated in the Total CEO’s plane crash, in pre-trial detention until December 21.12:15 23.10.2014
Death of Total CEO: experts recover flight dataA commission that is investigating a crash at Moscow’s Vnukovo airport, in which the CEO of the French oil company Total, Christophe de Margerie, died, has started recovering data from the plane’s black box recorders, Sergei Zaiko, deputy head of the Interstate Aviation Committee, said on Wednesday.14:08 22.10.2014
Death of Total CEO: snowplow driver was soberFamily of the snowplow driver Vladimir Martynenko involved in the fatal crash which killed Total CEO Christophe de Margerie claims he was sober, lawyer Alexander Karabanov told RAPSI on Tuesday.14:20 21.10.2014
Death of Total CEO: drunken driving or traffic controller's mistake?Air traffic control error or a mistake made by a drunken snowplow driver may have led to a deadly plane crash that killed CEO of the French oil company Total Christophe de Margerie at Moscow’s Vnukovo airport, Russia's Investigative Committee statement released on Tuesday reads.10:47 21.10.2014
Total SA agrees to pay US $398 million to settle Iranian bribery chargesThe US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced Wednesday that French oil and gas company Total SA had agreed to pay more than $398 million to settle charges filed by the SEC and a parallel criminal matter initiated by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) based on claims that it had made illegal payments to an Iranian official through intermediaries in order to obtain valuable oil and gas concessions.22:33 29.05.2013