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Ukrainian pilot takes parliamentary oath in Russian prison

Ukrainian military pilot Nadezhda Savchenko, who is awaiting trial in Russia on charges of complicity in the death of Russian journalists in Donbas, has taken the parliamentary oath, RIA Novosti reported on Thursday.

12:54 27.11.2014

Russian investigators charge Ukrainian military spotter with murder of journalists

Russia’s Investigative Committee has officially charged Ukrainian army air gunnery spotter, Nadezhda Savchenko, with complicity in Russian journalists murder during military operation in the eastern Ukraine, Committee’s official spokesperson said on Wednesday.

16:11 09.07.2014

South Korean companies appeal ban on flight simulator with Russian software

On June 9, the Intellectual Property Court (IP Court) will hear cassation appeals by South Korean Doosan Infracore and Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) against the ruling of a lower-instance court that banned the use of software developed by the Penza Design Bureau in KT-1 flight simulators used in the training of the South Korean Air Force, a court representative told RAPSI.

15:21 15.05.2014

US military contractor detained in Kyrgyzstan

An employee of the US Air Force was placed in detention for a month by a Kyrgyz court after having allegedly assaulted a desk officer at the local police station, an official spokesperson for the Bishkek police told RIA Novosti on Tuesday.

18:15 11.03.2014

British air force pays out GBP 2,200 over parrot's death - report

The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) paid out GBP 2,200 to a pet owner after the noise from a low-flying Royal Air Force (RAF) plane scared his parrot to death.

11:45 03.06.2013

Ex-Russian general faces trial for $710 mln worth of environmental damage

A former Russian Air Force general faces trial in the Moscow Region for abuse of office which led to over $700 million in damages to the environment.

17:00 30.04.2013

Russian general sentenced, fined $150k for fighter jet crash

Russian Army General Kanamat Botashev was found guilty to causing the crash of a Su-27 fighter jet last year in Karelia region. The Petrozavodsk Military Court handed down a four-year suspended sentence to the general and fined him $158,030.

14:38 24.04.2013

General pleads guilty to causing fighter jet crash in Karelia

Major General Kanamat Botashev, who is being prosecuted for causing a fourth-generation Su-27 fighter to crash last year, has pleaded guilty in court.

13:16 23.04.2013

Dismissal of Swifts ace wing commander was unlawful - lawyer

The Military Prosecutor's Office of the Odintsovo Garrison has established that the dismissal of Swifts wing air force commander Valery Morozov was unlawful, his lawyer Alexander Vysotsky said at a meeting of the Moscow District Military Tribunal on Thursday.

14:04 14.03.2013

Bribery, extortion case launched against ex-Russian Air Force commander

The Odintsovo Garrison Military Tribunal has accepted the launch of criminal proceedings against a former commander of the Swifts aerobatics team.

16:20 15.01.2013

Ace flight group captain accused of attempted bribery

Investigators have charged former Swifts aerobatic group commander Valery Morozov with attempted bribery, the Justice Ministry reports.

15:49 28.11.2012