Samel plane crash in Aktau – Russian disinformation is defeated – UNIAN

Russia has used disinformation and outright lies to cover up its crimes for decades. The tragedy of Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243 dealt a serious blow to Moscow's propaganda machine.

The Telegraph writes that the cause of the crash and the death of 38 people was a strike from a Russian Pantsir S-1 anti-aircraft missile and the alleged refusal of Russian air traffic controllers to urgently land the plane at an airport in the North Caucasus.

Russia responded to this tragedy with its usual mixture of obfuscation and disinformation. In a telephone conversation with his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev, Vladimir Putin did not apologize for the “tragic incident that occurred in Russian airspace” and did not take responsibility for…