Flydubai flight: the UAE calls it a "terrorist act", the co-pilot allegedly attacked the captain with an axe
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RussiaMoscow sees the Flydubai case as a screening failure: a co-pilot previously removed from Oman Air for "radicalism" was able to fly to Israel, and the Russian press is mainly picking up on American and British investigations.
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LatviaRiga is relaying the official Emirati account, presenting it as an attempted act of terrorism in the cockpit, without any local follow-up or analysis of security procedures.
- Russia
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the narrative highlights the hiring of a pilot dismissed for radicalism and the question of how he was able to fly to Israel.
Omission of motives
the article repeats the Emirati criminal qualification without an established motive, which the text itself notes.
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LatviaRelies on a single source
the three articles reuse the same text attributed to the WAM agency and the Emirati prosecutor's office.
- Russia
Reliance on foreign media
information about the suspect's academic background is attributed to a British daily.
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Russia onlyLatviathis perspective does not carry this information