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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MalaysiaKuala Lumpur is relaying the "terrorist act" qualification made by the Emirati prosecutor's office, sticking to the investigation facts and noting that the motive remains unknown.
- 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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MalaysiaRelies on the state agency
the terrorist qualification is presented as transmitted by WAM, without an independent second look.
Omission of the motive
the account stops at the qualification and does not propose any hypothesis on the motivations.
- Russia
Reliance on foreign media
information about the suspect's academic background is attributed to a British daily.
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Russia onlyMalaysiathis perspective does not carry this information