Former Russian Officials Cleared Of Hunting Protected Sheep

KOSH-AGASH, Russia — Three former Russian officials who survived a deadly helicopter crash have been acquitted on charges that they were illegally hunting at the time, RFE/RL’s Russian Service reports. Their helicopter crashed in the Altai Republic in southwestern Siberia in January 2009, killing seven of the 11 passengers on board, including Aleksandr Kosopkin, President […]