Russian air force chief offers to step down
The commander of the Russian Air Force yesterday offered to step down, apparently because of criticism in parliament about the Dec. 6 crash of an An-124 cargo plane in Irkutsk which killed dozens. Gen. Pyotr Deinekin asked to be transferred to the reserve, after which his future will be decided by...
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