ICAO COUNCIL REJECTION▬►New openness on Aviation Safety?

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TWO REMARKABLE ARTICLES (BELOW) ARE THE AEGIS FOR THIS POST.

First, President of Russia Vladimir Putin’s administration HAS ADMITTED that his domestic regional “poses A REAL THREAT TO HUMAN LIFE.” WOW but there’s more.

Russia’s leader personally ADMITTED that his own defense forces were responsible for mistakenly firing two missiles that “exploded just 33 feet” from the Azerbaijani plane, killing 38 Passengers. The article adds that Russia had repeatedly denied any culpability for its involvement in the face of significant evidence that the Azerbaijani aircraft ‘s fuselage had been hit

The denial/obfuscation approach reflects a broader Kremlin media doctrine: acknowledge incidents only when unavoidable, frame them in technical or geopolitical terms, and resist admitting fault—especially when military assets are involved. Here is a brief set of examples[1] of this policy:

• • • August 23, 2023 – Wagner Group Crash (Embraer Legacy 600)
      • Cause: In-flight breakup; suspected explosion. Western intelligence suggested foul play.
    • August 15, 2019 – Ural Airlines Airbus A321

• • • July 12, 2024 – Gazpromavia Sukhoi Superjet 100
    • September 12, 2023 – Ural Airlines Airbus A320
    • May 5, 2019 – Aeroflot Sukhoi SSJ100
      • Location: Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport
      • Incident: Aircraft caught fire during emergency landing.
      • Fatalities: 41 of 78 onboard.
    • June 27, 2019 – Angara Airlines Antonov An-24

Why did Putin change his approach to aviation accidents?

The 42^nd ICAO Assembly, the members voted against returning (it was expelled from the Council in 2022 based on its attack on the Ukraine) Russia to the prestigious and influential ICAO Council. In support of its candidacy, the Russian Minister of Transport Roman Starovoyt [2]asserted:

“Russia is one of the oldest aviation nations and operates one of the largest fleets in the world. Excluding it from the Council undermines the representativeness and technical balance of ICAO.”

This claim was not well received in Montreal; the negative comments probably upset Moscow;

The rejection was accompanied by a series of pointed criticisms from member states. What was said in opposition to Russia’s competence to sit on this select body,

• • • Sean Duffy, U.S. Transportation Secretary, called Russia:

• • • • “The most aggressive abuser and violator of international agreements and international norms.”
      • He emphasized that allowing Russia back into ICAO would make global airspace “more dangerous, not more safe”[STET].
    • Anna-Kaisa Itkonen, European Commission spokesperson, stated:
      • • “It is unacceptable that a state which endangers the safety and security of air passengers and violates international rules should hold a seat on the organization’s governing body.”
        • The EU cited Russia’s GPS jamming incidents, including one that affected Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s flight near Bulgaria.
    • Finland and Estonia
      • • These Baltic nations publicly accused Russia of repeated GPS interference in their airspace, contributing to ICAO’s condemnation of Russia’s GNSS disruptions.

▬►ICAO Assembly Resolution

• • • The Assembly passed a resolution condemning Russia’s GPS jamming and spoofing activities, labeling them violations of the 1944 Chicago Convention and threats to civil aviation safety.

One of the globe’s leading autocrats is not used to be excluded from a CLUB. Rolling back its opacious press curtain and admitting that Russia has flaws may have been a new media philosophy to gain votes/credibility among ICAO members

 

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Putin admits Russia to blame for Azerbaijan Christmas plane crash that killed 38

Vladimir Putin has finally admitted his military’s role in the Azerbaijani plane crash following accusations from Baku that Moscow tried to ‘hush up’ the tragedy

Putin made the remark as he met with Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev(Image: Getty Images)

Vladimir Putin has admitted Russia was to blame for the crash of a doomed Azerbaijani plane that killed 38 people on Christmas Day – after earlier denials from Moscow.

The Russian president said his country’s air defences were targeting a Ukrainian drone when they mistakenly fired near the Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet. He added that two missiles exploded just 33 feet from the plane, calling it a “technical malfunction”.

PUTIN’S FIRST PUBLIC ADMISSION OF RESPONSIBILITY – made during talks with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev – appeared to be an attempt to calm rising tensions between the neighbouring nations following the tragedy.

Image: AFP via Getty Images

 

The Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet, flying from Baku, crashed near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan on December 25

The jet, flying from Baku, was preparing to land in Grozny, the capital of Russia’s republic of Chechnya, when it crashed near Aktau in Kazakhstan, killing 38 of the 67 people on board on December 25. Putin vowed to punish those responsible and provide compensation during a summit of the former Soviet nations in Tajikistan’s capital, Dushanbe, on Thursday.

“The Russian side will obviously do everything to provide compensation and give legal assessment to all responsible officials’ action,” he said. “Of course, these words related to this tragedy, aimed at supporting – morally supporting – the families do not solve the main problem: We can’t bring back to life those who died as a result of the tragedy.”

 

 

[1] CoPilot AI generated

[2] Andrey Nikitin was appointed as the Acting Minister of Transport in July 2025,