RUSSIA ANNOUNCES UKRAINIAN COMPENSATION FOR DOWNING OF AIRLINER

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RUSSIA ANNOUNCES UKRAINIAN COMPENSATION FOR DOWNING OF AIRLINER

Aleksei Sazonov, a counselor at the Russian Embassy in Ukraine, told journalists on 26 February that the family of each person who died when a Russian Tu-154 passenger plane was downed on 4 October 2001 by a Ukrainian S-200 missile over the Black Sea will receive at least $10,000 in compensation from Ukraine (see "RFE/RL Poland, Belarus, and Ukraine Report," 9 and 16 October 2001), RIA-Novosti reported. According to Sazonov, the agreement to this effect was reached last week when Russian Security Council Secretary Vladimir Rushailo met with Ukrainian President Kuchma. JM

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