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Siberia Airlines Flight 1812
Siberia Airlines Flight 1812 was a commercial flight shot down by the Ukrainian Air Force over the Black Sea on 4 October 2001, en route from Tel Aviv, Israel to Novosibirsk, Russia. The aircraft, a Soviet-made Tupolev Tu-154, carried an estimated 66 passengers and 12 crew members. Most of the passengers were Israelis visiting relatives in Russia. There were no survivors. The crash site is about 190 km west-southwest of the Black Sea resort of Sochi and 140 km north
of the Ukrainian People's Self Defense (UNSO)
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- Siberia Airlines Flight 1812 accident
- Anti-Ukrainian sentiment incident (Bilozir Affair)
- Constitutional Court of Ukraine allowed Leonid Kuchma to run for presidency for the third time, recognized the institution of propiska (inscription) as unconstitutional (long after it was done in the Soviet Union and Russian Federation)
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