Russia has released a propaganda video on pro-Russian Telegram channels depicting a 'Western' Santa Claus being shot down by missiles over Moscow. The video, which comes amid accusations of Russia shooting down an Azerbaijani passenger plane, shows missiles resembling NATO ICBMs and ends with a Russian Santa Claus celebrating the destruction.
Russia has released a chilling propaganda video in which Moscow's defence systems blow up Santa Claus and his reindeer, as the Kremlin remains silent on accusations it killed 38 people after it shot down an Azerbaijan i passenger plane.
It comes just two days after Russia was accused of shooting down an Azerbaijian Airlines plane, killing 38. It crashed on the opposite shore of the Caspian after what Russia's aviation watchdog said was an emergency that may have been caused by a bird strike. As preliminary investigations turned up evidence that Russia may have struck the doomed jet with a surface-to-air missile, focus turns to whether Putin's forces interfered with the flight to cause it to crash in a bid to cover up the mistake.
The plane was refused permission to make an emergency landing in Russia and told instead to cross the Caspian Sea in a major diversion to Kazakhstan. Russia told Kazakhstan the crew had decided to make the perilous journey. 'An investigation into this aviation incident is underway and until the conclusions that will be made as a result of the investigation , we do not consider ourselves entitled to give any assessments,' said Putin's spokesman.Separate investigations by Azeri and Kazakh officials continue to probe the cause, and expect black boxes recovered from the crash site in Aktau will shed light on the tragedy within the next two weeks.
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