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Servicemen sentenced in Moscow for stealing MiG systems

Moscow, Russia - They tried to escape in 2011. Once captured, both asmitted their guilt.

Yuri Shcherabakov and Igor Solokhin, two former servicemen from Rostov-on-Don, Southern Russia, have been sentenced to three years in a penal colony for stealing navigation systems from Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-29 fighter aircraft. The men were caught red-handed at the scene of the crime in 2011. Both tried to escape in a car, but then crashed into a truck on the road. Policemen found three altitude...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1142422
Rome, Italy, 06/20/2012 15:46
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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