Jet Crash Fuels Fears of Sabotage

The crash of a passenger jet that killed all nine people aboard, including a top oil executive and a prominent journalist, dominated Russian TV news programs. The coverage included speculation that the crash of the private Yak-40 jet at Moscow’s main airport was a terrorist act. One of the victims, oil executive Ziya Bazhayev of Chechnya, had been pressured by Chechen separatists to help finance their war, and he “was often threatened,” the Federal Security Service told the RTR television network. But officials said no evidence of foul play had surfaced, and RTR cited airport officials as rejecting the possibility of a terrorist act. Moscow journalist Artyom Borovik also was among those aboard the plane, officials said.