Members of Russia's Communist party are outraged about the group's portrayal in new movie 'Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull' - and are calling for the film to be banned in the country.

FORMER Chechen president Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev, who has been linked to al-Qaida and was accused by Russia of maintaining international terrorist ties, was killed yesterday after his car exploded in the Qatari capital Doha.

Russia's Civil Aviation Authority has confirmed that everyone on board the airliner which crashed in Siberia has been killed.