Vitaly Kaloev returned to his native North Ossetia yesterday after serving four years in a Swiss prison for the killing of an air traffic controller whose error led to the aircraft collision in which his wife and two children died. His plane, which arrived at the Vladikavkaz airport four hours late, was met by a large crowd of well-wishers. The warm reception clearly took him by surprise. The day before, the pro-Kremlin Nashi movement issued a statement that read in part that “If there were even just a few more like Kaloev, there would be a completely different attitude toward Russia. Throughout the world.” ()
