I'm sorry but it would seem Secret Agent agrees with me Code Blue. At the end of the day you are correct slightly. The accident would have been a combination of ATC using terms which had only recently published, and maybe not issuing runway condition correctly. The VD pilots (who may I add are probably some of the most experienced pilots in Russian with most being ex-test pilots for Sukhoi and Antonov) not knowing correctly how to interpret the runway condition. And obviously a recently cleared icy runway.