An impressive display of geo-political knowledge, but not really sure if it's relevant.
Pudong west-bound freight normally consists of cell-phones, laptops, name-brand golf clubs, and other items of Chinese manufacture, suitably pseudo-labelled after arrival at destination, thence considered to be of high value by Euro citizens of means and wealth. Marketing geniuses take note.
Central Russian airports, although by no means up to Euro standards, do offer long runways served by precision approaches, very nice hotels full of pretty, healthy and enthusiastic blondes, a refreshing frontier experience by anyone's standards, the layover considered to be quite exciting even by the itinerant freighter pilot's mostly questionable, and very exacting, wisely perceptive of requirements.
The Chinese are highly responsible in most things they do, the ancestors watch with a careful eye apparently; I suspect this accident will reveal a very ordinary technical failure of the aircraft, exacerbated, beyond normal standards of control, by the idiosyncratic nature of the MD-11.
I remain convinced, after more than 6000 hours, that she is a good ship. Effective training is the key to survival here.