When we were planning our trip little did we know:
Riots in Instabul over corruption
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26103295
We're due to stay there for 4 days from April 5th.
And then there's this:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26407604
We're due to fly out of Moscow on May 3rd with a transfer at Kiev airport. Assuming it's still there and not a bomb crater.
We're looking at changing the flight to go direct from Moscow to Dubai, although events may mean the airline does that anyway.