Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev says the Azerbaijani airliner that crashed last week was shot down by Russia, albeit unintentionally

BAKUAzerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said on Sunday that the passenger plane that crashed in Kazakhstan killing 38 people had been damaged due to shooting from the ground in Russia, Azerbaijan state television reported. Aliyev said he regretted that some circles in Russia had tried to hush up the truth about the crash of the Azerbaijan […]

By The Associated Press Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev said Sunday that the Azerbaijani airliner that crashed last week was shot down by Russia, albeit unintentionally, and criticized Moscow for trying to “hush up” the issue for days. “We can say with complete clarity that the plane was shot down by Russia. (…) We are not […]

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Russian President Vladimir Putin “apologized” on Saturday to Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev after an Azerbaijan Airlines plane crashed in Russian airspace this week, the Kremlin said in a statement. The Kremlin acknowledged what officials had alleged shortly after the flight crashed, that Russia “repeatedly” denied the plane permission to land at Grozny Airport. “A...