Azerbaijan: President Ilham Aliyev urges Russia to accept blame for plane crash

Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev has called on Russia to accept blame for a plane crash on Christmas Day that killed 38 people. The plane is thought to have come under…

Russia: Putin apologises for plane crash, without saying Russia at fault

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has apologised to the president of neighbouring Azerbaijan for the downing of a commercial airliner in Russian airspace, in which 38 people were killed – but…

Kazakhstan: Azerbaijan airline blames ‘external interference’ for plane crash

Azerbaijan Airlines says the preliminary results of an investigation into the crash of its plane in Kazakhstan on 25 December have blamed “physical and technical external interference”. Thirty-eight people died…