Azerbaijan released the local bureau chief of Russia’s state-owned news outlet Sputnik following high-level negotiations with Moscow, the Kommersant business newspaperreported on Thursday, citing ...

The pilots then attempted an emergency landing in western Kazakhstan, but the plane crashed near Aktau, across the Caspian Sea. Baku authorities also accused Moscow of denying the distressed aircraft ...

Vladimir Putin confirmed Russia's involvement in the 2024 crash of an Azerbaijani passenger plane, labelling it a tragedy. The December 25 incident in Kazakhstan resulted in 38 fatalities among the 67 ...

President Vladimir Putin said Russia’s air defense were to blame for downing an Azerbaijani jetliner in December that killed 38 people. It was his first admission of responsibility for the crash, ...