Russian President Vladimir Putin has apologized to his Azerbaijani counterpart for what he called a “tragic incident” ...

The Kremlin leader "apologized for the fact that the incident happened in Russian airspace" during a call with Azerbaijan's president.

Allegations mounted that Russian air defenses shot down the plane while attempting to deflect a Ukrainian drone strike.

Russian President Vladimir Putin apologised on Saturday over the crash of an Azerbaijani Airlines plane, though he stopped ...

President Vladimir Putin on Saturday apologised to Azerbaijan's leader for what the Kremlin called a "tragic incident" over ...

Azerbaijan's leader Ilham Aliyev told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin that the Azerbaijani Airlines plane that crashed this week was first hit by "external physical and technical interference" ...