Recent events in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg have caused serious concern in Azerbaijan, political analyst Azer Garayev ...

Azerbaijani police raided the offices of the Kremlin-backed media outlet Sputnik in Baku and detained individuals reportedly ...

Azerbaijan's police have stormed Sputnik's Baku bureau, detaining staff as ties with Moscow sour. The raid follows the deaths ...

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The ceremony of unveiling the monument was attended by relatives of the victims of the tragedy, representatives of the aviation industry and the local community. Those present honored the memory of ...

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The closure of airspace over Iran and Israel has severely impacted air travel through the region, grounding flights and ...

On December 25, an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane crashed in Kazakhstan, killing more than half of the 67 people on board. The flight had been diverted to Aktau in the country’s west for an ...

Later, Russian and Azerbaijani officials suggested the plane had been rerouted due to fog or bad weather in Grozny. Then Russia also said Ukrainian drones targeting the Grozny area were a factor.

Mr Putin did admit that Russian air defences were at work when the passenger plane tried to land in Grozny before crashing, and the Kremlin said Mr Putin apologised to Azerbaijani leader Ilham ...

The plane was diverted from Grozny midflight and crashed near Aktau in southwestern Kazakhstan, about 270 miles across the Caspian Sea. Advertisement.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Saturday that Russia’s air defense systems were active when an Azerbaijan Airlines flight attempted to land in Grozny, Chechnya on Wednesday.