The Russian president launched a criminal investigation into the disaster, but stopped short of accepting responsibility.

Putin apologized to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev "for the fact that the tragic incident occurred in Russian airspace." ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has apologised for the "tragic incident" which resulted in the crash of an Azerbaijani passenger plane in Russian airspace.

Vladimir Putin admitted Saturday Russian air defence was working when an Azerbaijani Airlines plane tried to land in Grozny ...

Russian president Vladimir Putin has apologised after an Azerbaijani plane crashed in Kazakhstan, killing 38 people. Preliminary findings into the Azerbaijan Airlines disaster have been released, with ...

MOSCOW, December 28. /TASS/. The Russian Investigative Committee’s head office took over the country’s investigation of the plane crash in Kazakhstan, it said in a statement. The investigation into a ...