MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Russia’s air defense were to blame for downing an Azerbaijani jetliner in December that killed 38 people, his first public admission of ...

Azerbaijan’s president said Russia shot down a passenger airliner, accusing Moscow of trying to cover up the issue for days. Flight J2-8243 crashed on Wednesday in a ball of fire near the city of ...

The Russian accidental downing of an Azerbaijani civilian jetliner just over a year ago is an irritant in bilateral relations that refuses to go away. A Russian decision to drop a criminal ...

(CNN) — Early indications suggest a Russian anti-aircraft system may have downed the passenger jet that crashed in Kazakhstan on Christmas Day, a US official told CNN, as authorities recovered a ...

BERLIN – The leader of Azerbaijan directly blamed Russia on Sunday for the crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet last week, calling on Moscow to accept responsibility and offer compensation to ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has confirmed that Russian air defenses unwittingly fired upon the Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer 190 that ended up crashing in Kazakhstan on Dec. 25 last year.

MOSCOW, December 25. /TASS/. Russia expects Kazakhstan’s commission to complete its investigation into the crash of the Azerbaijani AZAL aircraft in the near future and to resolve all outstanding ...

The vice president’s historic trip illustrates Trump’s transactional diplomacy and willingness to use economic muscle to ...