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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin told Azerbaijan's leader that two Russian missiles had detonated beside an ...

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 ...

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 ...

(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 ...

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.

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

Azerbaijan is one of the world's most repressive countries, with hundreds imprisoned for political reasons.