Russia's leader apologises for the downing of an Azerbaijani plane in Russian airspace - without directly taking blame.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Saturday that Russia’s air defense systems were active when an Azerbaijan Airlines ...

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

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday apologised to President Ilham Aliyev for what he called a “tragic incident” ...

The plane was flying on Wednesday from Azerbaijan's capital of Baku to Grozny, the regional capital of the Russian republic of Chechnya, when it turned toward Kazakhstan and crashed while making an ...