President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia told the Azerbaijani leader, Ilham Aliyev, in a phone call, “that the tragic incident ...

Russia has almost certainly shot down another civilian plane. On Wednesday morning, Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243 crashed ...

Investigations are ongoing, but signs are pointing towards Russian air defence systems downing the plane. Read more at ...

The Kremlin said air defense systems were firing near Grozny on Wednesday due to a Ukrainian drone strike, but stopped short of saying one of these hit the plane.

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

Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Russia all opened investigations into the cause of the crash of Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243.

Survivors of the Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed in Kazakhstan on Christmas Day say they heard at least one loud bang ...

The extremely rare publicised apology from Putin was the closest Moscow had come to accepting some blame for the disaster ...

Both Putin and Aliyev said Saturday that experts from Russia, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan had begun probing the incident, and ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin apologized for the plane crash in Russian air space on Christmas Day that left 38 people ...

Early indications suggest Russian anti-aircraft system may have downed a passenger jet in Kazakhstan, confusing it for a ...