Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan’s president says crashed jetliner was inadvertently shot down by Russia

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Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev said on Sunday that Russia had inadvertently shot down the Azerbaijani airliner that crashed last week, and criticized Moscow for trying to “suppress” the issue for several days. “We can say with complete clarity that the plane was shot down by Russia. […] We are not saying it was done intentionally, … Read more

Russian aviation chief says Ukrainian drone strike was underway before Azerbaijani plane crash

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Russia’s aviation chief said Friday that a Ukrainian drone strike was underway on the territory of Chechnya after an Azerbaijani plane attempted to land before heading to Kazakhstan and crashing there earlier this week. Dmitry Yadrov, the head of Rosaviatsiya, Russia’s civil aviation authority, did not comment on statements by an Azerbaijani lawmaker and several … Read more