"We can clearly say today that the plane was shot down by Russia," President Ilham Aliyev said in a televised statement Issa Tazhenbayev/Anadolu via Getty Azerbaijan has formally blamed Russia for ...

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev accused Russia of executing an "absurd" cover-up after its air defenses allegedly "shot down" a passenger plane last week. Russian President Vladimir Putin ...

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Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on Sunday demanded that Russia admit that it fired at an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet before it crashed, accusing Moscow of initially trying to cover up the ...

Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev has accused Russia of accidentally shooting down an airliner on Christmas Day in a disaster that killed 38 people, and covering up the cause. “We can ...

BAKU, Azerbaijan, December 30. President Ilham Aliyev's interview with Azerbaijan Television regarding the crash of an AZAL plane in Aktau has received widespread international media coverage ...

The Azerbaijan Airlines plane crashed in Kazakhstan killing 38 people. LONDON -- Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said on Sunday that the Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed in Kazakhstan on ...

Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev accused Moscow on Sunday of having tried to hide the cause of a deadly jet crash this week and called for Russia to admit "guilt" in the disaster, saying the plane ...