"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 ...

Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev has demanded Russia apologize and compensate for the downing of an Azerbaijani plane over Kazakhstan last week, which resulted in many casualties. These ...

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 ...

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has demanded a full admission of responsibility from Russia for causing the recent Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash in Kazakhstan and has called for those ...

Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev said Sunday that the Azerbaijani airliner that crashed last week was shot down by Russia, albeit unintentionally, and criticized Moscow for trying to “hush ...

President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan slammed Putin over the plane crash which killed 38 people after "shooting by Russian air defences". President Aliyev has since accused the Russian leader and ...

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 ...