The airspace above Grozny, the capital city of the southern Russian republic of Chechnya, was only closed after the plane was ...

THE bizarre fiefdom of Chechnya has long been controlled by warlord ... to his nephew about “clearing the skies” around the city. In a widely condemned move Kadyrov even decided to gift ...

Azerbaijan Airlines flight J2-8243 caught fire as it tried to make an emergency landing in Aktau, southwestern Kazakhstan, on Wednesday. It was traveling from the Azeri capital Baku to Grozny, the ...

The probe into the Azerbaijan Airlines crash in Kazakhstan is examining the conduct of air traffic controllers after the aircraft encountered difficulty, a source said.

Kyiv has not acknowledged strikes this month on the Chechen city of Grozny, where the flight was headed. Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev said according to information he had received ...

Russia's aviation chief said Friday that an Azerbaijani Airlines plane that eventually crashed in Kazakhstan tried to land in the Chechen city of Grozny as it was being attacked by Ukrainian drones.