Russia's leader apologises over the downing of an Azerbaijani plane in Russian airspace - without directly taking blame.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has apologized to his Azerbaijani counterpart for what he called a "tragic incident" following the crash of an Azerbaijani airliner in Kazakhstan that killed 38 people ...
Vladimir Putin says incident occurred in Russian airspace, but does not acknowledge any possible involvement of Russia.
Putin did admit that Russian air defences were at work when the passenger plane tried to land in Grozny before crashing, and ...