Putin apologized to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev "for the fact that the tragic incident occurred in Russian airspace." ...

His statement came amid mounting allegations the plane was shot down by Russian air defenses trying to stop a Ukrainian drone ...

Putin did admit that Russian air defences were at work when the passenger plane tried to land in Grozny before crashing, and ...

An Azerbaijani minister has suggested that an airliner that crashed this week was hit by a weapon, citing expert analysis and survivor testimony indicating that the plane was struck from the outside ...

Russia's leader apologises over the downing of an Azerbaijani plane in Russian airspace - without directly taking blame.