Vladimir Putin has admitted that Russian air defenses ultimately caused last year's downing of an Azerbaijan AirlinesEmbraer E190, killing 38 people. He told Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev in ...

MOSCOW – President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Russia’s air defense were to blame for downing an Azerbaijani jetliner in December that killed 38 people, his first public admission of ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has confirmed that Russian air defenses unwittingly fired upon the Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer 190 that ended up crashing in Kazakhstan on Dec. 25 last year.

MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin has for the first time acknowledged that the crash of an Azerbaijani passenger plane last December was caused by Russian air defense mistakes and promised ...

Russian president Vladimir Putin has acknowledged that the country’s air defence system was responsible for crippling an Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer 190, which subsequently crashed while attempting to ...