Russian President Vladimir Putin said Saturday that Russia’s air defense systems were active when an Azerbaijan Airlines ...

Unable to ignore the international outcry over Russia’s shooting down a passenger plane, Putin called his Azerbaijani ...

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin apologized to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev for the "tragic incident" involving the ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin apologized for what he called a “tragic incident” following the crash of an airliner in ...

In a statement the Kremlin said: "Vladimir Putin apologised for the fact that the tragic incident occurred in the Russian airspace, and once again expressed deep and sincere condolences to the ...

The apology was the closest Moscow had come to accepting blame for the disaster, though only noting that a criminal case had ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has apologized to his Azerbaijani counterpart for what he called a “tragic incident” ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has apologized to his Azerbaijani counterpart for what he called a "tragic incident" ...

A Kremlin statement said air defence systems were firing near Grozny on Wednesday, but stopped short of saying one of these ...