Putin apologized to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev “for the fact that the tragic incident occurred in Russian airspace.” ...
Vladimir Putin apologised in a telephone conversation with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev for the "tragic incident" ...
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday apologized to his Azerbaijani counterpart for what he called a "tragic incident" ...
Some 38 people were killed in the crash, which saw an Azerbaijani airliner brought down over Kazakhstan on December 25.