Azerbaijan President Accuses Russia of Guilt in Deadly Plane Crash
- The President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, criticized Russia over a deadly plane crash, demanding an apology and accountability for the incident that killed 38 people.
- Azerbaijan's preliminary investigation suggested the plane was accidentally hit by a Russian air defense missile during its approach to Grozny.
- Aliyev accused Russia of a cover-up and questioned why the plane was redirected to Aktau instead of being informed of dangers in Russian airspace.
- Russia has opened its own investigation but has not confirmed a connection to Azerbaijan's findings, as the plane's black boxes are analyzed in Brazil.
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After the plane crash, the mood between Azerbaijan and Russia is bad. Putin's previous statement is not enough for Aliyev. On Tuesday, Kazakhstan received the flight recorder data from the plane that crashed near Aktau at the end of December.
Azerbaijan’s leader accuses Russia of passenger jet ‘cover up’ in blistering new attack on neighbor
Azerbaijan’s leader on Monday accused Moscow of carrying out a “cover up” over a passenger jet crash last month that claimed 38 lives, as relations sour between the two neighbors.
Plane crash, Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev: 'We demand justice and punishment of the culprits'
The President of Azerbaijan met the relatives of the victims of the plane crash near Aktau. He told them that he blames the Russian Federation and expects “full transparency” from it
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