Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243 was downed on 25 December by a missile from a Pantsir-S1 system brought from Syria to Russia, killing 38 and injuring 29, sources reveal. View on euronews

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin meets Azerbaijan's Ambassador Rakhman Mustafayev in Moscow - Anadolu Ajansı

By Aytan Farhadova On January 27, Azerbaijani Ambassador to Russia Rahman Mustafayev met with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin. While the official statement by Russia’s Foreign Ministry said that

Azerbaijani authorities are continuing their investigation into the Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) passenger plane crash near Aktau, Kazakhstan, on December 25, 2024, according to presidential aide Hikmet Hajiyev,

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I heard a loud explosion, the oxygen masks fell down and the plane shook,” Rinat Assanov told AFP, recalling the moment the Azerbaijan Airlines plane he was on ran into trouble over southern Russia. The plane,

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Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev accused Russia of concealing the true causes of the disaster and demanded that responsibility be acknowledged. In response, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin apologized for the “tragic incident.” Following the incident, Azerbaijan Airlines suspended flights to 10 Russian cities.

Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, and Russia's relevant authorities have gathered evidence, which they will later jointly analyze to identify the responsible parties. Currently, the Russian Investigative Committee and the Prosecutor General's Office are conducting the necessary investigative actions in this direction," he added.

In this regard, bewilderment was expressed regarding a number of recent anti-Russian reports in the Azerbaijani media, as well as the disinformation campaign against the Russian House in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. The absolute groundlessness of the made accusations was noted.

In Davos, President Volodymyr Zelensky discussed the development of bilateral relations with his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev and expressed condolences over the crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines plane and the loss of life.

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