Russian leader Vladimir Putin told his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev on Saturday that Russian air defence was active when an Azerbaijani Airlines plane tried to land in Grozny before it crashed,

Moscow: Days after 38 people died as Azerbaijan Airlines crashed in a horrific incident, Russian President Vladimir Putin has apologies to his Azerbaijan counterpart, confirming that its air defences took the plane down.

It was Christmas Day when a passenger plane crashed in western Kazakhstan, near the city of Aktau. Out of 67 people on board, 38 died and