The Russian leader’s phone call stopped short of acknowledging responsibility for the crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines plane.

Two U.S. military officials told NBC News that they had intelligence indicating that Russians may have misidentified the plane and shot it down.

Vladimir Putin admitted Saturday that Russian air defence was working when an Azerbaijani Airlines plane tried to land in ...

The Kremlin said Putin had "offered his apologies that the tragic incident had occurred in Russia's airspace." ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin apologized to the Azerbaijani leader for what he called a 'tragic incident' involving a ...

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

Russia's leader apologises for the downing of an Azerbaijani plane in Russian airspace - without directly taking blame.

MOSCOW, December 28. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin offered his apologies to his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev that the incident with the AZAL airliner occurred in Russia’s airspace ...

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

Russia's Vladimir Putin on Saturday apologised to Azerbaijan's president for a "tragic incident" which happened in Russian ...