In Moscow, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said: "It would be wrong to put forward any ... But some commentators in Azerbaijani media say that Azerbaijan expects Russia to admit shooting down the plane. Several TV channels, which are under strict control ...

The Russian official didn’t comment on statements blaming Wednesday’s Azerbaijan Airlines crash on Russian air defenses responding to a Ukrainian attack.

The Azerbaijan Airlines plane was flying from Baku to Grozny on Christmas Day when it crashed in Kazakhstan, killing 38 people.

A passenger jet that crashed in Kazakhstan on Christmas Day, killing 38 people, was likely shot down by a Russian anti-aircraft missile, according to multiple reports.

Slovakia’s prime minister, Robert Fico arrived in Russia on a “working visit” and met with Putin one-on-one on Sunday evening.

Mobile phone footage circulating online appeared to show the aircraft making a steep descent before smashing into the ground in a fireball. Some of the videos posted on social media showed survivors dragging fellow passengers away from the wreckage.

RUSSIA downed a passenger plane over Kazakhstan on Christmas Day killing 38 in a fireball crash, according to government sources. An initial investigation by the Azerbaijani government reportedly

A senior Russian general was killed in a bomb blast in a residential neighborhood in Moscow, Russian media reported early Tuesday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has held talks in the Kremlin with Slovakia’s prime minister, Robert Fico, in a rare visit to Moscow by an EU leader since Russia’s all-out invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

MOSCOW, December 28. /TASS/. Any country with a neutral stance could serve as a platform for negotiations on the settlement of the Ukrainian conflict, and Slovakia is not the only option, Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Saturday.

The Azerbaijan Airlines passenger aircraft crashed near Kazakhstan's Aktau Airport on Wednesday morning, killing 38 of the 67 people on board, Kazakh officials said.