MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Russia’s air defense were to blame for downing an Azerbaijani jetliner in December that killed 38 people, his first public admission of ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin admitted on Thursday that Russia's air defences were responsible for shooting down an Azerbaijani passenger aircraft in December that killed 38 people, in his first ...

MOSCOW -- President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Russia's air defense was to blame for downing an Azerbaijani jetliner in December that killed 38 people, his first public admission of ...

As Russia became the first country to recognise the Taliban as the ruling government of Afghanistan, Moscow's long-standing ties with its traditional allies have been falling apart. Who are Moscow's ...

Russian president Vladimir Putin has acknowledged that the country’s air defence system was responsible for crippling an Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer 190, which subsequently crashed while attempting to ...

Azerbaijan’s purported acquisition of strategic Chinese HQ-9BE surface-to-air missile systems will undoubtedly strengthen its already formidable arsenal of Russian and Israeli-made ground-based air ...

MOSCOW, December 25. /TASS/. Russia expects Kazakhstan’s commission to complete its investigation into the crash of the Azerbaijani AZAL aircraft in the near future and to resolve all outstanding ...