Russian President Vladimir Putin apologized for the deadly Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243 crash on Christmas but did not take responsibility for causing it as an investigation continues into the matter.

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

According to a readout published by the Azerbaijani side, Aliyev noted that the plane “was subjected to external physical and technical impact and completely lost control.” Head of Kazakstan’s commission in charge of the probe into the crash ...