Russia's Vladimir Putin on Saturday apologized to his Azerbaijani counterpart for what he called a “tragic incident." ...

Moscow plans to eventually supply as much as 55 billion cubic metres per year to help Tehran tackle energy shortage ...

But in 1999, after Mr Putin launched the second Chechen war to restore Russian control over the break away republic, the Kadyrovs changed sides. Akhmad was subsequently installed as the pro ...

Russia won't say if it mistakenly downed an Azerbaijani plane on Christmas. But it acknowledges the crash came amid a ...

Moscow officials have not addressed statements from aviation experts who blamed the crash on Russian air defenses responding ...

But in not giving Aliyev satisfaction, Putin risks alienating a key ally. A freeze in Azerbaijani-Russian relations could ...

It was traveling from the Azeri capital Baku to Grozny, the capital of the Russian republic of Chechnya. Several reports have suggested Russian air-defense systems operating around Grozny were ...

Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev says the Azerbaijani airliner that crashed last week was shot down by Russia, albeit ...

The Kremlin has declined to state that Russian forces were responsible for downing the Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer 190 on ...

Some aviation experts suggested that the Azerbaijan Airlines plane had been hit by air defence systems over the Russian republic of Chechnya and pro-government media in Azerbaijan quote officials ...

the regional capital of the Russian republic of Chechnya. An official Kremlin statement issued Saturday said that air defense systems were firing near Grozny airport as the airliner “repeatedly ...