Putin apologises to Azerbaijan’s Aliyev after Russian air defences mistakenly shot down plane, killing 38, investigation suggests
on Saturday phoned Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, his counterpart in Kazakhstan, to express his condolences over the loss of life in aFlight J2-8243, en route from Baku to the Chechen capital Grozny, crash-landed on Wednesday near Aktau in Kazakhstan after diverting from southern
Gisèle Pelicot has rewritten her story – and electrified women all over the world. But what about men? Mr Putin called Azerbaijan’s president, Ilham Aliyev, and “apologised for the tragic incident that occurred in Russian airspace and once again expressed his deep and sincere condolences to the families of the victims and wished a speedy recovery to the injured”, the Kremlin said.
The head of the Azerbaijani diaspora in St Petersburg, Vagif Mamishev, lays flowers at the consulate of Azerbaijan in the city. Photograph: Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Footage shot by passengers before the plane crashed showed oxygen masks down and people wearing life jackets. Later videos showed bloodied and bruised passengers climbing out of the wreckage. There were 29 survivors.
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