{"id":55546,"date":"2024-12-29T03:04:13","date_gmt":"2024-12-29T03:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innodebt.com\/?p=55546"},"modified":"2024-12-29T03:04:14","modified_gmt":"2024-12-29T03:04:14","slug":"vladimir-putin-apologises-to-azerbaijan-for-kazakhstan-air-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/innodebt.com\/?p=55546","title":{"rendered":"Vladimir Putin apologises to Azerbaijan for Kazakhstan air crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Unlock the Editor\u2019s Digest for free<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__content-sign-up-topic-description\"><span>Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"article__content-sign-up-iframe close\" scrolling=\"no\" id=\"signUpIframe\" data-prev-url=\"\/register\/in-article-sign-up?ft-content-uuid=d85f3f2d-9e9d-4d92-a851-64480e56a248\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p>Vladimir Putin has apologised to Azerbaijan for what he described as a \u201ctragic incident\u201d involving an Azerbaijani aircraft in Russian airspace on Christmas Day.<\/p>\n<p>Moscow phoned Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev and the Russian president expressed \u201cdeep and sincere condolences\u201d to the families of those affected, the Kremlin\u2019s press office said on Saturday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer 190 plane was flying from Baku to Grozny on Christmas Day when it diverted across the Caspian Sea and crash-landed near Aktau, Kazakhstan, killing 38 of the 67 people on board.<\/p>\n<p>Senior US and Ukrainian officials blamed Russian anti-aircraft fire for the crash.<\/p>\n<p>Although the Kremlin\u2019s statement on Saturday did not explicitly confirm that Russian air defence systems were responsible, it did not deny the allegation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The aircraft \u201crepeatedly attempted to land at Grozny airport\u201d while Ukrainian combat drones were attacking nearby cities and Russian air defences were \u201cresponding to these attacks\u201d, according to the Kremlin.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVladimir Putin apologised for the tragic incident that occurred in Russian airspace\u201d, the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>A Russian investigative committee has opened a criminal investigation into alleged violations of aviation safety regulations, with \u201ccivilian and military specialists being questioned\u201d, the statement added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Azerbaijani, Kazakh and Russian officials are already conducting an official investigation, led by Baku. <\/p>\n<p>Putin\u2019s carefully worded acknowledgment sharply contrasts with Moscow\u2019s repeated denial of responsibility for the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, which investigators attributed to a surface-to-air missile fired from territory held by Moscow-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine. A court in the Netherlands has found three men with links to the Russian military guilty of murder for their roles in the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Richard Giragosian, director of the Regional Studies Center, a Yerevan-based think-tank, said the Kremlin\u2019s statement \u201cwas both unexpected and out of character\u201d for Putin. <\/p>\n<p>He said the move \u201creveals the overall weakness of Russia\u2019s position\u201d as Moscow pursues its war in Ukraine. Putin clearly \u201cvalues his relationship with Turkey, Azerbaijan\u2019s patron state, over all else\u201d, he added.<\/p>\n<p>Andrey Kolesnikov, a Moscow-based political scientist, said that as a result of the plane crash, \u201cAzerbaijani society has overnight become anti-Russian\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Russia\u2019s main aviation authority had initially suggested that the Kazakhstan crash was caused by a bird strike to the plane\u2019s engine. Azerbaijan\u2019s president said he had been told the plane had been diverted due to poor weather conditions.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday John Kirby, the US National Security Council spokesperson, said there were \u201cearly indications\u201d that the plane had been hit by Russian air defences. Rashad Nabiyev, Azerbaijan\u2019s transport minister, said on the same day that the crash had been caused by a weapon impact.<\/p>\n<p>Survivors, including passengers and crew, have described explosions outside the plane as it flew over Grozny.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, the head of Russia\u2019s main aviation authority Dmitry Yadrov admitted that air conditions around Grozny had been \u201cvery difficult\u201d due to attacks from Ukrainian combat drones. <\/p>\n<p>In response to the catastrophe, five airlines have suspended some flights to Russia. <\/p>\n<p>Turkmenistan Airlines suspended its route from Ashgabat to Moscow while Azerbaijan Airlines, Kazakhstan\u2019s Qazaq Air and the UAE\u2019s Flydubai all suspended routes to southern Russia. Israel\u2019s El Al has suspended its Tel Aviv to Moscow route.<\/p>\n<p><em>Additional reporting by Robert Wright in London<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/d85f3f2d-9e9d-4d92-a851-64480e56a248\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" rel=\"nofollow\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unlock the Editor\u2019s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Vladimir Putin has apologised to Azerbaijan for what he described as a \u201ctragic incident\u201d involving an Azerbaijani aircraft in Russian airspace on Christmas Day. Moscow phoned Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev and the Russian president expressed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":55547,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-55546","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Vladimir Putin apologises to Azerbaijan for Kazakhstan air crash | Innodebt<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Unlock the Editor\u2019s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Vladimir Putin has apologised\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, 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