Azerbaijan

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev blasted Russia for putting forward “absurd” theories initially and said Moscow must compensate victims’ families. President of Azerbaijan, on Sunday, asked Russia to acknowledge its fault in the incident which resulted in the Christmas Day crash of one of passenger aircrafts, which claimed the lives of 38 people, to accept responsibility for it, and to compensate government and bereaved people. First, the Russian side must apologize to Azerbaijan,” he said. “