Azerbaijan stated this Monday that Russia has promised to identify and punish those responsible for the crash of the airline Azerbaijan Airlines. According to Baku, this aircraft was hit by Russian anti-aircraft defenses before crashing into Kazakhstan last December 25.
The attorney general, Kamran Alievassured in a statement that the director of the Russian investigative committee, Alexander Bastrikininformed him that:
“Intensive measures were taken to identify the culprits and hold them criminally accountable.”
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Russia also promised to “carry out a complete, exhaustive and objective investigation” about what happened. In addition to the investigations that are being carried out in Kazakhstan, where the plane crashed, the Azerbaijani prosecutor’s office said.
Moscow has not admitted its responsibility in this air disaster that killed 38 personasdespite being asked to do so by the Azerbaijani authorities.
However, according to the prosecution, Russia has “provided necessary support to prosecutors sent to Grozny,” the capital of Chechnya, where the plane tried unsuccessfully to land twice before crashing in Aktau. on the other side of the Caspian Sea.
What happened in Azerbaijan?
The president of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliev, stated on Sunday that the plane, which covered la ruta Baku-Groznyhad been the target of “shots” on Russian territory.
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He accused Moscow of trying to hide his responsibility and demanded public apologies and compensation.
The Russian president, Vladimir Putinapologized to Aliev last Saturday and admitted that on the day of the tragedy anti-aircraft fire had been fired due to a Ukrainian drone attack. Although he did not acknowledge that it hit the Azerbaijani plane.
Let us remember that the fall of this plane caused alert due to the magnitude of the event.
(With information from AFP)
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