Putin says Russian air defenses were responsible for Azerbaijani jet's crash last year, killing 38
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev talk during their meeting on the sidelines of the Russia-Central Asia summit in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. (Grigory Sysoyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)Russian President Vladimir Putin talks with Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev during their meeting on the sidelines of the Russia-Central Asia summit in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. (Grigory Sysoyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)FILE - The wreckage of an Azerbaijan Airlines jet lies on the ground near the airport in Aktau, Kazakhstan, where it crashed on Dec. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Azamat Sarsenbayev, File)FILE - Injured passengers from an Azerbaijan Airline jet that crashed near Aktau, Kazakhstan, are transported from a medical plane at the Heydar Aliyev International Airport outside Baku, Azerbaijan, on Dec. 26, 2024. (AP Photo, File)FILE - A woman lights candles at the wall of the apartment building in Baku, Azerbaijan, Dec. 28, 2024, in memory of pilot Alexander Kalyanin, who died in the crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines jet near the Aktau, Kazakhstan, airport. (AP Photo, File)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev talk during their meeting on the sidelines of the Russia-Central Asia summit in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. (Grigory Sysoyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
