Among the common myths: that Russia is victim of NATO aggression and that Putin only wants Ukrainian neutrality.

Putin did admit that Russian air defences were at work when the passenger plane tried to land in Grozny before crashing, and the Kremlin said Putin apologised to Azerbaijani leader Ilham Aliyev over ...

What worries the peoples of Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine, as well as the Baltic States and (quietly) Kazakhstan, is that the ...

Azerbaijan’s president accused Russia of trying to cover up its role in a plane crash that killed 38 people, delivering a ...

The UK has called for an independent investigation into the downing of an Azerbaijani plane thought to have been caused by a Russian missile ...

Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev said Sunday that the Azerbaijani airliner that crashed last week was shot down by Russia, ...

(Kristina Kormilitsyna, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File) Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich ... summit of ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin apologised on Saturday that a “tragic incident occurred in Russia’s airspace,” the Kremlin said, acknowledging a role in the crash of a plane carrying 67 people, but ...

Vladimir Putin admitted Saturday Russian air defence was working when an Azerbaijani Airlines plane tried to land in Grozny ...

The US said it has "early indications" that suggest Russian air defenses downed a passenger plane. An Azerbaijan Airlines ...