Russian air defence responsible for jet crash: Putin

Wreckage of the plane
The controversy over the crash has roiled the previously warm ties between Moscow and Baku. -AP

President Vladimir Putin says that Russia's air defence was to blame for downing an Azerbaijani jetliner in December that killed 38 people, his first admission of responsibility for the crash in an effort to ease tensions between the neighbours.

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