Azerbaijan’s President Claims Russia Unintentionally Shot Down Crashed Jetliner
Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev stated Sunday that the Azerbaijani airliner that crashed recently was shot down by Russia, albeit inadvertently, and slammed Moscow for attempting to "hush up" the problem for days."We can state with total clearness that the airplane was shot down by Russia. (...) We are not stating that it was done deliberately, however it was done," he informed Azerbaijani state tv.Aliyev stated that the airliner, which crashed Wednesday in Kazakhstan, was struck by fire from the ground over Russia and "rendered unmanageable by electronic warfare." Aliyev implicated Russia of attempting to "hush up" the problem for numerous days, stating he was "upset and shocked" by variations of occasions advanced by Russian authorities."Unfortunately, for the very first 3 days we he...