Azerbaijan demands Russia admit to shooting at plane before crash

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Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev demands that Russia admit that it fired at an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet before it crashed, accusing Moscow of initially trying to cover up the cause of the fatal disaster. His comments come four days after the AZAL Embraer 190 plane crashed in Kazakhstan, killing 38 of the 67 people on board, with Azerbaijani officials suggesting the aircraft was hit by Russian air-defences.

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00:00However, it is unfortunate that some circles of Russia insisted on this version.

00:10What also disappointed and surprised us was that the official versions of Russia

00:20were based on the explosion of a gas balloon.

00:26This clearly shows that Russia wants to cover up the matter

00:34and, of course, this does not concern anyone.

00:40Russia should apologize to Azerbaijan.

00:44It should confess its second sin.

00:50It should punish the culprits.

00:56It should bring them to justice.

01:00And it should compensate the Azerbaijani state and the victims.

01:10These are our conditions.

01:13One of them, the first one, has been provided.

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