Putin Apologizes to Azeri President After Deadly Plane Crash
- Dozens killed when Baku-Grozny flight went down in Kazakhstan
- Putin says Russia was under drone attack at time of incident
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Russian President Vladimir Putin apologized to his Azerbaijani counterpart after an incident in Russian airspace that led to the crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger aircraft on Dec. 25, killing dozens.
Putin and Ilham Aliyev discussed details of the doomed flight from Baku to Grozny in a phone call on Saturday, the Kremlin said in a statement.