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He’s ruled Russia for 25 years - but what has Putin really got to show for it? - COMMENT: Crisis has aided the Russian ...

When he became acting president of Russia on the last day of the 20th Century, the former spy was an enigma to many. Who is the "man of deeds, not words"?

Azerbaijan Airlines crash: was this another military shoot-down of a civil aircraft? - Key questions and answers about the ...

A Kremlin statement said air defence systems were firing near Grozny on Wednesday, but stopped short of saying one of these hit the plane.

The plane reportedly came under fire from Russian air defence systems as it tried to land in Chechnya – forcing it to divert ...

A minister says all the survivors "heard blast sounds" over Grozny before the plane was diverted to Kazakhstan.

Multiple sources claim Russian anti-aircraft missile damaged passenger jet, leading to Christmas Day crash that killed at ...

Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8432 crashed near Aktau, Kazakhstan, during an emergency landing attempt, claiming the lives of ...

Early indications suggest Russia shot down an Azerbaijan Airlines flight that crashed in Kazakhstan on Christmas Day, an ...

The Azerbaijan Airlines plane's wrecked fuselage appears to show shrapnel damage, which experts claim could possibly be the ...