Azerbaijan’s President Aliyev on the 29th asserted that the Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane that crashed in western Kazakhstan was shot down by Russia, and accused the Russian side of “clearly trying to cover up the issue.” He answered questions in an interview with Azerbaijan’s national television station. Regarding the crash of the passenger plane, several media outlets had pointed out the possibility that it may have been hit by a Russian air defense system, but in a telephone conversation with Russian President Putin on the 28th, Aliyev merely pointed out that “the crash was caused by external influences,” without naming Russia by name. The next day, he shifted his stance to condemning Russia. This is believed to have taken into consideration the growing dissatisfaction with Russia within Azerbaijan. According to the Azerbaijani presidential office, Aliyev said in the interview that it was known that the passenger plane became uncontrollable near its destination, Grozny, in southern Russia, due to electromagnetic waves, and that the tail had been severely damaged in an attack from the ground. He pointed out that until now, the Russian side has claimed that the cause of the crash was a collision with a bird or problems with the aircraft’s equipment. “Any attempt to deny obvious facts and mislead the public is pointless and absurd,” he said. The United States also revealed that it had asked Russia on the 27th, the day before the leaders’ telephone conversation, to apologize to Azerbaijan, admit its guilt, punish those responsible, and pay compensation. According to statements from both governments, Putin apologized during the telephone conversation without admitting responsibility for the crash, but in an interview on the 29th, Aliyev expressed his view that he had received an apology. He added: “All the conditions (he is asking for) are legitimate. We hope our conditions will be accepted.” [Moscow Yamae Moritake] Mainichi Shimbun 2024/12/30 08:30 (last updated 12/30 08:30).
>>6 There are useful things in the world called friendly/enemy identification devices, and the West uses them, so they rarely shoot at civilian planes or friendly planes. In Russia, they can’t make such high-tech things, so basically they don’t know what’s on the radar, or the person in charge has to use their intuition to identify it (there have been several stories of friendly planes being shot down in Ukraine).
>>7 A bird strike would never cause the wheels to stop moving. It was caused by a hydraulic system malfunction, and the fact that the speed was too fast was a misjudgment on the part of the pilot. It was a completely man-made disaster.
>>9 Originally, they were ethnically the same as Turkey and were backed by Turkey. They have grown rapidly in recent years since they built their own pipeline with the help of Japan. Neighboring Armenia relied on Russia to fight a territorial dispute with Azerbaijan, but was betrayed by Russia and is now in a state of estrangement.
Among the Red Team, Russia is the one who shoots down civilian planes, while the Chinese Communist Party is a business tycoon so they wouldn’t do something like that, and North Korea only has the Taepodong missile, which is too big.
It would be better to join the EU as soon as possible. In any case, stay away from Russia. Getting involved with that country will bring you misfortune.
Well, it was probably a Russian anti-aircraft missile that hit it by mistake, but it can’t be helped since it was meant to intercept Ukrainian missile and drone attacks. They should have attacked when Ukraine wasn’t flying planes.
Normally Russia would make the excuse that it was a Ukrainian drone that hit the target, but this time they were being honest. They don’t know if it was a missile or a drone.
>>35 In the end, they’ll blame Ukraine. They’ll blame the mistake on Ukraine, which launched a cowardly drone attack on an airport where civilian planes take off and land.
Azerbaijan was traditionally Russia’s territory, and there are many Russians living there who need to be protected. Wouldn’t it be better to give it to Russia through special operations?
>>36 Don’t go against Azerbaijan, who is used to war in Nagorno-Karabakh. They were beaten up by Armenia soon after gaining independence, and after 30 years of hard work and dedication, they have finally achieved their revenge.
>>38 I have a feeling he’s trying to pick a fight with Putin because he’s always asking for weapons, ammunition, and soldiers every time he meets him and it’s annoying. The North Korean general is a rich kid, so he probably couldn’t refuse him.
>>38 It’s been like that for a while. Right after the war started, there was a meeting of the Commonwealth of Independent States. Putin had changed his position to wanting others to understand his country’s situation. Member states: Russia, Belarus, Moldova, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, Armenia. Associate member state: Turkmenistan.
>>64 Unlike Japan, which can only accidentally fire one shot, Russia can shoot down one plane and still get away with it. It’s impressive how generous they are.
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