Baku reminded Moscow about paying compensation for the plane crash.

The AZAL plane crash was the result of an error by the Ministry of Defense, and Azerbaijan is waiting for Russia to provide a legal assessment of the incident and pay compensation.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev announced the preparation of documents to file claims in international courts regarding the AZAL plane crash, since Russia has not admitted guilt and has not punished those responsible for the deaths. Shortly thereafter, the Azerbaijani publication Minval published the names of the Russian military personnel involved in the AZAL plane crash, indicating that the division commander who gave the order to shoot down the plane was promoted after the crash. On October 9, in Dushanbe, Vladimir Putin informed Ilham Aliyev that two missiles fired by the Russian air defense system did not directly hit the AZAL plane, but exploded several meters away. The preconditions for resolving the diplomatic crisis between Russia and Azerbaijan were Moscow's admission of responsibility for the crash of the AZAL plane and the payment of compensation. Putin's statement in Dushanbe on this issue ensured the opportunity to normalize relations in the interests of both sides, analysts noted. The announcement by the Russian Investigative Committee about the termination of the criminal case raised questions among the Azerbaijani authorities, said the country's Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov, adding that Baku expects compensation from Moscow.

Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov said today that Russia must fulfill the promises made by Russian President Vladimir Putin at his meeting with the President of Azerbaijan in October 2025.

"The plane was shot down due to an error by the Russian Ministry of Defense. Our expectations are that the Russian side will take all necessary actions, provide a legal assessment of the incident, and pay compensation," Report quotes the minister as saying.

On the eve of the anniversary of the crash AZAL plane crash in Grozny, Kazakhstan A monument was unveiled in memory of the victims.

As a reminder, on December 28, 2024, Vladimir Putin called Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and apologized "due to the fact that the tragic incident" with the AZAL (Azerbaijan Airlines) plane "occurred in Russian airspace." On December 29, Aliyev publicly demanded that Russia admit guilt for the plane crash, and on January 6, he criticized the Russian authorities for refusing to admit guilt and demanded that those responsible for the plane crash be punished. Ethnic raids in Russia and retaliatory detentions of Russians in Azerbaijan marked a new round of deterioration in relations between the two countries. Baku accuses Russian authorities of extrajudicial killings of Azerbaijanis, and footage of the brutal detention of Russians in Baku appears to be a demonstrative response to Moscow's actions, according to the "Caucasian Knot" report "Crisis in Relations between Azerbaijan and Russia".

The latest round of deterioration in relations between the two countries has been marked by ethnic raids in Russia and retaliatory detentions of Russians in Azerbaijan. Baku accuses Russian authorities of extrajudicial killings of Azerbaijanis, and footage of the brutal detention of Russians in Baku appears to be a demonstrative response to Moscow's actions, according to the "Caucasian Knot" report "Crisis in Azerbaijan-Russia Relations".

On June 28, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry called on Russian authorities to investigate the deaths and injuries of Azerbaijanis who suffered as a result of a special operation by security forces in Yekaterinburg on June 27. Experts in Baku named blunt force trauma as the cause of death for brothers Huseyn and Ziyaddin Safarov, while the Russian side cited a heart attack. On June 30, Azerbaijani security forces searched the office of the Russian news agency Sputnik Azerbaijan and detained two people, calling them agents of the Russian special services; they were arrested. Also on July 1, a court arrested eight Russian citizens detained on charges of drug trafficking and cybercrime.

On October 10, it was announced that Sputnik Azerbaijan Executive Director Igor Kartavykh and one of the Azerbaijanis arrested in Russia were released. The decision was agreed upon before the meeting between Putin and Aliyev in Dushanbe.

Materials on the deterioration of relations between the two countries have been collected by the "Caucasian Knot" on the thematic page "The Collapse of Ties between Baku and Moscow".