Azerbaijan and Russia’s relations had been moving in a positive direction. The downing of Flight 8243 could jeopardize that.

With the recent spate of air accidents, travellers may feel less confident. But is flying really becoming unsafe?

Azerbaijani, Russia, Kazakhstan and Brazil are currently working together to investigate a horrific recent plane crash.

Astana has struck a happy medium between neither antagonising nor warming up to an increasingly belligerent Moscow, while ...