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Azerbaijani President: The crash of plane was caused by ground fire

President of Azerbaijan Aliyev on reasons for the crash of an AZAL plane near Aktau: of course, the final version will be known after the black boxes are opened. "However, the initial versions are also quite reasonable and based on facts. The facts are that an Azerbaijani civilian plane was damaged from outside in Russian territory, near the city of Grozny, and almost lost control. We also know that our plane was rendered uncontrollable by radio-electronic warfare means. This was the first damage to the plane,". “We have openly expressed our demands to the Russian side. These demands were officially conveyed to them on December 27” "At the first Russian side must apologize to Azerbaijan. Second, it must admit its guilt. Third, it must punish the guilty, bring them to criminal responsibility, and pay compensation to the Azerbaijani state and the injured passengers and crew members. These are our conditions. The first of them was already met yesterday.”

On Rustaveli Avenue, near Kashveti church, the police used force to arrest protesters "for blocking the road." It is believed that 5 people have been detained. Citizens had gathered to protest against Mikheil Kavelashvili

Thousands of Georgians protest outside parliament against inauguration of new president

Mikheil Kavelashvili, a hardline critic of the West, was sworn in as president of Georgia amid a political crisis after the government froze European Union application talks in a move that sparked major protests

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze has stated that at the ongoing protests against the government’s EU U-turn ‘1,000 people gather every day — this means that it is an asset for [opposition] parties and NGOs’

Protesters wave flags of GD leaders and their sole-elected president Kavelashvili alongside Iranian, Hezbollah and Taliban flags, mockingly saying, "Congratulations, slave."

After Salome Zourabichvili’s speech at Orbeliani Palace, protesters marched to Parliament, where disputed President Mikheil Kavelashvili was inaugurated, some carrying red cards referencing his football career

Mikheil Kavelashvili was sworn in as Georgia's sixth president at a ceremony attended by Bidzina Ivanishvili but no foreign diplomats. Media access was restricted to a monitor outside the main hall

The President @Zourabichvili_S has decided to leave the residence. "I will be with you. This building was a symbol only as long as a legitimate president was sitting here. I take legitimacy with me. I am taking the flag with me. I am taking the people's trust with me

President @Zourabichvili_S will stay at her presidential residence tomorrow as an oligarch plans to install his puppet president. “I am here, and I will spend the night here. Tomorrow, at 10 a.m., I will wait for you at the Orbeliani Palace, and from there, I will tell you what tomorrow will be like. I will tell you what the following days will be like and what the days of victory will look like,” Salome Zurabishvili said in her TV address to the nation

In Kutaisi, the "Chain of Unity" activity turns into a large protest march currently heading towards the Georgian Dream's local party office

Day 31 of #GeorgiaProtests Marching towards Rustaveli Avenue

Putin apologised to Aliyev in a telephone conversation that incident with the plane occurred in Russian airspace. Putin called the head of Azerbaijan, they've discussed the crash of the AZAL passenger plane, - he Kremlin reported.

"Chain of Unity" looks lively and cheerful in coastal Batumi - despite rainy weather

Chain of Unity for Georgia: Tbilisi December 28 - a month of daily GeorgiaProtests

Georgia’s oligarch Bidzina Ivanishvili has been sanctioned under OFAC’s SDN List pursuant to Executive Order 14024, targeting Russian Harmful Foreign Activities. The sanctions include the blocking of all property and interests in property within the United States or under U.S. jurisdiction, including assets that may come under U.S. control in the future. Additionally, his ability to transfer funds or other assets instantaneously has been blocked.

United States is designating Bidzina Grigoris Dze Ivanishvili, founder and honorary chairman of Georgia’s ruling party, Georgian Dream, for undermining the democratic and Euro-Atlantic future of Georgia for the benefit of the Russian Federation. Blinken announces

The UAEs low-cost airline @flydubai citing “threats to flight security” cancels flights to southern Russia after a plane crash in Kazakhstan, according to Russia’s tour operators association

Azerbaijan Airlines suspends flights to seven Russian cities after Kazakhstan crash

Kremlin says it won't issue any statements on the Azerbaijani Embraer crash in Aktau until investigation concluded, amid calls from Baku to simply admit shotdown and apologise

A students’ march has just arrived to Tbilisi’s Rustaveli Avenue, which is again blocked as protesters gather in front of the Georgian Parliament

According to the preliminary results of the investigation, it was determined that the AZAL aircraft, which was flying on the Baku-Grozny route, was attacked by a Russian Pantsir-S air defense system as it approached the city of Grozny. A source in the Azerbaijani government told Euronews that the missile was fired at flight 8432 over Grozny, and shrapnel exploded near the aircraft during flight, hitting passengers and cabin crew.

38 people died in the Embraer 190 crash in Aktau, - Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Kanat Bozumbayev. According to the country's Ministry of Emergency Situations, 29 wounded were hospitalized, including three children. 11 victims are in serious condition

Azerbaijan Airlines has cancelled all flights to Chechnya and Dagestan after its plane crashed near Aktau

Over 10 protests have been scheduled to take place today in Tbilisi

Kyrgyz President Japarov Arrives at Informal CIS Summit

25 people taken to hospital after plane crash in Aktau

Flight #J28243 that crashed near Aktau Airport in Kazakhstan is an Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer ERJ-190 with registration 4K-AZ65. #J28243 took off from Baku at 03:55 UTC time and was flying to Grozny. The aircraft was exposed to strong GPS jamming which made the aircraft transmit bad ADS-B data. At 04:40 UTC FlightRadar24 lost the ADS-B signal. At 06:07 UTC FR24 picked up the ADS-B signal again before it crashed at 06:28 UTC.

A passanger plane crashed in Kazakhstan. The Azerbaijan Airlines plane was en route from Baku to Grozny in Russia's Chechnya but was rerouted due to fog in Grozny