Several mass media outlets, as well as Telegram channels, are spreading false information about the non-payment of insurance funds in connection with the crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane near the city of Aktau, Kazakhstan, on December 25, 2024.

Axar.az reports that this is stated in a statement by the Russian Foreign Ministry.

“We are faced with another hypothesis, calculated on the emotional reaction of people to the tragedy, in a familiar cynical style. Such insinuations do not correspond to reality. This is a lie. In reality, the situation is as follows:

Since February 2025, the Russian insurance company “AlfaStrakhovanie” OJSC has been making insurance payments in connection with the crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines plane (Baku-Grozny flight). The Azerbaijani airline has been paid the full insurance value of the plane - 1.003 billion rubles in insurance compensation.

Claims for 62 passengers who died and 46 injured have been fully satisfied, including 7 out of 15 Russian citizens, 35 out of 38 Azerbaijani citizens, all 3 Kyrgyz citizens, and 1 out of 6 Kazakh citizens.

To date, a total of 358.4 million rubles in insurance payments have been made to the injured passengers of the plane and the relatives of the deceased.

Compensation for the injured and the relatives of the deceased. "Work is ongoing to fully resolve the amounts."

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs called on the public not to believe false information.

It should be noted that on December 25, 2024, an AZAL passenger plane operating a Baku-Grozny flight was fired upon by Russian air defense forces in the sky over Grozny and was seriously damaged. The plane, which was heading to Kazakhstan because it was not allowed to land on Russian territory, made an emergency landing near Aktau airport due to damage.

Russia is avoiding taking responsibility for the downing of the plane, compensating for moral damages, and punishing the perpetrators.

What is currently being paid is insurance.