The blame for the deaths of Azerbaijani citizens in this disaster lies with representatives of the Russian Federation.

Axar.az reports that President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev stated this during the meeting with the families of the crew members who lost their lives and the surviving flight attendants from the crash of an Embraer 190 passenger plane operated by Azerbaijan Airlines CJSC on the Baku-Grozny route.

"I do not want to disclose all the materials of the criminal case at this point. The initial investigation and its results have been reported to me, but I can say with full certainty that the blame for the deaths of Azerbaijani citizens in this disaster lies with representatives of the Russian Federation. And we demand justice, we demand punishment of the guilty, we demand full transparency and human behavior," the head of state emphasized.