Following Azerbaijan's president calling for Moscow to accept blame for downing an Azerbaijani plane, there is growing public anger toward Russia for its apparent attempts to sidestep responsibility for the incident.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev demanded an apology and admission of guilt for downing an Azerbaijani Airlines plane from the Russian side. Source: Azerbaijani media outlet Caliber Quote from Aliyev: "Firstly,

Azerbaijani President said Sunday that the plane that crashed in Kazakhstan on Wednesday "was damaged from outside on Russian territory."