Valentina Matviyenko, Speaker of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, expressed condolences regarding the crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) plane operating on the Baku-Grozny route, stating that the incident is being investigated by Russian authorities and will be given an objective assessment, APA reports.
Note that the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, has received the delegation led by Valentina Matviyenko, the Speaker of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation.