Kazakhstan's Ministry of Transport has not closed its investigation into the AZAL plane crash.

The investigation commission into the crash of the Embraer 190 4K-AZ65 aircraft of Azerbaijan Airlines continues its work in Kazakhstan and will issue an official report upon completion of the investigation.

As "Caucasian Knot" reported, on February 26, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov reminded Moscow of the promises Vladimir Putin made at a meeting with the President of Azerbaijan in October 2025. "Our expectations are that the Russian side will take all necessary actions, provide a legal assessment of the incident, and pay compensation," he said. Official Baku and Moscow reported on the settlement of the consequences of the AZAL plane crash, including the issue of compensation. The cause of the tragedy was determined to be an "unintentional action by the air defense system."

The Ministry of Transport of Kazakhstan continues its investigation into the crash of the Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) plane that occurred near Aktau Airport, the department reported.

"Currently, the commission investigating the accident with the Embraer 190 4K-AZ65 aircraft of Azerbaijan Airlines continues its work in accordance with the standards and recommended practices established by Annex 13 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation," the ministry noted, responding to a TASS question about whether it plans to continue or terminate the investigation. Following statements by the foreign ministries of Russia and Azerbaijan.

The ministry emphasized that after the investigation is completed, the final report will be published on the official website of the Ministry of Transport of Kazakhstan.

"The report will reflect the established causes of the accident, as well as the commission's conclusions and recommendations," the ministry reported.

As a reminder, on December 28, 2024, Vladimir Putin called Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and apologized "due to the fact that the tragic incident" with the AZAL (Azerbaijan Airlines) plane "occurred in Russian airspace." On December 29, Aliyev publicly demanded that Russia admit responsibility for the plane crash, and on January 6, 2025, criticized the Russian authorities for refusing to admit guilt and demanded that those responsible for the plane crash be punished. Ethnic raids in Russia and retaliatory detentions of Russians in Azerbaijan have become a new twist in the deterioration of relations between the two countries. Baku accuses Russian authorities of extrajudicial killings of Azerbaijanis, and footage of the brutal detention of Russians in Baku appears to be a demonstrative response to Moscow's actions, according to the "Caucasian Knot" report "Crisis in Relations between Azerbaijan and Russia".

Ethnic raids in Russia and retaliatory detentions of Russians in Azerbaijan have become a new twist in the deterioration of relations between the two countries. Baku accuses Russian authorities of extrajudicial killings of Azerbaijanis, and footage of the brutal detention of Russians in Baku appears to be a demonstrative response to Moscow's actions, according to the "Caucasian Knot" report "Crisis in Relations between Azerbaijan and Russia".

On June 28, 2025, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry called on Russian authorities to investigate the deaths and injuries of Azerbaijanis who suffered on June 27 as a result of a special operation by security forces in Yekaterinburg. Experts in Baku named blunt force trauma as the cause of death of brothers Huseyn and Ziyaddin Safarov, while the Russian side cited a heart attack as the cause of death. On October 10, 2025, it became known that Sputnik Azerbaijan Executive Director Igor Kartavykh and one of the Azerbaijanis arrested in Russia were released. The decision was agreed upon before the meeting between Putin and Aliyev in Dushanbe.

Materials on the deterioration of relations between the two countries have been collected by the "Caucasian Knot" on the thematic page "The Collapse of Ties between Baku and Moscow".