Russia is being blamed for a passenger plane that crashed yesterday in Kazakhstan. Thirty-eight people were killed, and 29 survived, but all with injuries from Wednesday’s crash. Authorities in Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Russia all say they’re investigating the incident. Many aviation experts suspect the plane was hit by Russian air defense systems.
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