Baku has “no doubt” that the Russian investigation into the incident will be unbiased, Ilham Aliyev has said Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has thanked his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, for informing him about the status of the investigation into the deadly 2024 crash of a Russian-bound Azerbaijan Airlines plane. He expressed confidence that the results of the probe will be objective. Aliyev made the comments ahead of bilateral talks with Putin hosted by Tajikistan on Thursday.