President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev sent a message of condolence to the Russian leader Dmitry Medvedev after a plane crash killed dozens near the city of Tyumen. 
"The news of heavy human loss caused by a plane crash near Tyumen has been a source of great sorrow to me," the Azerbaijani leader said in his message.
"On behalf of the people of Azerbaijan and on my own behalf, I offer sincere condolences to you, families and relatives of the dead and all the people of Russia."