The Russians accidentally shot down a passenger plane?

Embrarer ERJ-190 aircraft flying from the capital of Azebrejjan to the capital of Chechnya around 11:20 p.m. on December 26, reported an emergency which was officially caused by a collision with a flock of birds. alternatively of landing in Grozny, the plane headed through the Caspian sea towards Kazakhstan where it crashed erstwhile trying to land in Aktau.