MOSCOW, May 27 (RIA Novosti) - Russia said on Tuesday it did not have confidence in a UN probe into Georgia's allegations that a Russian aircraft shot down an unmanned reconnaissance plane last month as it was based on unreliable evidence.
The UN mission in Georgia confirmed in a report on Monday the ex-Soviet state's claims that a reconnaissance drone had been shot down by the Russian Air Force over the breakaway region of Abkhazia on April 20.
"The quality of the enquiries is questionable in general," the Foreign Ministry said in a statement. "A whole range of conclusions in the UN report raises questions. We do not doubt the UN experts' professionalism, but have no confidence in the evidence provided - video footage and some radar recordings."
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The ministry said Georgia chose not to "risk" handing over the footage to Russia for studies and added Georgian radar recordings did not correspond to Russian data.
Speaking in Denmark earlier on Tuesday, the Russian foreign minister also cast doubt on the reliability of the video recording.
"What Russian experts could make from the footage shown on Georgian television raises numerous questions," Sergei Lavrov said. "We publicly asked those questions several weeks ago, but have received no answers."
Following the UN report, Tbilisi demanded on Tuesday that Russia give an official apology and pay compensation for the downing of the spy plane.
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