MOSCOW, Dec 27 (Reuters) - Azerbaijan Airlines said on

Friday that it was suspending flights to seven Russian cities,

Russian media reported, after one of its planes crashed in

Kazakhstan on Wednesday during a flight to Grozny, in Russia's

Chechnya.

Russia's Interfax news agency reported that Azerbaijan

Airlines would continue running flights to six major Russian

cities, including Moscow and St Petersburg.

(Writing by Felix Light; editing by Guy Faulconbridge)