Soviet republic aims to play a bigger role in the Caucasus and is willing to upset Moscow and Tehran in the process, analysts ...

Tensions are escalating between Russia and Azerbaijan, an oil-rich Caspian Sea nation, driven by a series of contentious incidents and shifting geopolitical dynamics in the South Caucasus. Among ...

Russia and Azerbaijan developed strong economic and cultural ties after 1993 when Aliyev’s father, Heydar, who also was Azerbaijan’s Soviet-era Communist boss, became president.

Russia and Azerbaijan have other bonds, especially on trade, which has been growing between the two countries in recent years. Moscow has been interested in Azerbaijan’s role in its north-south ...

Azerbaijan and Russia exchanged protest notes on Tuesday, amid rising diplomatic tensions following a law enforcement raid in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg last week that resulted in the ...

Azerbaijan formally applied Tuesday to join the BRICS bloc of developing economies, a day after Russian leader Vladimir Putin's visit to the oil-rich South Caucasus country to shore up regional ties ...

In 2020, Azerbaijan's military, bolstered by weapons supplied by ally Turkey, recaptured broad swaths of territory that were held for nearly three decades by Armenian forces. Russia brokered a truce ...

07/03/2025 July 3, 2025. Relations between Russia and Azerbaijan have cooled following contentious arrests in both countries. Russia may be about to lose even more influence in the Caucasus.

Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev said Sunday that the Azerbaijani airliner that crashed last week was shot down by Russia, albeit unintentionally, and criticized Moscow for trying to “hush up” the ...

MOSCOW/BAKU, Azerbaijan – President Vladimir Putin on Saturday apologized to Azerbaijan's leader for what the Kremlin called a "tragic incident" over Russia in which an Azerbaijan Airlines plane ...

In this photo taken from a video released by the administration of Mangystau region, the wreckage of an Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer 190 lies on the ground near the airport of Aktau, Kazakhstan, on ...