Azerbaijan’s Leader, Emboldened, Picks a Rare Fight With Putin
Russia’s president is said to have blamed birds or a Ukrainian drone for a Dec. 25 crash of an Azerbaijani plane. Azerbaijan ...
Moscow's relationship with Azerbaijan is spiraling in the aftermath of the deadly plane crash Russian air defenses likely caused
Azerbaijani leader Ilham Aliyev is demanding answers, saying Vladimir Putin's latest apology "isn't enough" and that Moscow ...
Azerbaijan suspends cooperation with USAID, foreign minister says
Azerbaijan has refused to renew its cooperation agreement with The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) ...
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Azerbaijan’s leader accuses Russia of passenger jet crash ‘cover up’ in blistering new attack on neighbor
The airspace above Grozny, the capital city of the southern Russian republic of Chechnya, was only closed after the plane was ...
Suspected Russian downing of Azerbaijan passenger plane reflects Ukraine war’s growing footprint
Russia won't say if it mistakenly downed an Azerbaijani plane on Christmas. But it acknowledges the crash came amid a ...
Azerbaijan begins trials of Karabakh ex-separatists including billionaire
A billionaire former banker and 15 other ex-officials in the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region which Azerbaijan retook in ...
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Azerbaijan Accuses Russia of Coverup in Kazakhstan Plane Crash
Azerbaijan’s president accused Russia of trying to cover up its role in a plane crash that killed 38 people, delivering a ...
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The Chechen factor complicates efforts to ease Azerbaijani-Russian tension
But in not giving Aliyev satisfaction, Putin risks alienating a key ally. A freeze in Azerbaijani-Russian relations could ...
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Azerbaijan’s Aliyev places Zangezur corridor back on peace process agenda
Azerbaijani leader Ilham Aliyev appeared to ratchet up tension in the South Caucasus by unexpectedly reviving a demand for ...
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The Downing of Flight 8243 Could Jeopardize Russia-Azerbaijan Relations
Azerbaijan and Russia's relations had been moving in a positive direction. The downing of Flight 8243 could jeopardize that.
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Putin apologises for ‘tragic’ Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash but does not take responsibility
The US has suggested Russia could be responsible for the downing of the plane, while sources in Azerbaijan claimed Russian ...
Azerbaijan Airlines crash probe looks into Russian air control conduct, source says
The probe into the Azerbaijan Airlines crash in Kazakhstan is examining the conduct of air traffic controllers after the aircraft encountered difficulty, a source said.