Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Azerbaijan’s capital Baku on Sunday for a two-day state visit, Russian news agencies reported. Russian television broadcast images of the Russian president’s plane as it arrived in Baku in the evening. His visit to the Caucasus country, a close partner of both Moscow and Turkey but also a major … Read more
The tech giant made clear, however, that there were no ties between such U.S. politicians and Russian actors seeking to use lawmakers’ comments to foment division ahead of November’s vote. “We should expect to see Russian attempts to target election-related debates, particularly when they touch on support for Ukraine,” David Agranovich, a security policy director … Read more
Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev reiterated his support for the independence of French overseas territories, describing them as being “under colonial rule.” “The Comoros Islands, Mayotte are still under colonial rule. It has been our duty to help these countries liberate themselves from this revolting remnant from the past,” Aliyev said during a media forum in … Read more
On Friday, UEFA said it had determined that Demiral “violated basic rules of decent conduct” and decided to ban the Turkish player for “using sports events for manifestations of a non-sporting nature and for bringing the sport of football into disrepute.” Turkish state media TRT immediately criticized UEFA’s move, labeling it a “scandalous decision.” The … Read more
Paris has in recent months ramped up military cooperation with Yerevan with contracts and training. Arms sales include Thales-made GM200 air surveillance radars, while talks are underway on contracts for MBDA-made Mistral missiles. Earlier on Tuesday, Azerbaijan accused France of undermining the stability of the turbulent region, less than a year since Baku itself launched … Read more
Also blowing over Baku have been the winds of change. Islam arrived from the south in the 7th century with the Arab conquest of the region, which was followed by the Persian and Ottoman empires. The entrance to Baku’s Palace of the Shirvanshahs. Photo: Sundeep Kumar These behemoths battled for dominance and control in the … Read more
Neither the Azerbaijani nor Belarusian governments responded to requests for comment. “With friends like these“ Artillery and drones were used extensively in combat between Azerbaijani and Armenian forces in recent years. This included during a 2020 war between the two sides over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh, which lies inside Azerbaijan’s internationally recognized borders but … Read more
It is unclear whether the plan would involve exports of Azerbaijani gas via Russia, or if the volumes would be “swapped” between the two countries before they were shipped. Either way, according to Aura Sabadus, a gas markets expert with commodities intelligence firm ICIS, any deal would likely allow Moscow to collect at least some … Read more
Iran has ruled out sabotage or electronic warfare as the cause of the helicopter crash that resulted in the deaths of President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, and their entourage. The announcement, made Wednesday by the General Staff of Iran’s Armed Forces, follows the release of their second detailed report on the incident. … Read more
“As a true friend to Russia’s, he made an invaluable personal contribution to the establishing of neighborly relations between our two countries and made great efforts to elevate them to the level of strategic partnership,” Putin’s letter, published on the Kremlin’s website, reads. “I had the luck of meeting Ebrahim Raisi more than once, and … Read more
