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Articles with tag "Azerbaijan"

Azerbaijan Threatens Russian State Media Over Use of Karabakh Capital’s Armenian Name

Baku accused the TASS news agency of “disrespecting and insulting” Azerbaijan by using the name Stepanakert instead of Khankendi.

Police Issue Arrest Warrant for Azerbaijani Diaspora Leader in Urals

It remains unclear what charges Shahin Shikhlinski faces, Kommersant reported, citing a police database of wanted persons.
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TASS Deputy Chief Dismissed Following Controversial Azerbaijan Visit

While no official reason was given for Mikhail Gusman’s dismissal, the move follows backlash over his recent appearance at a media forum in Azerbaijan...
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Russia Revokes Citizenship of Azerbaijani-Born MMA Fighter Amid Diplomatic Spat

Javid Rzaev, who is serving a two-year corrective labor sentence, said he was informed of the decision by an FSB security officer in the southern Saratov...
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Head of Moscow Region’s Azerbaijani Diaspora Stripped of Russian Citizenship

Azerbaijani media reported that Elshan Ibragimov promised to provide more details about his revoked citizenship after arriving in Azerbaijan “in a few...
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opinion Nicholas Castillo

Yerevan and Baku Now Have a Shared Enemy in Moscow

The South Caucasus countries are far from allies. But one thing they have in common is a fracturing relationship with the Kremlin.
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Russians Report Nighttime Police Raids in Azerbaijan as Tensions Flare

Russia’s Embassy in Baku previously said it had received “many” complaints from Russian citizens about document checks over the past 24 hours.
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From Plane Crash to Deadly Arrests: What’s Behind the Russia-Azerbaijan Standoff

The Moscow Times traces how relations between Russia and Azerbaijan devolved, and why they may get worse before they get better.
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Azerbaijani and Russian Investigators in ‘Constant Contact’ Amid Diplomatic Crisis

Moscow also accused Ukraine of “adding fuel to the fire” after Zelensky called Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and expressed support for Baku.
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Yekaterinburg Court Places 6 Azerbaijanis in Pre-Trial Detention Amid Cold-Case Probe

Police initially arrested over 50 people in connection with the unsolved murders of Azerbaijani businessmen dating back to the early 2000s.
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Azerbaijan Launches Murder Probe After Autopsy Finds Brothers Died From Beatings in Russian Police Custody

Prosecutors in Baku said an autopsy showed the two men died from severe blood loss and shock due to extensive physical trauma.
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Azerbaijan-Russia Rift Deepens After Deaths of Azeri Men in Police Arrests

Law enforcement authorities in Yekaterinburg on Friday arrested around 50 people tied to an “ethnic criminal group,” during which two men died.
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Serbian President’s Plane Makes Unplanned Stop in Baku as Ukrainian Drones Attack Russia

Vucic’s flight made the apparent detour while Ukrainian drone strikes disrupted Russian air traffic, delaying arrivals ahead of Victory Day.
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Russia Bars Entry to Azerbaijani Lawmaker Over ‘Russophobic’ Comments

An unnamed Russian source said that Azerbaijani MP Azer Badamov was declared persona non grata over his “repeated anti-Russian and Russophobic statements...
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Azerbaijan Shuts Russia Today Office Amid Media Clampdown

Relations between Baku and Moscow have soured after Azerbaijan claimed that an Azerbaijan Airlines jet was fired upon from Russian territory before it...
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‘Unusually Public Crisis’: How a Plane Crash Is Driving Russia and Azerbaijan Apart

Relations between longtime allies Russia and Azerbaijan have been deteriorating since the Dec. 25 crash of an Azerbaijani plane headed for Russia. 
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Azerbaijan Bans Entry to Russian Lawmaker Over ‘Offensive’ Remarks

State Duma lawmaker Nikolai Valuev suggested that the South Caucasian country uses diaspora groups in Russia to engage in criminal activities.
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Azerbaijan Orders Closure of Russian Cultural Diplomacy Agency in Baku

Azerbaijani media claimed last month that the Baku-based “Russian House” harbored Russian intelligence agents.
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Russia Says It Wasn’t Granted Access to Debris From Azerbaijani Plane Crash

Kazakhstan’s Transportation Ministry earlier published preliminary findings of its investigation into the crash of Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243.
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Azerbaijani Plane Headed for Russia Likely Damaged By 'External Objects' Before Crash – Probe

The preliminary report published by Kazakh authorities did not identify the reason why the plane went off course.
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