Azerbaijani-Russian relations face their worst crisis in decades, fueled by geopolitical rivalry, energy competition, media warfare, and Russia’s aggression, culminating in a deadly airliner incident ...

"We hope that this period will end," Dmitry Peskov emphasized, adding that "cooperation between the two countries is of mutual benefit" ...

This edition of the Farda Briefing explores why Iranian media are voicing deep suspicions about the warming relationship ...

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

Recent arrests of each other's citizens by Russia and Azerbaijan could trigger a conflict that sucks in Armenia, Turkey, Iran, Israel and Central Asia ...

Azerbaijan’s Karabakh military campaign demonstrated to Armenia what Syria’s and Iran’s regimes found out later – Russia is not stepping in to support its allies when they need it.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev in St. Petersburg, Russia, Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2023.

By using a “divide and conquer” strategy to keep Azerbaijan and Armenia under its sphere of influence, Russia caused resentment in both. Now, it may be bringing both sides together.

A new week opens with drone wars, diplomatic pressure, and Hezbollah defiance across volatile frontlines. Welcome to Monday, July 7th, 2025.

Russia also has been the main market for Azerbaijan’s fruit and vegetable exports. It also is a key transport corridor for Russia’s trade with Iran and other partners in the Middle East.

Some U.S. officials talked about an “axis” of authoritarian nations, but the American and Israeli war with Iran has exposed the limits of that idea.

The news of two Azerbaijani brothers, Huseyn and Ziyaddin Safarov, getting killed following raids in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg on June 27, took tensions to another level.