Deaths in custody, media offices raided, and beaten and bloodied suspects paraded in court — relations between Russia and Azerbaijan, once considered close, have sharply deteriorated in recent days ...

This article was originally published by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and is reprinted with permission. As Russia remains ...

Azerbaijan has been pushing back against Russian dominance in the Caucasus region, seeking closer ties with Turkey and Israel ...

Azerbaijan has canceled all cultural events involving Russian institutions in protest over the deaths of two Azerbaijanis during police raids in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg.

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.

By using a “divide and conquer” strategy to keep Azerbaijan and Armenia under its sphere of influence, Russia caused ...

Russia, busy with its war in Ukraine, didn’t intervene, angering Armenia's leadership that responded by scaling down its ties with Moscow and bolstering relations with the West. The victory in ...

Another diplomat noted that Russia’s growing ties with Georgia are a concern for both Azerbaijan and Turkey, while Armenia increasingly seeks closer relations with the West.. Some in Azerbaijan ...

Azerbaijan has recently been increasingly flirting with Russia. More about whether this reflects a new trend or an extension of an existing strategy, and what it means for Ukraine, in the article ...

These are among the factors that have led to the escalating tensions between Russia and Azerbaijan, the oil-rich Caspian Sea country where President Ilhan Aliyev has been in power since 2003 ...