By Cavid Aga in Baku Tensions between Azerbaijan and Russia have risen following diplomatic exchanges over critical media reports and an unresolved investigation into a deadly air crash involving an ...

Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Russia all opened investigations into the cause of the crash of Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243.

Putin of Russia a day earlier would not suffice to preserve friendly relations between the two former Soviet states. The Embraer 190 airliner was traveling from Baku, Azerbaijan, to Grozny in ...

Since Azerbaijan gained independence following the Soviet Union’s collapse in 1991, Baku has sought to balance its relations between Russia and the West, while avoiding becoming overly dependent on ...