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Articles with tag "Azerbaijan"

‘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. 

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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Kazakhstan Denies Leaked Transcript Came From Downed Azerbaijani Plane’s Flight Recorder

“There’s a big difference between what was published and the contents of the black box,” Kazakhstan’s Deputy Prime Minister Kanat Bozumbayev said...
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Russia 'Guilty' Over Downed Azerbaijan Plane, Aliyev Says

Azerbaijan's president, who is close to Putin, said Russia's "concealment" of the causes and "delusional versions" being put forward "cause us justifiable...
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Azerbaijan Says Russia Pledged To Punish Those Responsible for Plane Crash

Authorities in Moscow have still not said whether a Russian surface-to-air missile was responsible for the aircraft’s downing last week.
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Azerbaijan Demands Russia Admit to Firing on Plane Before Crash

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev accused authorities in Russia of initially trying to cover up the cause of the deadly accident.
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Putin Apologizes Without Claiming Responsibility for Plane Crash

Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev appeared in no doubt that the plane was shot at over Russia as airlines cancel flights to the country.
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Azerbaijan Airlines Suspends Flights to Russia Following Deadly Crash

The airline announced that flights to Sochi, Mineralnye Vody, Volgograd, Ufa and Samara will be halted starting Saturday “for safety reasons.”
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Kremlin Refuses to Comment on Azerbaijani Plane Crash Until Investigation Complete

“We do not believe we have the right to make any comments and we will not do so,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
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Russian Missile Shot Down Azerbaijani Passenger Plane – Reports

Azerbaijani officials told local media they believe a Russian Pantsir-S air defense system fired on the aircraft as it approached Grozny.
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38 Killed After Azerbaijan Airlines Plane Crashes in Kazakhstan

The plane was flying from Baku to Grozny in Russia’s republic of Chechnya when it crashed early Wednesday.
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What to Expect from Russia at COP29

The Russian delegation is expected to include nearly 50 representatives from the ministries of economic development, finance, agriculture and business...
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Putin Says ‘Would Be Happy’ to Facilitate Azerbaijan-Armenia Peace Deal in Aliyev Talks

Tensions between Moscow and Yerevan have been high since Azerbaijan seized the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh last September.
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Russia Accuses France of Risking War in South Caucasus After Armenian Arms Deal

“Paris is provoking another round of armed confrontation in the South Caucasus, and they are doing it in different ways,” Moscow said.
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Russian Peacekeepers Complete Withdrawal from Nagorno-Karabakh

Nearly 2,000 Russian troops finished their withdrawal from the Nagorno-Karabakh region, which Baku recaptured last year.
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Armenia’s Envoy to the EU: ‘It Hurts to See How Moscow-Led Security Bloc Has Screwed Us’

Armenia, unhappy with Russia's waning role as a security guarantor, is seeking to strengthen its partnerships with the EU and the U.S.
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Russian Peacekeepers Withdrawing From Nagorno-Karabakh, Kremlin Confirms

Russia had deployed around 2,000 military personnel to the region as part of a Moscow-brokered deal in 2020 to end weeks of fighting between Armenia and...
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