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Articles with tag "Azerbaijan"

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.

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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Karabakh Dissolution Not Valid, Says Separatist Leader

The statement appeared to undo a historic move by the separatists to dissolve the disputed territory that was at the center of two wars between Armenia...
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How the Nagorno-Karabakh Crisis Is Testing Russia's Role in the South Caucasus

For decades, Russia has been an important political player in the South Caucasus. How has Azerbaijan's takeover of Nagorno-Karabakh changed this power...
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‘They Abandoned Us’: Displaced Residents of Nagorno-Karabakh Lament Russian Inaction

Refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh voiced frustration that Russian peacekeepers did not do more to protect them — but some were grateful for the peacekeepers'...
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Nagorno-Karabakh Empties as Armenia Says 100,000 Have Fled

In the border town of Goris, hundreds of exhausted refugees waited in the central square for the government to provide accommodation.
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Moscow Sees 'No Reason' for Armenians to Flee Karabakh

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said it was "difficult to say who is to blame" for the mass exodus of ethnic Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh.
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Nagorno-Karabakh Crisis Deepens Divides in Armenia Toward Russia

While many Armenians' confidence in Russia as an ally has been undermined, many others blame the prime minister for turning away from Moscow.
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Kremlin Wavers on Vow to Protect Detained Ex-Karabakh Leader Vardanyan

Dmitry Peskov said he was unaware of Azerbaijan's detention of Ruben Vardanyan, who he mistakenly said was a Russian citizen.
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