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The South Caucasus is no longer Russia’s backyard
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The South Caucasus is no longer Russia’s backyard

27 August 2025
For decades, Russia has stood at the centre of the South Caucasus’ security order. No peace deal, no war settlement, no major infrastructure project could be imagined without Moscow’s involvement. Yet this year, for the first time in Azerbaijan’s modern history, that assumption has been openly challenged. A series of diplomatic clashes between Baku and Moscow, followed last week by the U.S.-mediated summit in Washington, show that Azerbaijan is willing to confront Russia more directly than ever before, and that the South Caucasus may now be shifting away from Moscow at an accelerated pace.
Simona Scotti

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More talks about talks. The long and painful process of trying to achieve a breakthrough in the negotiations over the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict continued over the weekend.
More talks about talks. The long and painful process of trying to achieve a breakthrough in the negotiations over the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict continued over the weekend.
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More talks about talks. The long and painful process of trying to achieve a breakthrough in the negotiations over the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict continued over the weekend.

15 July 2013
The long and painful process of trying to achieve a breakthrough in the negotiations over the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict continued over the weekend with a meeting in Vienna between the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan.
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Armenia arrests servicewomen on charges of spying for Azerbaijan. Security Ministry says she was recruited on facebook.
Armenia arrests servicewomen on charges of spying for Azerbaijan. Security Ministry says she was recruited on facebook.
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Armenia arrests servicewomen on charges of spying for Azerbaijan. Security Ministry says she was recruited on facebook.

25 June 2013
The Armenian National Security Ministry says she was recruited on facebook and other social network sites by an agent of Azerbaijan special services operating out of Turkey.
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Sargsyan meets with Secretary of Russia's Security Council to discuss collaboration between the two strategic allies and Karabkah.
Sargsyan meets with Secretary of Russia's Security Council to discuss collaboration between the two strategic allies and Karabkah.
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Sargsyan meets with Secretary of Russia's Security Council to discuss collaboration between the two strategic allies and Karabkah.

24 June 2013
Collaboration between the two strategic allies and the Nagorno-Karabkah Peace process discussed during Petrushev's visit to Yerevan.
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EU-Azerbaijan Relations are good. Now it is time to make them better. Oil, gas, pipelines and human rights discussed during Aliev's visit to EU.
EU-Azerbaijan Relations are good. Now it is time to make them better. Oil, gas, pipelines and human rights discussed during Aliev's visit to EU.
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EU-Azerbaijan Relations are good. Now it is time to make them better. Oil, gas, pipelines and human rights discussed during Aliev's visit to EU.

22 June 2013
Oil, gas, pipelines and human rights discussed during successful visit of the President of Azerbaijan to the European Union.
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