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Russia-Azerbaijan Relations in Freefall with No End in Sight
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Russia-Azerbaijan Relations in Freefall with No End in Sight

21 August 2025
Tensions between Azerbaijan and Russia have been on an escalatory track since the crash of the Azerbaijani Airlines commercial airplane in December 2024. In the past, similar disputes were usually resolved quickly, leaving little lasting impact. This time, however, the crisis is far more complex and shows no signs of de-escalation. On the contrary, almost every month since the crash has marked new record lows in Baku–Moscow relations and appears likely to have a lasting impact on future bilateral ties. The situation has become so intricate and unpredictable that further deterioration cannot be ruled out.
Vasif Huseynov

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2 killed in anti-terrorist operation in Ingushetia
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2 killed in anti-terrorist operation in Ingushetia

9 June 2018
The National Anti-Terrorism Committee said the two were killed in the Ingush capital Nazran and that they were planing a series of terrorist attacks, but gave no further details
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Opinion: Pashinyan's timely visit to Georgia
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Opinion: Pashinyan's timely visit to Georgia

29 May 2018
Armenian-Georgian relations are friendly, regardless of some tensions under the surface. During his visit to Georgia this week Nikol Pashinyan should focus on pragmatic issues related to transport corridors, argues Benyamin Poghosyan in this op-ed.
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Monday Commentary: The 1918 republics in the South Caucasus lit a beacon which has never been extinguished since
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Monday Commentary: The 1918 republics in the South Caucasus lit a beacon which has never been extinguished since

29 May 2018
The festivities marking the centennial of the first republics in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia were well deserved, and not without present-day significance, for regardless of the managed narratives the powerful messages from a hundred years ago still resonate throughout the region, argues Dennis Sammut.
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1918: If there had not been the first republic, there would not have been Soviet Armenia, nor the current third republic
1918: If there had not been the first republic, there would not have been Soviet Armenia, nor the current third republic
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1918: If there had not been the first republic, there would not have been Soviet Armenia, nor the current third republic

27 May 2018
Armenia is marking the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the first Republic in May 1918. Alexandre Petrossian, a young political analyst based in Yerevan, reflects on the difficulties encountered by the founding fathers, and the achievements of the first republic
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Monday Commentary: Russia's struggle between stagnation and innovation
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Monday Commentary: Russia's struggle between stagnation and innovation

21 May 2018
"I expected that a shrewd operator like Putin would have understood that he needed to ride the wave of change, not try to stop. The fact that he did not may indicate other concerns, not least internal power struggles", writes Dennis Sammut.
Dennis Sammut
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