Soviet republic aims to play a bigger role in the Caucasus and is willing to upset Moscow and Tehran in the process, analysts say.

At a time when Vladimir Putin needs friends in his neighbourhood, he appears instead to be losing them in the South Caucasus.

Tensions between Russia and the neighbouring Caucasus republic of Azerbaijan are escalating against the backdrop of Moscow's ...

Relatives mourn for the two Azerbaijani nationals who died in police custody in Russia in late June. The Russian-Azerbaijan ...

An Embraer 190AR plane operated by Azarbaijan Airlines crashed in Kazakhstan on Dec. 25, after coming under fire over ...

Russia and Azerbaijan have other bonds, especially on trade, which has been growing between the two countries in recent years. Moscow has been interested in Azerbaijan’s role in its north-south ...

Russia and Azerbaijan developed strong economic and cultural ties after 1993 when Aliyev’s father, Heydar, who also was Azerbaijan’s Soviet-era Communist boss, became president.

Ilham Aliyev, the president of Azerbaijan, on Saturday said he wanted Russia to publicly acknowledge that it had accidentally shot down an Azerbaijani passenger plane in December last year, killing 38 ...