President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev made press statements -UPDATED-1

On July 2, Ilham Aliyev, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, and Shavkat Mirziyoyev, President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, delivered press statements, APA reports. The President of Azerbaijan made the statement first. Statement by...

Foundation Stone Laid For“Uzbekistan” Park In Baku

(MENAFN- AzerNews) On July 2, Ilham Aliyev, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, and Shavkat Mirziyoyev, President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, laid the foundation stone for the“Uzbekistan” Park in Baku, Azernews reports. The“Uzbekistan”...

Russians in Azerbaijan reported cases of physical violence against  them 

ArmInfo.Against the backdrop of worsening Russian-Azerbaijani relations, Russians in Azerbaijan, including tourists, have reported cases of physical violence against them by individuals in civilian clothes who claimed to be police officers, as...

Russian journalists detained in Azerbaijan, BRICS org. urges UN action

The BRICS Journalists Association urges the UN to condemn Azerbaijan's arrest of Sputnik reporters and ensure their immediate release amid press freedom concerns. The BRICS Journalists Association has formally appealed to United Nations...

Arrests, raids, beaten and bloodied suspects — how Russia-Azerbaijan relations have unravelled

Deaths in custody, media offices raided, and beaten and bloodied suspects paraded in court — relations between Russia and Azerbaijan, once considered close, have sharply deteriorated in recent days amid a series of high-profile incidents. The...

From Plane Crash to Deadly Arrests: What’s Behind the Russia-Azerbaijan Standoff

Relations between Russia and Azerbaijan hit an all-time low this week, as simmering tensions over the death of two Azerbaijani men amid mass arrests in Russia have rapidly escalated into a full-blown diplomatic crisis. The Moscow Times traces how...

Baku rejects provocative telegram post attributed to ‘Azerbaijani Diaspora’ in Russia

The State Committee on Work with Diaspora of the Republic of Azerbaijan has strongly denounced a provocative post circulated on a fraudulent Telegram channel based in Russia, Trend reports. The message, titled "The Azerbaijani Community Accuses...

Turkish NTV TV Channel airs report on investigation into AZAL plane crash

Ankara, July 2, AZERTAC Türkiye’s NTV TV channel has aired a report highlighting the ongoing investigation into the crash of a civilian aircraft belonging to Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) near Aktau. NTV’s multi-million viewer audience was informed...

Azerbaijan cancels Russian events over 'extrajudicial killings' of 2 citizens in Russia's Yekaterinburg

Azerbaijan has cancelled all planned cultural events hosted alongside Russian state and private organizations, the country's Culture Ministry announced on June 29, over the deaths of two Azerbaijani citizens during police raids in the Russian city...

Another Azerbaijani detained in Yekaterinburg in connection with criminal case involving Azerbaijani diaspora

Moscow, July 2, AZERTAC The Leninsky District Court in Yekaterinburg, Russia, has imposed a detention measure on Shahin Lalayev. According to regional media sources, Lalayev’s detention has been extended until July 19. His lawyer emphasized that...

Jon Jones Drops One Statement Teasing UFC Return as Francis Ngannou & Tom Aspinall’s Plan Disrupted

Jon Jones has taken the fans on a rollercoaster ride in the past couple of weeks. After Dana White announced that the former two-weight champion post-UFC Baku, ‘Bones’ came out to claim that he’s considering a return and even joined the testing...

Tensions are rising between Russia and Azerbaijan. Why is this happening now?

Deaths of ethnic Azerbaijanis rounded up by police for decades-old murders in a Russian city. The crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet that Baku blamed on Moscow. Growing ties between Azerbaijan and Turkey, along with waning Russian...

'Audio recording of Russian military suggests Putin's troops shot down Azerbaijan plane on Christmas Day, killing 38 passengers'

The Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed in Kazakhstan on Christmas Day, killing 38, was shot down in an attack authorised by the Russian Ministry of Defence, according to the apparent testimonies of a Russian air defence crew. Flight J2-8243...

Russia-Azerbaijan tensions explained: Custodial deaths, arrest of journalists and protests, the story so far

On June 27, Russian law enforcement officers in the city of Yekaterinburg rounded up more than 50 Azerbaijani nationals in a wide-ranging operation. According to investigators, they were suspects in a murder case dating back 24 years. However, two...

How Azerbaijan-Russia relations came to a breaking point

When Azerbaijan defeated Armenia in the second Nagorno-Karabakh war in 2020, Russian President Vladimir Putin emerged as a powerful mediator. The Kremlin helped broker a ceasefire deal that forced Armenia to accept a painful retreat from most of...

Detained Russians in Azerbaijan, fake news, UN remarks: Foreign Ministry briefing

MOSCOW, July 2. /TASS/. Russia has not been given the opportunity to visit its arrested citizens in Azerbaijan, including journalists, Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said at a briefing. Moscow urges Baku to remember that relations...

Azerbaijan, Iran and Israel: Uncertain relations

On June 13, 2025, at about 3:30 a.m. Tehran local time, Israel launched a surprise attack on the Shiite Islamic Republic of Iran, targeting key military and nuclear facilities, killing military, political and civilian leaders. At the time, Israeli...

Yekaterinburg Court Places 6 Azerbaijanis in Pre-Trial Detention Amid Cold-Case Probe

A court in the city of Yekaterinburg on Wednesday placed six ethnic Azerbaijani men in pre-trial detention over a decades-old murder case, days after the deaths of two Azerbaijani detainees in Russian custody sparked a bitter diplomatic row...

Head of Baku City EP, Deputy Minister of Culture, Director of Cinema Agency arrive in the fire site-PHOTO

Azerbaijan, Croatia committed to strengthening cultural partnership

The collaboration between Azerbaijan and Croatia extends beyond political and economic spheres, thriving equally in the cultural domain. Throughout the years, the two nations have cultivated a vibrant cultural relationship built on mutual respect,...