A rift has developed between Russia and Azerbaijan, which have had long political, economic and cultural ties.

The escalating tensions between Russia and Azerbaijan — marked by tit-for-tat arrests, accusations of ethnic violence, and economic sparring — have tempted some Western observers to view the conflict ...

Deaths in custody, media offices raided, and beaten and bloodied suspects paraded in court — relations between Russia and ...

The rift, provoked by the deaths of two ethnic Azerbaijanis in Russian custody, was the latest in a series of spats that ...

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.

Azerbaijan has been pushing back against Russian dominance in the Caucasus region, seeking closer ties with Turkey and Israel ...

According to the HUR, Russia is staffing the base with troops from the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation currently ...

The diplomatic row began last week after two ethnic Azerbaijanis died during police raids in Russia and escalated after Baku ...

Once strategic partners in the post-Soviet order, Russia and Azerbaijan are drifting into open hostility. From diplomatic ...

After ethnic Azeri suspects died during apparently violent raids in a Russian city, Baku has lashed out at Moscow.

Azerbaijan's Interior Ministry told local media that seven people linked to a Kremlin-funded media outlet in Baku have been ...

Post-mortems on two Azerbaijani brothers who died in Russian police custody have shown that they were beaten to death, ...