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

This article was originally published by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and is reprinted with permission. As Russia remains ...

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 ...

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

Azerbaijan’s patience with Russia appears to have run out. In the wake of the Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243 crash in ...

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 ...

The news of two Azerbaijani brothers, Huseyn and Ziyaddin Safarov, getting killed following raids in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg on June 27, took tensions to another level.

Another diplomat noted that Russia’s growing ties with Georgia are a concern for both Azerbaijan and Turkey, while Armenia increasingly seeks closer relations with the West.. Some in Azerbaijan ...

These are among the factors that have led to the escalating tensions between Russia and Azerbaijan, the oil-rich Caspian Sea country where President Ilhan Aliyev has been in power since 2003 ...