AZE.US There is still no Easter truce between Russia and Ukraine, and the war has instead moved deeper into another cycle of reciprocal attacks. In recent days, Russian missile and drone strikes have killed civilians in Ukraine, while Kyiv has continued sending drones against targets inside Russia. AP reported that Kyiv has kept the door … Read more
AZE.US Political analyst Alexander Iskandaryan said on Echo Baku that statements made by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, including during and after his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, are largely tailored to different segments of Armenia’s domestic audience rather than driven only by foreign policy logic. According to Iskandaryan, the same message can be … Read more
AZE.US Donald Trump built much of his political brand on a simple promise: America would stop getting dragged into long, expensive foreign wars. He mocked the strategic failures of others, presented himself as the man who knew how to use pressure without losing control, and sold voters the image of a leader who could force … Read more
AZE.US Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry said Russia had again raised issues tied to Azerbaijan’s internal affairs after talks in Moscow between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on April 1. According to the ministry, Russian officials referred publicly to matters related to the Karabakh region both during and after the Putin-Pashinyan meeting, … Read more
AZE.US The United States increased pressure on Iran over the Strait of Hormuz in the past several hours, even as Tehran moved to selectively soften some of its shipping restrictions in a sign that it is trying to manage escalation without fully backing down. The shift came as Iran allowed vessels carrying essential goods to … Read more
AZE.US Writer Hamid Herischi, who followed the war in Iran from Tabriz, has described a city where conflict is felt first in the sky. In an interview with BBC News Azerbaijan, Herischi said residents in Tabriz had grown used to hearing aircraft overhead and then seeing precise strikes hit military, administrative and industrial sites. According … Read more
AZE.US Azerbaijani journalist Arif Aliyev said Russia has moved to a more open and aggressive phase of pressure on Armenia, arguing that recent remarks by President Vladimir Putin and Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Overchuk show Moscow is now speaking far more bluntly about what it expects from Yerevan. In an interview with Pressklub.TV, Aliyev said … Read more
AZE.US REAL party chairman Natig Jafarli has questioned why Azerbaijanis who are reportedly able to build a flower business in Ecuador cannot do the same in Azerbaijan. Citing official import data, Jafarli said Azerbaijan brought in 480,000 roses worth $652,000 in January alone. The average import cost came to 2.20 manats per flower. Most of … Read more
AZE.US A sharp on-air rebuke of Azerbaijani lawmakers has triggered broader discussion over whether parliament is losing touch with the country’s real problems after MP Gudrat Hasanguliyev proposed renaming the country “Northern Azerbaijan.” The TV host who addressed the issue said lawmakers should be speaking far more about the issues affecting ordinary people every day … Read more
AZE.US Baku-based political analyst Farhad Mammadov said Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s visit to Moscow was not a routine diplomatic stop, but part of a broader Russian effort to send political signals before Armenia enters a more sensitive electoral period. Speaking on the YouTube channel Novosti Kavkaza, Mammadov argued that the timing of the meeting … Read more