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

Recent arrests of each other's citizens by Russia and Azerbaijan could trigger a conflict that sucks in Armenia, Turkey, Iran ...

The rift, provoked by the deaths of two ethnic Azerbaijanis in Russian custody, was the latest in a series of spats that revealed a deeper diplomatic rift between the former allies.

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Tensions between Russia and Azerbaijan rose on Monday after the Kremlin said it disagreed with a decision by Azerbaijan to cancel Russian cultural events in response to the arrest in ...

Authorities in Azerbaijan arrested two journalists from the local branch of a Russian state news agency on Monday in a move ...

Once strategic partners in the post-Soviet order, Russia and Azerbaijan are drifting into open hostility. From diplomatic snubs to deaths in custody and geopolitical realignments, ties between Moscow ...

Azerbaijan and Russia have engaged in a rare escalation of judicial measures against each other over the last days, as ...

Azerbaijani media said police in the capital of Baku searched the offices of Russia’s state-funded news outlet Sputnik, amid rising tensions between the two countries after the deaths of two ethnic Az ...

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 ...