Tensions Are Rising Between Russia and Azerbaijan. Why Is This Happening Now?

Russia: Is Moscow losing Azerbaijan as an ally?

Relations between Russia and Azerbaijan have cooled following contentious arrests in both countries. Russia may be about to lose even more influence in the Caucasus.

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 influence in the troubled South Caucasus region.

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

A rift has developed between Russia and Azerbaijn

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

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

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

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

Russia-Azerbaijan Tensions Soar, Threatening Moscow’s Influence

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.