Azerbaijani leader Ilham Aliyev appeared to ratchet up tension in the South Caucasus by unexpectedly reviving a demand for extraterritorial rights on a land corridor connecting Azerbaijan proper to its Nakhchivan exclave across Armenian territory. But some experts in Baku believe that the issue can be managed.

Azerbaijani leader Ilham Aliyev is demanding answers, saying Vladimir Putin's latest apology "isn't enough" and that Moscow must take responsibility.

Azerbaijan's president said on Monday that Russia was "guilty" over the downing of an airline last month that Baku says was shot by Russian air defenses. An Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer 190 jet crash-landed in Kazakhstan on Dec.

While meeting on Monday with the two surviving flight attendants and families of other crew members that died, President Ilham Aliyev said the ... attacked by Ukrainian combat drones. Aliyev on Monday again accused Russia of a “cover up,” saying ...

In the crash’s aftermath, Azerbaijan has unleashed rare and stinging criticism of Russia, with the country’s president saying Moscow’s response has caused “surprise, regret and rightful indignation.”

"The blame for this disaster lies with representatives of the Russian Federation," Ilham Aliyev said on Jan. 6.

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Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev accused Russia of "an attempt to hush up" the downing of an Azerbaijan Airlines jet last month.

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Aliyev, who is close to Putin, issued rare criticism of his Russian neighbour over the crash last month, and demanded an apology from Moscow.

Russia and its four flight information regions (FIRs) to a list of potentially dangerous airspaces for civilian aircraft. According to the agency, the decision aims to "ensure maximum flight safety amid the ongoing full-scale war Russia is waging against Ukraine.

BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 6. The blame for the deaths of Azerbaijani citizens in the airplane crash lies with representatives of the Russian Federation, said President Ilham Aliyev during a meeting with the family members of the crew who perished in the plane crash and surviving flight attendants, Trend reports.