Human Rights advocate Luis Moreno Ocampo published a new blog post comparing political tactics being used by President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan to those used by the Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin.

Russia’s president is said to have blamed birds or a Ukrainian drone for a Dec. 25 crash of an Azerbaijani plane. Azerbaijan says Russian air defenses were at fault.

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 prosecutors are set to being sham trials of Artsakh leaders on Friday, including a separate trial of former Artsakh State Minister Ruben Vardanyan, against who they initiated more charges.

BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 17. Our peoples have lived in an atmosphere of friendship, good-neighborliness, and brotherhood for centuries. These traditions continue to thrive today, said President Ilham Aliyev during a joint press conference with Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze, Trend reports.

BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 7. We have recently put several metro stations into operation. But this is not enough, and 10 new metro stations will be built on my instructions, said President Ilham Aliyev during an interview with local television channels, Trend reports.

BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 15. The President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has signed a law amending the Urban Planning and Construction Code, Trend reports.

BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 17. Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Kobakhidze thanked President Ilham Aliyev for his congratulations on the victory of his party in the parliamentary elections during a joint press conference, Trend reports.

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"Another problem, which we did not expect, was attempts to boycott COP29 due to political reasons, and that was very unexpected. I don’t think that any other country which hosted this event faced this kind of resistance.

BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 17. The cooperation between the two countries in the energy sector holds special importance not only for our countries but also for a broader and larger geography, President Ilham Aliyev said during a joint press conference with Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze, Trend reports.