Sep. 01, 2024 11:21 AM EDT
Polls closed Sunday evening in Azerbaijan's snap parliamentary election, the first since it regained full control of a former breakaway territory in a lightning offensive last year.
Previous elections since independence from the Soviet Union in the 1990s have not been regarded as...
Aug. 20, 2024 13:06 PM EDT
BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — Azerbaijan formally applied Tuesday to join the BRICS bloc of developing economies, a day after Russian leader Vladimir Putin's visit to the oil-rich South Caucasus country to shore up regional ties and secure Moscow’s under-pressure trade routes.
The...
Aug. 19, 2024 23:03 PM EDT
BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — Russian leader Vladimir Putin held talks on Monday with his Azerbaijani counterpart as part of a two-day trip to secure Moscow’s under-pressure trade routes and shore up ties in the South Caucasus.
Business links were high on the agenda as Putin and...