In his handling of the accidental shoot-down of an Azerbaijani airliner, Putin is up against a hardened and determined opponent, Azerbaijani leader Ilham Aliyev, who possesses lots of leverage.

Three years after launching his “special military operation” in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin faces a looming choice. In public, he exudes optimism. He has pulled his country back from the ...

Perhaps it was a flock of birds, Mr. Putin said, or an exploding gas canister. Maybe a Ukrainian drone. But President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan was not buying it, according to two people familiar ...

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has claimed that at least two CSTO member states assisted Azerbaijan in preparing for ...

Azerbaijans president, Ilham Aliyev, has launched a fierce verbal attack on Armenia, which he has called a fascist state.

Putin’s apology to President Ilham Aliyev came as allegations mounted that the plane had been shot down by Russian air defense systems attempting to fend off a Ukrainian drone strike near Grozny ...

It did not explicitly say one of these hit the plane. The statement said Putin apologized to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev “for the fact that the tragic incident occurred in Russian airspace.” ...

FILE – Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev attend a meeting with railway industry veterans and workers to mark the 50th anniversary of the Baikal-Amur ...

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

and the Kremlin said Putin apologised to Azerbaijani leader Ilham Aliyev over the "tragic incident" in a phone call, but did not say Russian air defence shot the plane. Moscow had earlier said ...

Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev on Monday once again blamed Russian officials ... Russian President Vladimir Putin apologized for the disaster in a phone call with Aliyev, saying air defenses were ...