Dmitry Peskov emphasized the importance of preserving the traditionally strong ties between the two nations, despite the ...

The executive director and editor-in-chief of Russia's state-run news agency Sputnik in Azerbaijan have been issued four months of detention on Tuesday, following a Baku police raid of the Russian ...

After a NATO chief issued a chilling WW3 warning prediction, a diplomatic row has broken out with Russia said to be ...

Relations between Russia and Azerbaijan, an oil-rich former Soviet republic, have dramatically deteriorated after a campaign of arrests against each other’s citizens that could herald a major ...

Azerbaijan's police have stormed Sputnik's Baku bureau, detaining staff as ties with Moscow sour. The raid follows the deaths of two Azerbaijanis in a Russian police operation last week.

Recent events in the South Caucasus show how the authoritarian playbook is exported and adapted to suit local contexts. From ...

Authorities in Azerbaijan arrested two journalists from the local branch of a Russian state news agency on Monday in a move likely to further stoke tensions with Moscow following arrests in Russia ...

Azerbaijani police this week raided the Russian state news agency Sputnik Azerbaijan and arrested its editor-in-chief and director, casting them as spies.

In a statement, Azerbaijan's Interior Ministry said it had launched an investigation into the outlet, Sputnik Azerbaijan, after raiding its offices earlier on Monday.

Police in Azerbaijan’s capital of Baku searched the offices of Russia’s state-funded news outlet Sputnik on Monday (June 30, 2025), local media reported, as tensions rose between the two ...

Armenia and Russia dismissed the accusations but now HUR has released a document that they say prove it, saying it was an ...

Police raided the Baku office of the Russian media agency Sputnik Azerbaijan on Monday, according to local media reports citing the Azerbaijani Interior Ministry. Law enforcement reportedly took ...