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 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.

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has signed a law approving amendments to the law "About bases of finance of municipalities", Trend reports. Under the amendment, the revenues and expenditures of the municipal budget will be reflected in the information system of the authority responsible for administrative control over the activities of municipal entities.

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.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on Jan. 7 called Armenia effectively a "fascist state," claiming that Baku might have no other choice but to "destroy" its neighbor's so-called "fascist ideology." Azerbaijan and Armenia are bitter rivals,

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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.

"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 7. Azerbaijani society has already put forward its position, and the activities of the Baku Initiative Group are expanding and growing year by year, said President Ilham Aliyev during an interview with local television channels, Trend reports.