‘Unusually Public Crisis’: How a Plane Crash Is Driving Russia and Azerbaijan Apart

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Relations between Russia and Azerbaijan, whose leaders once showcased their exceptionally friendly relationship, have been deteriorating
since the Dec
capital Grozny when it disappeared from radar near Russia's Caspian Sea coast
flights to Russia following the incident and officials claimed that a Russian surface-to-air missile likely hit the aircraft as it tried to
the incident that took place while stopping short of saying Russian air defense shot the plane.Following the call, Aliyev publically
demanded that Russia not only issue an apology but also admit it fired at the jet and pay compensation to Azerbaijan and the crash
move, Azerbaijani authorities ordered to close the local branch of Rossotrudnichestvo, a Russian state-funded cultural diplomacy agency, and
Russian lawmaker Nikolai Valuev from entering the country after he suggested that the South Caucasus country uses diaspora groups to engage
Feb
multiple crises over the years, but the most recent one is notably different due to the unusually public nature of the antagonistic
plane.Moskva News AgencyRauf Mammadov, a senior energy manager at Fuld & Company and non-resident fellow at the Jamestown Foundation, called
its territory
could, on the other hand, put at risk the planned pipeline project that is expected to deliver 300 million cubic meters of Russian natural