The oligarch Vagit Alekperov is Russia's official richest man after being behind the country's biggest oil company.

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.

At a meeting with his Armenian counterpart in Moscow, Lavrov said the Kremlin was ready to assist in the normalisation of Armenia-Azerbaijan relations.View on euronews

Azerbaijan and Iran signed key agreements to develop transport and trade, facilitating the development of the North-South transport corridor, she said.

BAKU. Jan 22 (Interfax) - Trade turnover between Azerbaijan and Russia rose 10.1% year-on-year to nearly $4.8 billion in 2024, Azerbaijan's State Customs Committee (SCC) told Interfax.

Europe warns its airlines to stay away through next summer, as Ukraine turns skies of western Russia into a battlefield.

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 abyss and,

Maria Zakharova stressed that Russia has consistently supported the expansion of interaction within BRICS with the countries of the Global South and East

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The Middle Corridor has risen to prominence as global supply chains adapt to new geopolitical realities. Yet challenges remain before the corridor can fully supplant traditional Eurasian routes.

"As much as President Trump is making America great again, it is time he and the [Congressional Armenian] Caucus make Armenia great again, writes Marshall Moushigian for Sun View.

Italy plans to make an early start on filling strategic gas stockpiles in 2025, the country's energy minister said on Thursday, as Rome expects gas wholesale prices to spike higher in the summer. Gas is usually bought and stored between April and October when demand and prices are lower,