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‘Occupation, Not Liberation’: Aliyev Reframes History Amid Strained Relations with Kremlin
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BAKU, August 30 — President Ilham Aliyev has described the Soviet takeover of Azerbaijan in 1920 as an “occupation,” a historic framing that analysts...
Moscow Can’t Erase 1920: Why Aliyev’s “Occupation” Remark Still Matters
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By Eldar S.,Special to Azerbaijan.US
Baku, August 30, 2025 - When President Ilham Aliyev told Al Arabiya that the Red Army occupied Azerbaijan in 1920,...
Latynina Labels Aliyev a ‘Dictator,’ Accuses Markov of Paid Lobbying
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Baku — A familiar pattern in Russian liberal commentary has resurfaced: accusations without evidence, labels without context. This week, journalist Yulia Latynina called Azerbaijani...
Occupation Is Occupation — No Matter What Moscow Says
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Baku, August 30, 2025 — When President Ilham Aliyev told Al Arabiya that the Red Army invaded and occupied Azerbaijan in 1920, Russian propaganda...
Why Aliyev Called It Occupation — And What It Means for Russia Today
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Baku, August 30, 2025 — President Ilham Aliyev’s interview with Al Arabiya has sparked heated reactions in Moscow after he described the entry of...
Shusha Forum Was a “Calculated Provocation,” Says Shevchenko
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Moscow, August 30, 2025 — Russian journalist and political commentator Maxim Shevchenko has described the recent Shusha conference, which triggered controversy in Russian–Azerbaijani relations,...
“The Caspian Is Not a Playground for Outsiders: Hands Off the Caspian” – Shevchenko
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Baku, August 30, 2025 — Russian journalist and commentator Maxim Shevchenko has warned against turning the Caspian Sea into an arena for external power...
No More Kremlin Whiplash: How Baku Plans Its New Normal
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Baku — On Novosti Kavkaza, analyst Farhad Mammadov argued that President Ilham Aliyev’s recent interview with Al Arabiya marked a turning point: Azerbaijan is...
Make Moscow React: Why Reviving GUAM Changes the Game
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The landscape rhymes with the mid-2000s: Azerbaijan is “reverting” to balanced, West-linked energy and transit—BTC, SGC logic—after shocks from Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Calling Occupation by Its Name: Why Aliyev’s Words Exposed Russia’s Historical Blind Spot
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Baku, August 30, 2025 — President Ilham Aliyev’s interview with the Arab broadcaster Al Rabia has, as Caliber.Az observes, struck a nerve in Russia...

