Azerbaijan

April 04, 2026 10:10

• Azerbaijan's third batch of humanitarian aid has been sent to Iran.

  Today, Azerbaijan dispatched 200 tons of food, medicine, and medical supplies to Iran. This shipment marks Azerbaijan's third humanitarian aid shipment since the outbreak of hostilities in the neighboring country.

April 04, 2026 00:53

• The amnesty in Azerbaijan affected less than a third of political prisoners.

  Over 18,000 people in Azerbaijan have been released from further prison terms as part of an amnesty. Human rights activists noted that the amnesty only affected those political prisoners whose sentences were already nearing completion.

April 03, 2026 18:07

• Azerbaijani opposition figure Taghiyev sentenced to lengthy prison term

  A Baku court sentenced Novruz Taghiyev, an activist with the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan, to six years in prison. He served as a volunteer bodyguard for the party's leader, Ali Karimli. Taghiyev denied the charges, claiming he was being pressured to testify against Karimli.

April 03, 2026 15:09

• Grain deliveries to Armenia have raised questions about Russia's goals in the Caucasus.

  The supply of Russian wheat via Azerbaijan is purely economic in nature and is driven by Armenia's need to import grain, according to several social media users. For Russia, this is primarily a political move in an effort to maintain Armenia within its orbit of influence, countered opponents.

April 03, 2026 07:32

• 27 Azerbaijani families returned to Kalbajar

  A total of 113 members of Azerbaijani families who fled the city during the Karabakh conflict have returned to Kalbajar. The total number of families permanently residing in Kalbajar has reached 162.

April 02, 2026 20:50

• The TRIPP agreement has given impetus to the development of the Middle Corridor

  Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan intend to sign an agreement this year aimed at strengthening the status of the Trans-Caspian Corridor. This need, according to the Kazakh Prime Minister, arose "given the opening of the Zangezur Corridor."

April 02, 2026 13:15

• Yagublu's sentence remains unchanged

  The Supreme Court of Azerbaijan dismissed opposition politician Tofig Yagublu's cassation appeal. Having exhausted domestic appeal mechanisms, the defense intends to appeal to the European Court of Human Rights.

April 02, 2026 05:55

• Putin suggested Pashinyan choose a course before the elections.

  Combining Armenia's course toward rapprochement with the EU and membership in the Eurasian Economic Union is "definitely impossible," Vladimir Putin declared at a meeting with Nikol Pashinyan in the Kremlin. He also stated that Moscow would "like" all pro-Russian political forces to participate in Armenia's parliamentary elections.

April 01, 2026 22:41

• Refugees from Iran have not become a problem for the Caucasus countries.

  Foreign citizens cross the border with Iran into Armenia and Azerbaijan and then return to their home countries, but the risk of an influx of refugees cannot be completely ruled out.

April 01, 2026 13:58

• Azerbaijani journalist Imran Aliyev complained about being denied treatment.

  Imran Aliyev, the head of the Meclis.info website, who is under arrest, complained to the court about the failure to provide him with conditions for examination in a civilian clinic for surgery.

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