In what may be a further sign of the newly cozy relations between Moscow and Baku, a Yaroslavl court has given the green light to the extradition to Azerbaijan of a former National Security Ministry official from Azerbaijan's exclave of Naxcivan who had sought asylum in Russia.
Georgia is leading in a press freedom index among six former Soviet republics included in the European Union's Eastern Partnership initiative.
Human Rights Watch says the Azerbaijani government has been carrying out a "deliberate" strategy to "limit dissent" ahead of the Caspian Sea country's October 9 presidential election.
The two agreements signed during President Vladimir Putin's one-day visit to Baku on August 13 between the state-owned Russian oil company Rosneft and Azerbaijan’s state oil company SOCAR mark the opening of a new chapter in economic cooperation between Russia and Azerbaijan.
Azerbaijan's Central Election Commission has registered Camil Hasanli as the united opposition's alternative presidential candidate.
The U.S. Embassy in Azerbaijan has criticized what it calls "disgusting personal attacks" against Khadija Ismayilova, an RFE/RL investigative journalist and talk show host in Baku.
Rustam Ibragimbekov made the statement in Moscow late on August 27, after the commission denied his registration because of his dual Azerbaijani-Russian citizenship and because he is not a permanent resident of Azerbaijan.
Azerbaijan's Central Election Commission (MSK) has refused to register the united opposition's single presidential candidate, Rustam Ibragimbekov.
Azerbaijan's united opposition has nominated an alternative single candidate for the October presidential election.
An Armenian soldier has reportedly been shot dead along the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan's Naxcivan Autonomous Republic.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is mandated to uphold democratic values. So some are asking why its linked to an Azerbaijani trial that critics are calling a blow to free speech.
President Ilham Aliyev's list of signatures has been presented to Azerbaijan's Central Election Commission for his registration for October's presidential election.
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