Azerbaijan
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Breaking News from the All-Powerful Oligarchs of Oz
The crisis in Ukraine has spun the world backward on its axis. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s atypical military campaign, or denazification as some refer to it, has most western nations frantic for solutions. Unfortunately, the NATO and EU states don’t bother to ask the right questions, let alone propose the correct answers. Now, with Russia… Continue reading
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Why is There Now a Crisis in Relations Between Azerbaijan and Iran?
Recent weeks have seen a significant military escalation on the border between Azerbaijan and Iran. With belligerent statements made by both sides, Iranian troops are being transferred to the border with their northern neighbor. Explaining the move, Brigadier-General Mohammad Pakpour, commander of the Ground Forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), said: “We will… Continue reading
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BBC, Free Media, and Julian Assange
A video in which Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev is interviewed by Orla Guerin has resurfaced; the interview took place in November 2020. (The BBC version.) Revealing is what is not seen in the BBC version. When Aliyev held up the mirror to Guerin’s “accusation” that there was no free media in Azerbaijan, the BBC responded… Continue reading
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Russia takes charge of Nagorno-Karabakh
The trilateral meeting of the leaderships of Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan in the Kremlin on January 11, exactly two months after the ceasefire in the 44-day Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, can be seen as a robust push by Moscow to consolidate its diplomatic achievement so far. The ceasefire has gained traction and this is the opportune moment… Continue reading
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Putin creates conditions for ending bloodshed in Caucasus
The trilateral Armenia-Azerbaijan-Russia statement of November 10 on Nagorno-Karabakh is a major development in regional and international security. A daring attempt is afoot to tamp down an ethnic conflict with political overtones by redrawing territorial boundaries. Continue reading
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Russia Achieves Ceasefire In Nagorno-Karabakh
The war over Nagorno-Karabakh has ended for now. The Armenian Autonomous Oblast within Azerbaijan will continue to exits with Russian peacekeepers currently deploying to control its borders. Most of the Armenian occupied territories will be handed back to Azerbaijan. A Russian controlled land corridor will connect Nagorno-Karabakh with Armenia. Continue reading
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Nagorno-Karabakh: Erdogan Trying to Save Himself at the Expense of Others?
It is still difficult to find out what is actually going on in the NK conflict zone. News outlets are highly selective in their reporting, which is based more often than not on carefully controlled information drips from Azerbaijan and Armenia. The reports being shared back and forth on various sites are little more than… Continue reading
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Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with radio stations Sputnik, Komsomolskaya Pravda and Govorit Moskva
14 October 2020 — Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Question: Good afternoon, Mr Lavrov. We are not going to shake hands today to comply with the coronavirus requirements, even though we are not wearing masks right now. We have been told that you are pressed for time because the Italians are waiting for Continue reading
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The Time of Troubles in Transcaucasia – Part 2
The German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in Berlin on October 2 that the European Union seeks a “constructive dialogue and a positive agenda” with Turkey. She had just returned to the German capital after a 2-day summit meeting of the EU countries in Brussels. Germany played a key role at the summit in steering EU-Turkey… Continue reading
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The Time of Troubles in Transcaucasia – Part 1
Three days into the renewed conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh in the Transcaucasian region — also known as South Caucasus — it is becoming clear that the binary narrative dished out by western commentators of this being a Turkish-Russian clash of wills and strategies is either simply naive or purposively deceptive. The point is, Russia and Turkey… Continue reading
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The Return of Empires (V) By Dmitry MININ
A peculiarity of the formation of «larger spaces», or modern-day empires in the East, is that some of them were themselves, until quite recently, objects of colonial ambition. Other imperial projects, meanwhile, are part of even larger schemes and are being built into an intricate system of hierarchical relations and vassal dependencies, over which the… Continue reading
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ICH 21 January 2013: Bomber in Chief: 20,000 Airstrikes in the President’s First Term
21 January 2013 — Information Clearing House Algeria Hostage Crisis: Most Weapons Used in Attack Came From Libya By Mélanie Matarese, Algiers The Islamists wore the same type of outfits that Qatar provided to Libyan National Transitional Council rebels by Qatar – The also employed 60mm gun-mortars used by France and Libyan rebels. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33673.htm Continue reading
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Stop NATO News: March 25, 2012
25 March 2012 — Stop NATO Ottawa: First Joint Meeting Of U.S., Canadian, Mexican Defense Leaders Clinton Approves $1.3 Billion In Military Aid To Egyptian Junta Three NATO Soldiers Killed In Afghanistan Italian Soldier Killed, Five Injured In Afghanistan NATO Helicopter Violates Pakistani Air Space U.S. Ambassador-Designate: Georgia To Join NATO, U.S. To Upgrade Military U.S. Continue reading
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New at Strategic Culture Foundation 17-24 March 2012: Internet / Egypt / Azerbaijan / Latin America-Cuba / Afghanistan / Libya / UK
24 March 2012 — Strategic Culture Foundation Cyber security: new threats, new opportunities 24.03.2012 | 00:00 | Andrey NOVATSKY Speaking about the stronger cyber threats the US government mentions a new symbolic “Axis of Evil”: China – Russia – North Korea. The US claims that most of the cyber attacks on informational infrastructure of the US Continue reading
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Stop NATO News: March 16, 2012: Argentina To Sue Over British Oil Exploration Near Falklands
16 March 2012 — Stop NATO NATO Arctic War Games: Norwegian Military Aircraft Goes Missing NATO Attack Kills Pakistani Civilian; Four Others Arrested NATO Enhances Interceptor Missile System From One End Of Europe To The Other Georgia: U.S. Marines Lead Two-Week War Games Afghanistan: Pentagon Chief Inspects Georgian Cohorts Georgian Fatalities In Afghan War: NATO Cannon Continue reading
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Stop NATO News: March 9, 2012: NATO Announces Largest-Ever Cyber Warfare Spending
9 March 2012 — Stop NATO Russia To Block Any UN Syrian Action Implying Use Of Force Syrian, Iranian Neighbor: U.S. In Joint Air Exercise In Turkey NATO Signs New Cooperation Agreement With Georgia Bloc’s Caucasus Envoy: Georgia Getting Closer To NATO Saakashvili: Future Of Georgia, Azerbaijan Is In NATO And EU U.S., Philippines To Hold Continue reading
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GR Week in Review 1 March 2012: Nuclear Hype, Enemies of Syria and Infiltration in Occupy
1 March, 2012 — Global Research WAR PLAN IRAN: Dispelling the Lies, Telling the Truth about Western Aggression in the Persian Gulf GR ONLINE NEWS READER – by Finian Cunningham, Michel Chossudovsky – 2012-03-16 GR ONLINE NEWS READER. The region is on a hair-trigger for a conflagration that would involve nuclear weapons and the collision of Continue reading
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Stop NATO News: February 29, 2012: “Nightmare For Invader”: Georgia Is NATO States’ Window To Caucasus
29 February 2012 — Stop NATO Attacks On Syria, Iran Would Overwhelm Armenia With Refugees Russian Expert: Azerbaijan’s Territory May Be Used To Strike Iran “Nightmare For Invader”: Georgia Is NATO States’ Window To Caucasus Georgian Foreign Minister In Israel To Discuss “Regional Security Issues” Saakashvili: NATO Afghan Operation Provides Training For Local Conflicts Labor Party Continue reading
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Stop NATO news: February 28, 2012: China And Russia Slam West Over Syria
28 February 2012 — Stop NATO News China And Russia Slam West Over Syria Libya “Close To Disintegration: Prime Minister Turkey: U.S. Military Running NATO Interceptor Missile Site Israeli Arms Shipments To Azerbaijan: Against Iran Or Armenia? NATO’s Special Operations Network “Steadily Growing” Mediterranean: Canadian Warship Participates In NATO Anti-Submarine Warfare Drills U.S. Guided Missile Destroyer Continue reading
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Stop NATO news: February 11, 2012: Russia Urges Arab League To Investigate Foreign Troops In Syria
11 February 2012 — Stop NATO Russia Urges Arab League To Investigate Foreign Troops In Syria Russian Parliament: War In Syria Disaster For Whole Region Big Plans For Turkey In NATO’s Drive East NATO Caucasus, Central Asia Envoy Visits South Caucasus Ahead Of Summit NATO Representative: Azerbaijan Reliable Ally Global Reach: First NATO Military Delegation Continue reading