The Russian leader’s two-day state visit marks a shift in alliances in the politically unstable Caucasus region.
Russian President Vladimir Putin says on a visit to Baku that Moscow is still committed to its historical role of mediating peace negotiations between Azerbaijan and Armenia despite its war in Ukraine.
Putin was in Azerbaijan on a two-day visit – his first to the oil-rich country since Moscow invaded Ukraine in 2022 and since Baku retook the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave from ethnic Armenian separatists in a September offensive.
Russia has for decades been a traditional mediator between the Caucasus foes, both of which are former Soviet republics, but in the past two years, Moscow has been bogged down by its Ukraine campaign,…
