Amnesty International on Thursday called for an investigation into alleged abuses against detainees in Russia and Azerbaijan. In the statement, Amnesty International’s Director for Eastern Europe ...

Russian journalists Igor Kartavykh and Yevgeny Belousov, along with the country’s eight other nationals, were put under arrest in Azerbaijan for four months earlier this week ...

Earlier, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told TASS that consular staff had agreed on access to 13 Russian citizens detained in Azerbaijan ...

Tensions are escalating between Russia and Azerbaijan, an oil-rich Caspian Sea nation, driven by a series of contentious ...

Azerbaijan has been pushing back against Russian dominance in the Caucasus region, seeking closer ties with Turkey and Israel ...

The rift, provoked by the deaths of two ethnic Azerbaijanis in Russian custody, was the latest in a series of spats that ...

Deaths in custody, media offices raided, and beaten and bloodied suspects paraded in court — relations between Russia and ...

By Cavid Aga in Sarajevo Azerbaijan has arrested eight Russian citizens on drug trafficking and cybercrime charges whilst ...

The deaths of two ethnic Azerbaijanis amid allegations of torture during a police raid last week in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg has quickly escalated into a diplomatic confrontation highlighting ...

Seven people linked to a Kremlin-funded media outlet in Azerbaijan’s capital have been detained after a raid on its office, ...

By Cavid Aga in Sarajevo Azerbaijan arrested two Russian journalists on June 30 and ordered fresh autopsies on two ...