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Putin’s Azerbaijan Visit Signals Russia’s Waning Influence In The South Caucasus


Although Russia’s president was welcomed warmly in Baku this week, his visit showed the limits of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s hospitality. Baku’s well-established multivector foreign policy may be the best that Vladimir Putn can get these days.

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Putin’s Azerbaijan Visit Signals Russia’s Waning Influence In The South …


Ahead of Putin’s visit, the Russian news agency Tass interviewed the Azerbaijani ambassador to Moscow, Polad Bulbuloglu, and asked him about the issue. Bulbuloglu gently signaled Azerbaijan’s …

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Putin’s slow response to the Kursk attack could test the patience of some of his backers in Russia


A year ago this week, President Vladmir Putin strode onto a stage in the Kursk region to commemorate the 80th anniversary of one of the Soviet army’s proudest moments in World War II. Address…

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Putin’s slow response to the Kursk attack could test the patience of some of his backers in Russia


Ukraine’s rapid military offensive into Russia’s Kursk region seems to have caught Moscow unprepared.