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Azerbaijan

Putin pushes Central Asia for North-South trade corridor steps, analyst notes Kremlin’s “Turkic bloc” anxiety

bne IntelliNews October 12, 2025

To Moscow, “the fact that the Turks are united is alarming,” he says.

Azerbaijan’s SOFAZ invests in London’s Gatwick Airport in major European infrastructure deal

Cavid Aga in Warsaw October 10, 2025

Gatwick investment positions Azerbaijan’s sovereign wealth fund as an increasingly active global investor in strategic infrastructure assets.

Baku touts reset in ties after Azerbaijan’s president Aliyev meets Putin in Dushanbe

Cavid Aga in Warsaw October 10, 2025

Russian president detailed causes of Azerbaijan Airlines plane downing over Russian airspace at one-on-one meeting.

Putin arrives in Tajikistan for meetings with Central Asia, CIS leaders

bne IntelliNews October 9, 2025

Calls made for Tajiks to arrest Russian leader under international court warrant, but Dushanbe remains strategic ally of Kremlin.

World Bank forecasts diverging growth paths for South Caucasus economies

Cavid Aga in Sarajevo October 8, 2025

Georgia maintains strong momentum, Armenia stabilises but Azerbaijan's economy slows amid declining oil output and weak digital capacity, World Bank report says.

Feasibility study for trans-Caspian power line to be ready in 2026 – report

Eurasianet October 8, 2025

Europe-bound electricity unlikely to flow before 2030.

European leaders caught on video mocking Trump for confusing Albania with Armenia

bne IntelliNews October 2, 2025

Video shows Albania’s Edi Rama joking with French President Emmanuel Macron and Azerbaijan’s Ilham Aliyev at EPC summit over US president’s repeated geographic blunders.

How Azerbaijan's oil prince went from dining with Messi to facing decades in prison

Cavid Aga in Warsaw September 29, 2025

Adnan Ahmadzada is accused of contaminating 200,000 tonnes of his country's oil exports with corrosive chemicals and facilitating billions in Russian sanctions evasion.

EBRD says geopolitics, tariffs and China competition weigh on Emerging Europe growth

Clare Nuttall in Glasgow September 25, 2025

Development bank downgrades 2025 forecasts for Central and Eastern Europe citing weak external demand, rising debt and the impact of US tariffs.

Trump claims to have stopped war between Armenia and Cambodia

bne IntelliNews September 22, 2025

US president again struggles with names as he boasts of settling war between Armenia and Cambodia - weeks after historic Armenia-Azerbaijan peace summit.

Trump mistakes Armenia for Albania for the third time at UK press conference

bne IntelliNews September 18, 2025

US president says he brought peace to “Aberbaijan” and Albania as he touts his peacemaker credentials during UK state visit.

COMMENT: US-brokered Armenia-Azerbaijan peace deal exposes Russia’s strategic failures

bne IntelliNews September 17, 2025

The recent peace breakthrough between Armenia and Azerbaijan is a major diplomatic win for the United States and a setback for Russia, according to a new report published by the Atlantic Council.

Iranian arrested for Kalashnikov shooting near Caspian Sea

bnm Gulf bureau September 16, 2025

Iranian authorities arrest driver who opened fire with Kalashnikov rifle during road dispute on busy Chalous highway connecting Tehran to Caspian coast.

Kazakhstan calls for urgent international action on rapid shallowing of Caspian Sea

bne IntelliNews September 9, 2025

Could plan to connect the Caspian and Black Seas with a tunnel or canal come to the fore?

Azerbaijan's president focusses on regional transport corridors in SCO Plus summit address

Cavid Aga in Warsaw September 1, 2025

President Ilham Aliyev points out cargo via the Middle Corridor through Azerbaijan has grown by about 90% since 2022, with transit times cut significantly.

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization is coming of age

Ben Aris in Berlin September 1, 2025

More than two and half decades after it was founded as a regional security organization to secure porous borders in the depths of Central Asia, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is coming of age as it expands its reach and agenda.

BEYOND THE BOSPORUS: Acquisitive arm of Turkish regime takes over ammunition maker Assan

Akin Nazli in Belgrade August 30, 2025

Gulenism and espionage charges cited. TMSF now manages 858 companies.

Migrants in Moscow spooked by government order to download geolocation app by Sept 1

bne IntelliNews August 28, 2025

“Amina” surveillance will inform interior ministry of guest workers’ exact whereabouts.

Turkey breaks ground on its section of the TRIPP rail corridor

Eurasianet August 26, 2025

Turkish project would help make TRIPP the go-to route for Middle Corridor freight.

New expedition finds Azerbaijan’s Tufandag glacier continues to shrink

Cavid Aga in Warsaw August 25, 2025

Glaciers are among the clearest indicators of global climate change with any warming or cooling quickly reflected in changes to their surface area.

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