Aliyev replaces long-serving central bank head with loyalist
After 27 years as governor of the central bank, Elman Rustamov was replaced by the former CEO of Pasha Bank.
Azerbaijani government ran cyber espionage and influence ops on Facebook, company says
Facebook said they had removed a ‘hybrid network’ that ‘combined cyber espionage with Coordinated Inauthentic Behaviour’.
Russia deploys more peacekeepers to halt ‘Azerbaijani advance’ in Nagorno-Karabakh
Azerbaijani troops appear to have vacated the village of Parukh, but are still reportedly stationed nearby.
Azerbaijani student reportedly captured by Russian troops in Mariupol
A 20-year-old Azerbaijani student was reportedly captured by Chechen troops in the embattled Ukrainian city of Mariupol.
Azerbaijani mother of three murdered in crisis shelter
Ulviya Hasanova, 27, was allegedly stabbed to death by her husband.
Baku secures a corridor through Iran
The corridor will connect western Azerbaijan with Azerbaijan’s exclave of Nakhchivan.
Azerbaijan’s ‘neutrality’ and the Declaration of Allied Interaction with Russia
Despite a treaty on ‘Allied Interaction’ signed a day before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Azerbaijan has remained resolutely neutral on the conflict.
Azerbaijani police allow women’s march to go ahead
In previous years, police have violently disbursed efforts by activists to mark International Women’s Day.
Baku police break up Russian Embassy protest
A handful of activists were dragged away by police shortly after gathering.
Azerbaijanis take to the streets against Russian invasion
Despite chants of ‘Putin, get out!’, one ruling party MP insisted the demonstration was not against Russia.