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Tehran hopes to begin receiving Russian gas via Azerbaijan in the near future, as almost all issues with Gazprom have been resolved, Iranian Ambassador to Russia Kazem Jalali said.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov held a telephone conversation on August 23, the press service of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry said.
Tourism authorities from Russia and Azerbaijan have announced plans to collaborate on cruise shipping operations in the Caspian Sea.
A high-level session the Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation between Russia and Azerbaijan is underway in Astrakhan.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has sent a congratulatory letter to First Vice President of Azerbaijan Mehriban Aliyeva on the occasion of her birthday.
Russian exports of turkey meat to Azerbaijan have increased by 20%, with shipments originating from Bashkortostan, according to Rosselkhoznadzor's regional administration. The day before, the organization reported the inspection of a batch of export frozen semi-finished products.
Moscow and Baku will discuss the matter of unblocking of transport communications in the South Caucasus, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Overchuk said.
Moscow supports Armenia’s plans to establish the 'Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity', Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexey Overchuk said.
Azerbaijan's exports of non-oil products to Russia have increased by 8.2% in the first six months of this year, according to the Center for Analysis of Economic Reforms and Communication.
On Thursday, a passenger plane crashed in the Amur Region, killing nearly fifty people. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev expressed his condolences to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
No one is interested in breaking ties with Azerbaijan, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexey Overchuk said. According to him, patience and restraint are very important now.
Russia is committed to stable cooperation with Azerbaijan on the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC) project, aiming to launch rail service to Iran via Azerbaijani territory, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova told Vestnik Kavkaza.
The situation around the Zangezur corridor is a sovereign matter of Baku and Yerevan, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said.
The cooling in relations between Moscow and Baku has not affected the trade volume between the two countries, Chairman of the Central Bank of Azerbaijan Talekh Kyazimov said.
Fake messages have been spread on social networks from the Minister of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan, who allegedly spoke critically about the statements of the country's President Ilham Aliyev. Baku calls on people not to trust this information.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the Russian side aware of the Azerbaijani leadership’s stance on Ukraine.
There are currently no problems affecting cargo transportation between Russia and Azerbaijan, Secretary General of the Azerbaijan International Road Carriers Association Kenan Gurbanov said.
Russia's Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsiya) has issued UTair permission to operate regular flights from Chelyabinsk to Baku. The company has the right to operate flights between the cities up to three times a week.
Moscow hopes that a difficult phase in Russian-Azerbaijani relations will soon come to an end, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said the republic had never tried to compete with Russia in the sphere of gas exports, Azerbaijan was also not considered as a "replacement".
