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CORRECTS THE DATE - Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives at the Vnukovo airport in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, May 7, 2025, ahead of celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany during the World War II. (Grigory Sysoev/RIA Novosti via AP)

Russia hosts world leaders for the 80th anniversary of its defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II

Russian President Vladimir Putin is hosting heads of states for festivities Friday marking the 80th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II.
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Wounded passengers of the Azerbaijani Airline's plane crashed near the Kazakhstani city of Aktau, are transported from a medical plane at the Heydar Aliyev International Airport outside Baku, Azerbaijan, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024. (AP Photo)

Investigators meet in Brazil to extract data from black box of crashed Azerbaijani airliner

January 3
An Azerbaijan national flag, flowers and candles are seen at the wall of the apartment building in memory of a pilot Alexander Kalyanina, one of victims who died in the Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer 190 crash near the Kazakhstan's airport of Aktau, in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024. (AP Photo)

Azerbaijan’s president says crashed jetliner was shot down by Russia unintentionally

December 29, 2024
In this photo taken from a video released by the administration of Mangystau region, a part of Azerbaijan Airlines' Embraer 190 lies on the ground near the airport of Aktau, Kazakhstan, on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024. (The Administration of Mangystau Region via AP)

Putin apologizes for ‘tragic incident’ but stops short of saying Azerbaijani plane was shot down

December 28, 2024
In this photo taken from a video released by the administration of Mangystau region, a part of Azerbaijan Airlines' Embraer 190 lies on the ground near the airport of Aktau, Kazakhstan, on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024. (The Administration of Mangystau Region via AP)

What is known about a plane crash in Kazakhstan that Azerbaijan says was caused by Russia?

December 29, 2024

Azerbaijan’s Aliyev says crashed jetliner was shot down by Russia unintentionally, calls for apology

Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev said on Sunday the Azerbaijani airliner that crashed last week was shot down by Russia, albeit unintentionally.
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In this photo taken from a video released by the administration of Mangystau region, the wreckage of Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer 190 lies on the ground near the airport of Aktau, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2024. (The Administration of Mangystau Region via AP)

Azerbaijani airliner crashes in Kazakhstan, killing 38 with 29 survivors, officials say

December 26, 2024
FILE - In this photo provided by the Azerbaijan's Presidential Press Office, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev speaks at a parade in Khankendi, capital of the former breakaway territory of Karabakh, Azerbaijan, on Nov. 8, 2023. (Azerbaijani Presidential Press Office via AP, File)

Azerbaijan holds a parliamentary election expected to retain the presidential party’s dominance

September 1, 2024
People wave national flags celebrating Azerbaijan's President Ilhan Aliyev's victory in the presidential election in Baku, Azerbaijan, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024. Azerbaijanis voted Wednesday in an election almost certain to see incumbent President Ilhan Aliyev chosen to serve another seven-year term. (AP Photo)

Azerbaijan’s Aliyev officially wins by a landslide in an election that monitors say was restrictive

February 9, 2024
Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev casts his ballot during presidential election at a polling station in Khankendi, Karabakh region, Azerbaijan, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024. Azerbaijanis are voting Wednesday in an election almost certain to see incumbent President Ilham Aliyev chosen to serve another seven-year term. (Vugar Amrullaev/Azerbaijan State News Agency AZERTAC via AP)

European monitors says Azerbaijan’s election took place in a restrictive environment

February 8, 2024
People wave national flags celebrating Azerbaijan's President Ilhan Aliyev's victory in the presidential election in Baku, Azerbaijan, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024. Azerbaijanis voted Wednesday in an election almost certain to see incumbent President Ilhan Aliyev chosen to serve another seven-year term. (AP Photo)

Azerbaijan’s Aliyev appears headed to a landslide win in election called after retaking Karabakh

February 8, 2024
In this photo provided by the Azerbaijan's Presidential Press Office, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev delivers his message during a parade dedicated to the third anniversary of the Victory in the Patriotic War in Khankendi, also known by Armenians as Stepanakert, in Nagorno-Karabakh, Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023. Azerbaijanis celebrate the third anniversary of their victory in the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war after Azerbaijan gained the full control over the separatist region in fighting earlier this year. (Azerbaijani Presidential Press Office via AP)

Azerbaijan to hold snap presidential election in early February, shortly before Russia’s vote

December 7, 2023
Azerbaijani servicemen guard the Lachin checkpoint on the in Azerbaijan, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023. Astsetrayn was one of the last residents of Nagorno-Karabakh to drive out of the region in his own vehicle as part of a grueling weeklong exodus of over 100,000 people — more than 80% of the residents — after Azerbaijan reclaimed the area in a lightning military operation. (AP Photo/Aziz Karimov)

Azerbaijan’s leader says his country is ready to hold peace treaty talks with Armenia

October 8, 2023

Soldier wounded amid heightened Armenia-Azerbaijan tensions

November 10, 2022
Russian President Vladimir Putin holds an umbrella as he stands waiting for Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan prior to their talks, at the Bocharov Ruchei residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. (Sergei Bobylev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

No breakthrough in Armenia, Azerbaijan peace talks in Russia

October 31, 2022
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with leaders of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) to discuss support for Armenia following clashes on its border with Azerbaijan, via videoconference at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence, outside Moscow, Russia, Friday, Oct. 28, 2022. (Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin to host leaders of adversaries Armenia and Azerbaijan

October 28, 2022
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, arrives for a meeting of the European Political Community at Prague Castle in Prague, Czech Republic, Thursday, Oct 6, 2022. Leaders from around 44 countries are gathering Thursday to launch a "European Political Community" aimed at boosting security and economic prosperity across the continent, with Russia the one major European power not invited. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Leaders of Turkey, Armenia hold face-to-face meeting

October 6, 2022

Cyprus protests meeting of Azerbaijan, Turkish Cypriot heads

August 11, 2022
FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, attends talks with Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev, second left, and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, left, at the Kremlin in Moscow, on Jan. 11, 2021. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said Thursday, March 31, 2022 he will meet with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in Brussels on April 6 and for talks to end the decades-long conflict over the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Armenia, Azerbaijan leaders to meet amid recent fighting

March 31, 2022

Military helicopter crash in Azerbaijan kills 14

November 30, 2021
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev, right, and Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan talk during their meeting in the Bocharov Ruchei residence in the Black Sea resort Sochi, Russia, Friday, Nov. 26, 2021. Russian President Vladimir Putin is hosting the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan for talks. The three are expected to discuss ways to resolve the tensions over the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh. (Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin: Talks with Armenia, Azerbaijan leaders ‘constructive’

November 26, 2021
Soldiers carry a 440-meter-long (1,444-foot) Azerbaijan national flag to celebrate the Victory Day in Baku, Azerbaijan, Monday, Nov. 8, 2021. The celebrations mark the one-year anniversary of Azerbaijan's victory in six weeks of heavy fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh. (AP Photo)

Azerbaijan celebrates Nagorno-Karabakh victory anniversary

November 8, 2021
An exterior view of 56-60 Conduit Street in the Mayfair district of London, Monday, Oct. 4, 2021. The property is linked to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in a new report dubbed the Pandora Papers that sheds light on how world leaders, powerful politicians, billionaires and others have used offshore accounts to shield assets collectively worth trillions of dollars over the past quarter-century. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

‘Pandora papers’ show London is a key hub for tax avoidance

October 5, 2021

Iran’s army to hold drill near tense border with Azerbaijan

September 30, 2021
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, left, and Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speak to the media in Fuzuli, in Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan, Tuesday, June 15, 2021. Fuzuli is city that Azerbaijan liberated from Armenian forces in last autumn's war. Fuzuli came under Armenian control in 1992 in fighting over the separatist Nagorno-Karabakh region.(Turkish Presidency via AP, Pool)

Leaders of Turkey, Azerbaijan hold talks in recaptured city

June 15, 2021
Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev speaks to media after his talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Jan. 11, 2021. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday hosted his counterparts from Armenia and Azerbaijan, their first meeting since a Russia-brokered truce ended six weeks of fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Armenian, Azerbaijani leaders in Russia for talks

January 11, 2021
Truck transports seized Armenian military hardware during the parade in Baku, Azerbaijan, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020. A military parade has been held in the Azerbaijani capital in celebration of a peace deal with Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh that saw Azerbaijan reclaim much of the separatist region along with surrounding areas. (AP Photo/Aziz Karimov)

Azerbaijan holds parade after Nagorno-Karabakh fighting

December 10, 2020

Azerbaijan fully reclaims lands around Nagorno-Karabakh

December 1, 2020
The Azerbaijanian religion officials and military officer pray in Mosque in Aghdam, after the Azerbaijani forces handed control that had been occupied by Armenian forces for a quarter-century, Aghdam, Azerbaijan, Friday, Nov. 20, 2020. Units of the Azerbaijani army on Friday morning entered the Aghdam region, a territory ceded by Armenian forces in a cease-fire agreement that ended six weeks of heavy fighting. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Azerbaijani leader hails handover of region ceded by Armenia

November 20, 2020
Azerbaijani man with the national flag celebrates after the country's President claimed Azerbaijani forces have taken Shushi, a key city in the Nagorno-Karabakh region that has been under the control of ethnic Armenians for decades in Baku, Azerbaijan, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020. (AP Photo)

Azerbaijani leader: Forces seize key Nagorno-Karabakh city

November 8, 2020
Soldiers and firefighters search for survivors in a residential area that was hit by rocket fire overnight by Armenian forces, early Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020, in Ganja, Azerbaijan's second largest city, near the border with Armenia. Several civilians were killed and dozens were wounded. Russian President Vladimir Putin brokered a cease-fire on Friday in a series of calls with President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan and Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian.(Ismail Coskun/IHA via AP)

Azerbaijan, Armenia report shelling of cities despite truce

October 11, 2020
Pigeons fly near Holy Mother of God Cathedral in Stepanakert during a military conflict in the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh, Friday, Oct. 9, 2020. Armenia and Azerbaijan say they have agreed to a cease-fire in Nagorno-Karbakh starting at noon Saturday. (AP Photo)

Russia sponsors Nagorno-Karabakh cease-fire talks

October 9, 2020
People attend a nationwide prayer for peace lead by Catholicos Karekin II in the Saint Gayane Church in Yerevan, Armenia, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2020. Armenia and Azerbaijan say heavy fighting is continuing in their conflict over the separatist territory of Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan's president said late Saturday that his troops had taken a village.(Grigor Yepremyan/PAN Photo via AP)

Azerbaijan claims seizing villages in fighting with Armenia

October 3, 2020

Rabbi leads US evangelicals in visit to Muslim Azerbaijan

March 7, 2019