Leading off… Russia has become the first state to recognize the Taliban government in Afghanistan, almost four years after the radical Islamic movement returned to power in Kabul. A Russian Foreign ...

Deaths of ethnic Azerbaijanis rounded up by police for decades-old murders in a Russian city. The crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet that Baku blamed on Moscow. Growing ties between Azerbai ...

The head of Dagestan, Sergei Melikov, appealed not to drive a wedge between Dagestanis and Azerbaijanis. There are many ...