Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev met his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on October 9 in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, on the sidelines of the Commonwealth of Independent States summit meeting. It was their first extended encounter since 2022. The Kremlin’s official release described the exchange as “a detailed discussion of key issues on the bilateral agenda” and emphasized […] The post Russia-Azerbaijan thaw reshapes Middle Corridor prospects appeared first on Asia Times .