After the accident of the Azerbaijani airline, the entire propaganda in Baku is in an anti-Russian hysteria, writes Tigran Abrahamyan, secretary of the "I have honor" faction.
"At first, they formed a background of artificial public demand that Russia should apologize, although in such cases it happens exactly like that, then they started celebrating the apology of the Russian president, indirectly presenting it as a result of Azerbaijani pressure.
The alliance nature of Russian-Azerbaijani relations is clearly situational in nature, which was formed on the one hand to fill the gap in the damaged relations with Armenia, Russia's traditional ally in the South Caucasus, and on the other hand, to mitigate international sanctions in the Russian-Ukrainian crisis.
However, in reality, there are deep problems in Russian-Azerbaijani, and mainly in Russian-Turkish relations, which are rarely expressed externally, but are hostile in realpolitik.
Regardless of the political features and with the warmth expressed publicly between these countries in the visible processes, both in the South Caucasus and in the Middle East, Turkey and Azerbaijan have dealt different blows to the Russian influence and image with their policies.
I am still not talking about the shooting down of the Russian military plane by the Turkish air defense in the territory of Syria, the Russian helicopter shot down by the Azerbaijanis in the last days of the 44-day war in the Yeraskh sector, or the killing of 6 Russian peacekeepers during the Azeri attack against Artsakh in 2023, among which was also a member of the Russian mission. the deputy commander.
As a rule, complex situations do not imply one-step or simple solutions, but those countries that are long-term players, are able to assess the military-political situation as accurately as possible at different time scales and, accordingly, pragmatic relations, strategic partnership or building alliance relations with this or that country or organization.
HG. In this context, I am not referring to the course adopted by the RA government or the actions to be taken, because the consequence of what they have done is the enormous territorial and human losses we have brought upon ourselves," he wrote.
