Doctor of Political Sciences, Historian Armen Ayvazyan Facebook post.
"It is already possible to confidently claim that I. Aliyev crossed Rubikon in his steps to Russia. In fact, Azerbaijan has opened the second facade against Russia, which Ukrainians have been waiting for so long. This attack is currently being carried out in diplomatic, international legal and propaganda fields, but is already a very painful blow for Moscow.
And so, what problems does Baku solve with its anti-Russian actions, for which the destruction of the Azerbaijani passenger plane was just an excuse?
1) Ukraine receives important psychological and information assistance, seeing how another post-Soviet Union is open to open counterfolk (if not fully conflict) enters Moscow. The Ukrainians hope that Russia will have to withdraw Azerbaijan for possible clashes with Turkey and its backs on its behind Turkey. The Ukrainian press and broadcast are flooded with admirable and inspiring comments on the Russian-Azerbaijani problem.
2) Azerbaijan acts as a leader of the Turan or "Turkic world", for example, showing the Middle Asian Turkic-speaking states and Tajikistan how to deal with "weakened Russia".
3) Azerbaijan is trying to prove to the newly formed Trumpy Administration and NATO-Principal.
In fact, these steps in Baku are extremely dangerous, because Russia has serious economic, political and military levers and opportunities to counterattack. In fact, Ali has no wide field to maneuver. He performs what he is instructed from Ankara and Tel Aviv.
In the coming days and weeks, it will be clear what volumes will take the Russian-Azerbaijani crisis. But no matter how much passions calm down, the relations between Baku and Moscow will never return to the former warmth. Most likely, the first blow to Russia will feel the Azerbaijani oligarchs in Russia and the community structures under the direct leadership of Baku. The government's lobbyists will weaken in state structures.
How will the Moscow-Baku crisis affect Russia's Russian handoffs to Armenia yet? But it will soon become clear. "
