Azerbaijan is increasingly freeing itself from Russian influence
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan, Vilayat Eyvazov, refused to participate in the meeting of the CIS (Council of Interior Ministers), which took place on August 12 in saint petersburg.
The Azerbaijani authorities did not provide an official explanation for the refusal.
The meeting was chaired by the head of the russian ministry of foreign affairs, vladimir kolokoltsev, who once again promoted narratives about a “shared history” and “traditional values.”
Baku’s refusal to participate in the event indicates Azerbaijan’s consistent policy of freeing itself from russian influence. Previously, the country closed the “russian house,” restricted the activities of kremlin-backed media, significantly narrowing the space for russian propaganda.
moscow is rapidly losing the ability to dictate its political or economic conditions to Azerbaijan, but is trying to compensate for the loss of real leverage by intensifying disinformation campaigns: propagandistic statements, distortion of facts, and escalating “war” rhetoric for the domestic audience.
Earlier, the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, signed an order to allocate $2 million in humanitarian aid to Ukraine following russian strikes on the SOCAR oil depot in the Odesa region and a gas compressor station transporting Azerbaijani gas to Ukraine.
