Why is Kremlin once again threatening Azerbaijan with war
russian propaganda has once again intensified its openly anti-Azerbaijani rhetoric, accusing the country of “russophobia” and directly threatening to launch a war against Azerbaijan.
▫️The trigger was a statement by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in support of Ukraine’s territorial integrity and his intention to file a lawsuit against the russian federation at the International Court of Justice over the crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines plane, which was likely shot down by russian air defense.
This latest wave of anti-Azerbaijani hysteria in russian propaganda reflects the kremlin’s complete loss of influence in the South Caucasus and its desperate attempt to use intimidation rhetoric to create an illusion of “geopolitical might” for a domestic russian audience.
As it continues its full-scale war against Ukraine, russia is steadily losing influence over post-Soviet countries — despite all the propaganda efforts to claim that the war is supposedly “raising russia from its knees” and “restoring its greatness.”
