Posted on 08/13/2025 7:33:55 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
Russian state propaganda has sharply intensified its bellicose rhetoric toward Azerbaijan amid reports of a possible lifting of Baku’s arms supply moratorium to Ukraine.
A new “special military operation” could begin in the South Caucasus, propagandist Vladimir Solovyov stated on the program “Evening with Vladimir Solovyov” on the Russia-1 channel. According to him, NATO bases could appear in the Caspian Sea region, which he called “a very big problem.” With this, he was unmistakably alluding to Azerbaijan, which is close to Türkiye, a member of the North Atlantic Alliance.
“And this is so dangerous that, from a geopolitical perspective, the consequences could be such that this would not be the last special military operation of our generation,” Solovyov said.
Following the propagandists’ rhetoric, the State Duma also began discussing a toughening of policy toward Azerbaijan after reports that Baku is considering lifting the moratorium on arms supplies to Ukraine if Russia continues its aggressive stance against Azerbaijan’s interests.
The parliamentarians' stance was voiced by Andrey Gurulyov, a member of the Duma Committee on Regional Policy, who was previously transferred there from the Defence Committee following a series of high-profile statements—including remarks about a nuclear strike on the United States. In his video address, responding to news of Baku’s decision to send humanitarian aid to Ukraine, he stated that the authorities could impose an embargo on Azerbaijani goods supplied to Russia.
“It’s really not very smart to spoil relations with such a large neighbor as Russia. If Azerbaijani goods disappear from Russian store shelves, nothing will change for us—but it will change a lot for them,” Gurulyov said.
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Azerbaijan is backed by Turkey, and I seriously doubt that the Russian military wants to battle the Turks.
When are you going to join the Azerbaijan army?
Azerbaijan was also backed by Russia, until this year when they really angered Azerbaijan. They’ve pushed Azerbaijan and Armenia together.
But Turkey and Russia won’t get in a fight, because they need each other economically too much.
Samir Ibrahimov
Another Cash Jordan? lol
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