2025 Azerbaijan–Russia diplomatic crisis
| 2025 Azerbaijan-Russia diplomatic crisis | |||
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| Part of Azerbaijan–Russia relations, the Armenia–Azerbaijan conflict, and the Russo-Ukrainian War | |||
Map of Russia (orange) and Azerbaijan (green) | |||
| Date | 27 June – 9 October 2025 (3 months, 1 week and 5 days) | ||
| Resulted in | Ties restored | ||
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A diplomatic crisis broke out between Azerbaijan and Russia in June 2025, when Russia arrested several ethnic Azeris as part of what it claimed to be an investigation into a 2001 murder. Azerbaijan responded by shutting down a Russian state television office and arresting Russian nationals working there.
The crisis was resolved in October following a meeting between Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev and Russian president Vladimir Putin.