In 2024, births in Russia fell to 1.22 million — the lowest level since 1999 — while deaths increased by 3.3% annually, to 1.82 million.

A rift has developed between Russia and Azerbaijan, which have had long political, economic and cultural ties.

When Ukrainian Leniie Umerova crossed into Russia on her way to see her ailing father in their native Crimea in late 2022, ...

Azerbaijan’s Interior Ministry told local media that seven people linked to a Kremlin-funded media outlet in Baku have been detained after a Monday raid on its office ...

Officials say police in Azerbaijan’s capital of Baku searched the offices of Russia’s state-funded news outlet Sputnik amid rising tensions between the two countries after the deaths of two ethnic Aze ...