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The self-proclaimed environmental activists, who blocked the key road to Nagorno-Karabakh for nearly 140 days, now complain that their government is neglecting them.

Aliyev's threatening rhetoric makes clear his government will ignore exhortations to sit down for talks with representatives of the entity he considers anathema to Azerbaijan.

The terminal may reportedly be completed in the coming five years.

The region's already meager electricity generation capacity is in jeopardy, and an "environmental disaster" could be at hand, the local de facto authorities say.

The route has gained new importance as Russia seeks to replace its former trade routes that have been cut off by Western sanctions.

Armenia has long been on a trajectory of recognizing Nagorno-Karabakh as part of Azerbaijan, but the prime minister's explicit statement still triggered shock and outrage.

Locals want answers from the wealthy and powerful state oil company, which said it was not responsible for the abandoned oil well.

The president of Azerbaijan congratulated his Turkish counterpart without waiting for the second round of elections. Other officials are already celebrating, too.

Yerevan and Baku have fundamental disagreements about how the rights and security of Karabakh’s Armenian population should be guaranteed. Observers are pessimistic that they can be bridged.

The EU mediator said progress was made towards a final agreement.

Extended parliamentary vacancies mean 380,000 citizens have no representation.

Media partisanship in Baku won’t do much to sway Turkish vote.

Baku has presented the border crossing as a demonstration of how Karabakh Armenians can live peacefully under Azerbaijani rule. But no one is using it.

Baku is due to host at least another three Grand Prix, but locals continue to wonder what the races bring to the country apart from disrupting movement in the capital.

The episode appears to be a setback for the rapprochment process between the two countries that had been advancing, if unevenly.

The self-proclaimed environmental activists blocked the road for 138 days, stopping after the government installed a checkpoint in Lachin.

Fifteen parties - all pro-government - decided to disband in the last two months.

Armenians have appealed to Russia, which is supposed to provide security on the road, as Baku tightens the noose around the territory's population.

Pro-government media in Azerbaijan are glorifying the president of Turkey ahead of that country's May election, though it's not clear what they hope to achieve.

It is the worst violence since September and the first major clash on the border since the deployment of an EU civilian monitoring mission.

Local rights activists say hundreds of religious Shias have been arrested in recent weeks as pro-government media report on the arrests of "spies" and "traitors" working for neighboring Iran.

Recent hunger strikes by jailed opposition figures have not achieved their desired ends.

Survivors and victims' family members want accountability higher up the chain of command.

Six people, allegedly with ties to Iran, were detained as suspects in the shooting of MP Fazil Mustafa.

His outspoken criticism of Iran, and the timing coinciding with the opening of Azerbaijan's embassy in Israel led some fellow MPs to point the finger at Tehran.