Tuesday, 16 December 2003

PUTIN EXPRESSES CONDOLENCES TO AZERI LEADER

Published in News Digest

By empty (12/16/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Baku on Monday morning to attend the funeral of ex-president of Azerbaijan, Heydar Aliyev. The Russian leader headed directly from the airport to the Respublika palace, where the coffin has been placed. The Russian president laid a wreath at the coffin.
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Baku on Monday morning to attend the funeral of ex-president of Azerbaijan, Heydar Aliyev. The Russian leader headed directly from the airport to the Respublika palace, where the coffin has been placed. The Russian president laid a wreath at the coffin. One of the ribbons on the wreath bore the inscription: \"From the Russian Federation.\" After a minute of silence in Aliyev\'s memory, Putin approached his relatives and then sat down next to Ilkham Aliyev. President Vladimir Putin has described Geidar Aliyev as a person who could foresee long-term prospects. (RIA-Novosti)
Read 2060 times
More in this category: « 7 CHECHEN FIGHTERS KILLED IN DAGESTAN – FSB PIPELINE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS IN GEORGIA STRIKE FOR PAY INCREASE »
back to top

Visit also

silkroad

AFPC

isdp

turkeyanalyst

Staff Publications

  

2410Starr-coverSilk Road Paper S. Frederick Starr, Greater Central Asia as A Component of U.S. Global Strategy, October 2024. 

Analysis Laura Linderman, "Rising Stakes in Tbilisi as Elections Approach," Civil Georgia, September 7, 2024.

Analysis Mamuka Tsereteli, "U.S. Black Sea Strategy: The Georgian Connection", CEPA, February 9, 2024. 

Silk Road Paper Svante E. Cornell, ed., Türkiye's Return to Central Asia and the Caucasus, July 2024. 

ChangingGeopolitics-cover2Book Svante E. Cornell, ed., "The Changing Geopolitics of Central Asia and the Caucasus" AFPC Press/Armin LEar, 2023. 

Silk Road Paper Svante E. Cornell and S. Frederick Starr, Stepping up to the “Agency Challenge”: Central Asian Diplomacy in a Time of Troubles, July 2023. 

Screen Shot 2023-05-08 at 10.32.15 AM

Silk Road Paper S. Frederick Starr, U.S. Policy in Central Asia through Central Asian Eyes, May 2023.



 

The Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst is a biweekly publication of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program, a Joint Transatlantic Research and Policy Center affiliated with the American Foreign Policy Council, Washington DC., and the Institute for Security and Development Policy, Stockholm. For 15 years, the Analyst has brought cutting edge analysis of the region geared toward a practitioner audience.

Newsletter

Sign up for upcoming events, latest news and articles from the CACI Analyst

Newsletter