🇦🇿 Aliyev calls Azerbaijan’s entry into the #USSR “Russian Invasion and Occupation”

In 1920, the #Russian army invaded and occupied #Azerbaijan, the country's president Ilham Aliyev said. According to him, the Azerbaijan #Democratic Republic existed only briefly before Moscow took the state away from its people. The country, he noted, was torn into two parts in the process of “Sovietization.”

🇬🇪 17 years of #Russian aggression: Anniversary of the 2008 war against Georgia

On August 8, 2008, Russia launched a war against sovereign Georgia under the pretext of "protecting civilians" in South Ossetia. In reality, the conflict was the result of years of Kremlin-backed destabilization policies.

After the collapse of the #USSR, Moscow consistently supported separatist regimes in Abkhazia and South Ossetia-arming them, sending militants and peacekeepers fully controlled by the #Kremlin.