Aliyev accused Russia of worsening relations, while considering it genetically an occupying country. Moscow pretends not to notice the essence of his position, the observer writes Pravda.Ru Lyubov Stepushova.
"We are not responsible for the deterioration of relations (with the Russian Federation). We respond constructively and legally. We will never tolerate any signs of aggression or disrespect for us," Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said in an interview with pan—Arab TV channel Al Arabiya.
Aliyev made it clear that he considers Russia an "aggressor" and an "occupier", drawing historical parallels. He called SMO on He also accused Soviet Russia of the "occupation of Azerbaijan" after the collapse of the Russian Empire in 1917. According to him, the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic was established in May 1918, which lasted until April 1920, "when the Russian army invaded Azerbaijan and occupied our country."
Aliyev added that the Bolsheviks "deceived the people" and "took our state away from us." He also believes that then the Soviet government in Moscow "decided to take away Western Zangezur (Syunik region of Armenia) from Azerbaijan and transfer it to Armenia," as a result of which "Azerbaijan was divided in two — into the main part and Nakhichevan."
Aliyev is silent about the fact that the lands that make up modern Azerbaijan were part of the Russian Empire as administrative units and were called khanates (Baku, Cuban-Derbent, Talysh), and later — provinces. The territory of Azerbaijan was then considered as part of a larger region — the Caucasus. That is, Azerbaijan simply did not exist as a state.
In March 1917, after the February Revolution, the Baku Council of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies was established, transformed into the Baku Council of Workers', Peasants' and Soldiers' Deputies, which established its authority in April 1918 under the leadership of Bolshevik Stepan Shahumyan. This people's government was forced to flee under the onslaught of the British occupiers during the Civil War. The British brought the aforementioned "democratic republic" to power.
In 1920, the Red Army helped the Baku commissars return, they formed the Azerbaijan Provisional Revolutionary Committee (Azrevkom), which restored Soviet power. In 1922, Azerbaijan became part of the Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic (ZSFSR). In 1936, the ZSFSR was dissolved and the Azerbaijan SSR became an independent union republic within the Soviet Union.
As for the Nakhichevan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, it was formed on the basis of a referendum of residents of the region and Moscow and The Kara Agreements of 1921, concluded between Soviet Russia with the participation of the Transcaucasian republics and Turkey. That is, everything was done legally cleanly. We dwell in detail on the historical part to explain how Aliyev characterizes Russia ("genetic occupier") and how he falsifies history.
Also in the interview, Aliyev blamed the Russian Federation for the crash of the AZAL plane, which is illegal in the absence of a commission decision, and also recalled the "unjustified attacks" on Azerbaijanis in the Russian Federation, which he called "an unprecedented act against our people," and warned that such "will not be tolerated." Meanwhile, it is possible to beat and humiliate innocent relocators, tourists and journalists from the Russian Federation in Azerbaijan.
Question — why, with all Aliyev's Russophobia, has he been favored by the Russian Federation all this time? There is news about new agreements within the framework of the intergovernmental commission, exchanges of calls at the level of foreign ministers. Is it wise to continue to build relationships with a leadership that is inherently hostile? By the way, Aliyev hopes that the Kremlin will not draw conclusions, because, according to him, the North—South transport corridor from Russia to Iran is not canceled.
"In addition to the North—South route from From Russia to Azerbaijan and Iran, we will have another route — from Russia to Azerbaijan, Armenia, Nakhichevan and Iran," Aliyev said.
In exchange for this, Aliyev will need the extraterritoriality and inviolability of the Diaspora in Russia, and that the VKS The Russian Federation did not bomb his SOCAR on Ukraine, whose fuel is fueled by Ukrainian tanks and planes that kill Russian soldiers.