By Cavid Aga in Baku Tensions between Azerbaijan and Russia have risen following diplomatic exchanges over critical media reports and an unresolved investigation into a deadly air crash involving an Azerbaijani passenger plane in December.

In this regard, bewilderment was expressed regarding a number of recent anti-Russian reports in the Azerbaijani media, as well as the disinformation campaign against the Russian House in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. The absolute groundlessness of the made accusations was noted.

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin meets Azerbaijan's Ambassador Rakhman Mustafayev in Moscow - Anadolu Ajansı

PanARMENIAN.Net - Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexey Overchuk has stated that Moscow welcomes the delimitation process between Armenia and Azerbaijan and supports the decision to continue this process southward from the point where their borders intersect with Georgia.

Azerbaijani foreign minister Jeyhun Bayramov stated that "the liberation of Azerbaijani territories from occupation [i.e. the Azerbaijani occupation of Nagorno-Karabakh] creates new opportunities for economic cooperation in a broader geography.

Azerbaijans president, Ilham Aliyev, has launched a fierce verbal attack on Armenia, which he has called a fascist state. Fascism must be destroyed, he said in an interview on local TV networks on January 7.

Russia and Iran have agreed on a gas pipeline route to the Islamic republic through Azerbaijan, negotiations are in the final stage of agreeing on the price of supplies, Russian Energy Minister Sergey Tsivilyov told reporters.

"In this context, concern was expressed over the series of anti-Russian publications in Azerbaijani media, as well as a disinformation campaign targeting the Russian House in Baku. The accusations made in these materials are entirely unfounded,