Russia will not dare to open second front against Azerbaijan because  of the Turkish factor - ex-FM of Azerbaijani

ArmInfo.  Russia will not dare to open a second front against Azerbaijan. This was stated by former Foreign Minister Tofik Zulfugarov, according to Azerbaijani media.

The former head of the Foreign Ministry assured that "after the  failures in Ukraine, the Kremlin is looking for new images of  enemies." According to him, "in recent months, Azerbaijan and  Kazakhstan have become special targets of Russian propaganda."  Previously, these attacks were directed against the Baltic countries,  NATO and France. "Russia will not dare to open a second front against  Azerbaijan. This propaganda pressure will continue. So far, we only  see the results, but over time the situation will become clear. There  is a strong alliance between Azerbaijan and Turkey that protects us  from any military threat.  However, Russia has neither the courage  nor the strength to open a second front," the former minister added.

Relations between Russia and Azerbaijan are going through hard times.  After the arrest in Russia of members of an organized crime group -  Russian citizens of Azerbaijani origin, accused of organizing  contract killings on the territory of the Russian Federation,  hysteria was thrown in Baku and in response, several Russian citizens  were arrested under a far-fetched pretext, including journalists and  ordinary citizens of the Russian Federation who visited this country  for tourism purposes. Today, Azerbaijani businesses with connections  to the criminal world are gradually closing down in the Russian  Federation, a number of influential Azerbaijanis have been deprived  of Russian citizenship and expelled from the country. In response,  Azerbaijan threatened to begin supplying weapons to Ukraine. In  addition, the Russian side has recently been launching massive  strikes on Azerbaijani oil refineries on the territory of Ukraine.