Political and economic factors in the Russian-Azerbaijan relations after the decay of the USSR (1991-2015)

The article shows the importance of Azerbaijan in the Caucasus occupying a central position in geopolitics in relation to all other countries. Azerbaijan is regarded as one of the key countries among the Transcaucasian countries, on which geo-economic and geopolitical stability between East and West depends. Stability throughout the North Caucasus of Russia largely depends on stability in Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan is also a geopolitical transit corridor in the form of the Silk Road in the east. Accordingly, the increased geopolitical consumer interest of the countries of Europe and the United States towards Azerbaijan because of its geopolitical conjuncture does not leave Russia on the sidelines.