Leigh in Azerbaijan

In reference to the throwing of a hand grenade into the Abu Bekir mosque, the leader of Humanist Party of Azerbaijan, Oqtay Atakhan, said:

It is now possible to state that these terror acts were committed by Russian special services to further encourage the separatist movements inside our country, but this time under the flag of Islam.

And another commentator, ‘famous political scientist Hikmet Hajizade’, regarding possible Russian aggression against Azerbaijan says:

If Russia is not stopped, its further goals will be Ukraine and Azerbaijan.

Who knows how much panic-driven speculation this all this, but it’s part of the political conversation here.