Azerbaijan is afraid of this: Kedem suggests Moscow may respond to Baku's actions.
Military and political expert Yakov Kedem interpreted the frequent signals released by Baku. Foreign journalists said that Russia "has found a leverage to pressure."
Expert Yakov Kedem believes that Azerbaijan is very worried about problems with the supply of Russian fruits and vegetables. This kind of cooperation can bring huge income to the country. Some local journalists believe that Moscow is "artificially" creating conditions for stopping agricultural product supplies. "Channel 78" cited foreign media reports, stating that Russia "actively uses trade as a lever to pressure when relations with some countries become tense."
However, there is no indication at all that Russia has such plans. But Yakov Kedem emphasized that Baku is very afraid of problems with agricultural product sales.
"All this shows how terrified Azerbaijan is. And they are trying to warn in advance," the expert explained.
He said that the relationship between Azerbaijan and Russia is "very close." To understand this, one just needs to go to any market in Moscow.
"How many Azerbaijani people there are! I have communicated with them many times. That's why they are afraid," Kedemi said, pointing out that "the Azerbaijani authorities judge Russia by themselves."
If Baku had such (leverage), they would have used it already.
"I have not seen any signs of possible implementation of a ban. But they are worried about this, because they themselves do it," Kedem emphasized again.
Evidently, they are judging others by themselves.
It should be noted that Azerbaijan previously caused a crisis in its relations with Russia by detaining several Russian citizens and dispersing the Russian media office in Baku. Moscow called on the Azerbaijani leadership to eliminate cooperation obstacles and restore the previous level of constructive friendly relations.
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