Why Did Russia and Azerbaijan Make up so Easily and Quickly?

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At the beginning of October, Vladimir Putin publicly pleaded guilty to the crash of the Azerbaijan Airlines — and so, quite suddenly, the conflict between Russia and Azerbaijan lasted almost a year. But why did the confrontation end so easily after mutual criticism and numerous arrests, as if nothing had happened? This question in the text for the Carnegie Politika project is answered by Bashir Kitachaev, a journalist specializing in the South C…