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Russia straddles two sides in the Nagorno-Karabakh dispute

Tensions between Azerbaijan and Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh are far from over, and that places Russia in a very uncomfortable situation: trying to maintain friendly relations with two strategic allies while getting them both to the negotiating table. By Pavel Koshkin The frozen conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, a predominately ethnic-Armenian enclave within the former Soviet republic of Azerbaijan, made headlines in early April when Azerbaijan reportedly carried out a military offensive to regain...