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Стратегическая значимость Армении The mass protests that swept Yerevan and other Armenian cities in June 2015 put Armenia at the focus of attention of politicians and experts. Ostensibly, the protests were triggered by the June 2015 decision of the Public Services Regulatory Commission (PSRC) to raise electricity tariffs [1] . Protests ...
Interview with Vagram Ter-Matevosian and Arshaluis Mgdesian In January 2015, Armenia became an official member of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), having refused to sign an Association Agreement with the European Union. Armenia has no common borders with the Customs Union member states; therefore, its EEU accession treaty includes ...
... post-Soviet South Caucasus countries have not yet accumulated sufficient experience in conducting their own “festive and commemorative” policies. Before they became independent countries as a result of the collapse of the Soviet Union, Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia shared symbols and festive dates with all the other republics (the majority of these dates were associated with the establishment of the Soviet power there). The experience of national statehood after the disintegration of the Russian ...
... usual war between snipers and taking the form of full-scale shelling of parties’ positions with grenade launchers, mortars and heavy machine guns as well as incursions by raiding forces. The periods of August 2014, the end of autumn 2014 (when an Armenian helicopter was shot down on November 12) and January 2015 saw particularly dangerous confrontations. Another escalation began in March 2015 and has been ongoing with varying degrees of intensity until now. For example, Karabakh’s capital ...
The latest exacerbation of the situation on the demarcation line between the armed forces of Azerbaijan and Armenia is undoubtedly Baku’s desire to distract attention from 24 April – the tragic historical date marking the centenary of the Armenian genocide. Turkey is holding a series of national events marking the First World War with the same aim. The ...
Strategic relations between Russia and Armenia have been progressing along all tracks, within both bilateral and international organization frameworks, with considerably more attention being given to dialogue in the context of Eurasian integration. We met with President of the Russian-Armenian ...
... Editor-in-Chief of the International Trends journal Reflections in the footsteps of Victoria Nuland’s Transcaucasia tour For several days now, the Russian media has been abuzz over what one journalist dubbed the “explosive” tour of Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Armenia taken by Victoria Nuland, whom it has referred to as assistant to the U.S. Secretary of State, but who is actually the assistant to the Under Secretary of State. Interest in Nuland is being fueled by a distorted assessment of her alleged role ...
On 12 January 2015, in the northern Armenian town of Gyumry, six people belonging to one family were murdered, including a two-year-old. Six-month-old Seryozha Avetisyan, who was found still alive, was hospitalised in a serious condition with a knife wound, but the doctors were unable to ...
Yerevan recently stated its intention to join the evolving Eurasian integration project, beginning with the Customs Union. We met with Aza Migranyan, PhD in Economics, Head of Economics Department at the CIS Institute, to discuss Armenia's economic potential within the Transcaucasian environment, as well as economic and energy relations between Armenia and Russia. In 2013, Armenia announced its willingness to become a member of the Customs Union. Does this desire arise mostly ...
Potential Outcomes for Transcaucasian Rearmament Since late 1980s, Transcaucasia, the region covering Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia, has intermittently been the focal point of flashpoints and low-intensity conflicts, some between the countries themselves (all of which have at times participated in combat). The latest hot conflict dates back to 2008, when Georgia ...
| U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements |
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| U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity |
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| U.S. wants to dissolve Russia |
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| U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China |
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