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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 ...
On July 1-4, 2014, with sponsorship of Moscow-based Gorchakov Foundation for Public Diplomacy, representatives of Russian nongovernmental organizations visited Yerevan for a series of meetings with Armenian civil society groups and think tanks. The delegation included the Gorchakov Foundation members, Aza Migranyan and Andrey Areshev, both Caucasus experts, and RIAC Program Assistant Ilya Ivanov. In Yerevan, the Russian team met representatives ...
... jurisdiction of Baku, and actively cooperates with the U.S.A. and France in the ( Minsk Group under the OSCE auspices . OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs in Yerevan As of now, Moscow, Washington and Paris have agreed on the so-called basic principles for the Armenian-Azeri settlement as the foundation for future peaceful relations [1] . Russia sees Armenia, a CSTO participant and potential member of the Customs Union, as its strategic ally, and at the same time does not want deterioration in its relations ...
Armenia and the Customs Union: a Forced Maneuver or Conscious Choice? At the Eastern Partnership Summit in Vilnius on November 28-29, 2013, Armenia chose not to sign the Association Agreement and the accompanying accords on the Deep and Comprehensive ...
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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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