Russia can rest assured that all formal and informal agreements with Azerbaijan
will be honored
An epilogue for Karabakh
On September 20, 2023, a historic event took place. Its scale and impact on the future of South Caucasus and Russia’s policy in this region has yet to be comprehended. The separatist hotbed ...
... peoples or ethnicities would flare up in Baku, Zangezur, Nakhichevan, and even in the territory of modern Georgia, i.e., outside Nagorno-Karabakh. This was the case in the Russian Empire, in the late Soviet times, and after the collapse of the USSR [
2
]. Just to remind: the trigger for the second Karabakh war
was
the clashes in July 2020 on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border about 200 km off the hotbed of the conflict in NKR.
Fighting for land and “coincidence”
The main content ...
By imposing a blockade on Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan is helping to fuel anti-Russian sentiments in Armenia, where Russia’s image and soft power have seriously suffered
Once in a while, certain parallels appear between contemporary global affairs and classical Russian literature. Particularly, looking at the relationship between ...
... alliances. Like South Korea, the South Caucasus might focus on solving internal issues before outside matters, especially considering the stagnation with para-states for already more than three decades.
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de jure
according to some states such as Russia, Syria and Venezuela
2
. Armenia is a member of the Eurasian Economic Union, however without Nagorno-Karabakh which is recognised to be
de jure
part of Azerbaijan.
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. Edward Bibring (1943). The Conception of the Repetition Compulsion.
The Psychoanalytic Quarterly
. 12 (4): 486–519.
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. The situation in Abkhazia and South Ossetia is stabilised since 2008, and ...
After over 200 years, Russia’s commitment to the Caucasus remains firm
On November 9, Russia signed a
peace statement
with the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan, ending the most recent war in Nagorno-Karabakh. Overall,
Moscow emerged as the clear winner
by ending hostilities, introducing peacekeepers, and maintaining its central role in the vital Caucasus region. However, Russia’s direct intervention in the Karabakh conflict with the November ...
... Armenia and part of the Karabakh enclave across the territory of Azerbaijan and between Azerbaijan, as well as the enclave of the Azerbaijani Nakhchivan region through the territory of Armenia. Nonetheless, this part of the agreement, in particular, remains incomplete, with the continued closure of the land borders between Armenia and Turkey.
Michael Lambert:
Russia and the Judgment of Solomon in Nagorno-Karabakh
Nikol Pashinyan, Prime Minister of Armenia, believes that abolishing the ban on transport links will completely ...
... Caucasus, Russia’s military presence is limited to land-locked Armenia, but its solitary base there has served the only purpose of protecting Armenia from a Turkish invasion. Moscow never committed itself to defending Armenian positions in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, which Russia has always legally recognized as part of Azerbaijan and where it sought to mediate between the two sides. For its part, the Armenian leadership under Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had since 2018 been distancing itself from Russia and reaching out to the West.
The Azeri victory in the second ...
... Judgment of Solomon in which King Solomon of Israel ruled between two women both claiming to be the mother of a child. Solomon revealed their true feelings and relationship to the child by suggesting the baby be cut in two, each woman to receive half.
For Azerbaijan, Russia's intervention in Nagorno-Karabakh is only a partial success. After several weeks of fighting, Baku's troops had an undeniable advantage with more modern equipment, including drones from Israel which made it possible to destroy Soviet Armenian equipment used by separatists ...
... Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline, the Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum natural gas pipeline, both of which are gates for Azerbaijan to transport its oil and natural gas, the so-called "Caspian Sea wealth," to Turkey, Europe and other global markets.
A Blow to Russian Interests
Christian Wollny:
Nagorno-Karabakh: A Frozen Conflict Rethawed
The location of the attack or the clashes indicates that they were against Turkish-Western and Turkish-Azerbaijani interests. Nonetheless, they are also a blow against Russia's interests and role in a region of great geopolitical importance for Moscow and other international and regional players who are worried by the state of consensus emerging Between ...
... governments websites. Ongoing cyber-attacks of this nature are a fundamental part of any modern-day battle plan. However, they are liable to be just as damaging as conventional weapons.
What Can EU Do For You?
It is clear that a solution in the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh is inconceivable without Russia. With Turkey deliberately instigating the Azerbaijan government, Russia sees itself as a mediator to both, Armenia and Azerbaijan. While there is a
Russian military base
located in Armenia, and is considered Armenia’s protector, Russian neutrality goes so far that Moscow supplies
weapons ...