... And this was only during the first five years of Armenia’s independence and only in the shadow sector of Russian-Armenian contacts. Thus, Armenia was initially provided with both political and military-technical cover from two sides: Russia and the West. Importantly, lobbyists in Russia and in the U.S. were not competing with each other, but working synergistically, striving for the common goal of securing the detachment of Karabakh and Eastern Zangezur from Azerbaijan in favor of Armenia on 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 ...
... with the West. With Donald Trump becoming President, the confrontation between Russia and the United States – and the West as a whole – might somewhat de-escalate. In such a context, the Ukrainian government will have fewer opportunities ... ... early to say that the conflict has transitioned into a “frozen” state similar to the situations in Transnistria and Nagorno-Karabakh. There will still be grounds for a political resolution, and all the parties need to make use of this opportunity....