... particularly the Central Asian ones, was a far cry from Moscow’s and Yerevan’s position.
Despite its undisguised pro-Turkish leanings, Azerbaijan most likely will be reluctant to openly support Turkey in the latter’s confrontation with Russia, Azerbaijan seems unlikely to resume large-scale hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh today.
Thus, Armenia appeared to be virtually the only CSTO country to publicly support the position of Russia against Turkey. This notwithstanding, Yerevan is not at all interested in a further escalation of the conflict between Moscow ...
.... The situation has stabilized, but the bad taste still lingers, among other things, due to band-aid-like solutions designed to revive the positive imagine of Russia among Armenian society (e.g. the dynamics of military-technical cooperation between Russia and Azerbaijan and Moscow's role in maintaining the ceasefire regime in Nagorno-Karabakh).
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Sergei Markedonov:
Russia – Learning from Armenia
Electric Maydan per se was not a coordinated anti-Russian action, but spontaneously highlighted many problems reflecting perceptions of and dissatisfaction ...
... trends that meet the demands of today (technologies, education programmes, Russian-sponsored careers in Russia and Armenia).
The Russian diplomatic establishment should do more to inform the public of the status of the Nagorno-Karabakh issue. The “freezing” of the conflict has come to be seen by many as a given. Meanwhile, the situation ... ... very dangerous. Clashes and ceasefire violations are becoming more frequent
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. On November 12, 2014, the armed forces of Azerbaijan shot down an Armenian Mi-24 military helicopter (killing three crew members). This was the first incident of an aircraft ...
... The existing legal framework, including membership in the Collective Security Treaty Organization and the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance between the two countries, allows Yerevan to rely on Moscow’s help in the case of Azerbaijan's aggression against Armenia.
The question is whether these guarantees apply to Nagorno-Karabakh as well, including whether Russia will intervene in the event of war on the territory of this republic alone. At this juncture, the case in question concerns the aggressive actions of Baku not against Stepanakert, but against the territory of Armenia. Therefore, the lack of a clearly ...
