Russia

YEREVAN (Azatutyun) — Russia has defended the track record of Armenia’s national electric utility owned by jailed Russian-Armenian billionaire Samvel Karapetyan but stopped short of explicitly criticizing the company’s controversial[...]

Turkey’s approach to Armenia appears to involve obstructing measures that would genuinely benefit the Armenian state while simultaneously undertaking actions that could help the current Armenian government win the 2026[...]

Ukrainian President V. Zelensky will travel to Turkey this week in an effort to start negotiations with Russia aimed at ending the war. US special envoy Steve Witkoff is expected[...]

The global competition among China, Russia, and the United States continues to intensify, encompassing various regions around the world. One of the most striking examples of this is the interaction[...]

By Michael Rubin Azerbaijan, the ostensibly pro-Western and secular dictatorship in the Caucasus, likes to depict itself as a bastion of religious tolerance, a bulwark against Islamist terrorism, and an ally in[...]

YEREVAN — Anastas Alekseevich Mikoyan, the grandson of the Soviet Armenian politician Anastas Ivanovich (Hovhannesi) Mikoyan (1895-1978), goes by the moniker Stas Namin. Not only is he one of the[...]

American critics and Turkish propagandists in the Washington think tank and lobbying world continue to criticize the Russian troop presence in Armenia as evidence that Armenia is a Russian satrapy[...]

WATERTOWN — The Tekeyan Cultural Association (TCA) Mher Megerdchian Theatrical Group of New Jersey presented a Western Armenian dinner theater version of Anton Chekhov’s “The Marriage Proposal” in Watertown, on[...]

By Nate Ostiller Russia will be able to transit goods to Armenia through Azerbaijan using Baku’s rail networks, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Aleksei Overchuk has said. “The Azerbaijani side has[...]

As a result of the 44-day war, Russia’s role in the region has significantly diminished. After Armenia lost Artsakh, Russia lost almost all levers of influence over both Armenia and[...]