Russia

When people are confronted with crises, with impossible outcomes in sight, they resort to escapism as a defense mechanism, to avoid dealing with that harsh reality. Karabakh faces just such[...]

YEREVAN (RFE/RL) — Armenia said on Monday, March 28, that it is willing to “immediately” start negotiations on a peace treaty with Azerbaijan in a bid to prevent fresh Azerbaijani[...]

By Artak Khulian YEREVAN (RFE/RL) — The Russian peacekeeping contingent in Nagorno-Karabakh said on Tuesday, March 29 that it would deploy more soldiers in and around a local village that[...]

Anyone interested in the post-Soviet space — whether general reader, sociologist or seasoned economist — will find something of interest in Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan’s Transition Economies. Gevorkyan goes over in[...]

By Dr. Arshavir Gundjian, C.M. The whole world has been watching with utter dismay for over a month the incredible scenes of the devastating war in Ukraine. A peaceful country,[...]

YEREVAN — Today at around 16:00, the Azerbaijani armed forces violated the line of contact with Nagorno-Karabakh in the area of responsibility of the Russian peacekeeping mission and[...]

YEREVAN / SAMARA, Russia — Russian poet and writer Artsvi Shahbazyan was born in 1992 in Kirovakan (now Vanadzor, Armenia), to an athlete and a reserve officer. In 2000, his[...]

While the majority of Armenia’s population is concerned over the immediate and short-term impact of Russia’s war in Ukraine, historians and analysts look further into the future for developments of[...]

YEREVAN — As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine enters its fourth week, its effects are being felt as far away as the Armenian capital. Across downtown Yerevan, a similar scene plays[...]

By Pinar Tremblay ISTANBUL — With Turkey facing a major economic crisis and presidential elections scheduled for June 2023, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan faces a host of challenges. Yet the[...]