Topic: Russian-Armenian relations

The 2020 Nagorno Karabakh war has significantly changed the balance of power in the South Caucasus, increasing the role and influence of Turkey. The direct involvement of Turkey in the war and the lack of action by Russia to prevent this[...]

The 2020 war between Armenia and Azerbaijan had a detrimental impact of historic proportions on Armenia’s destiny. The human and territorial losses were as discouraging as the isolation which was the result of the international[...]

YEREVAN/YABLONOVSKY, Russia — Few people in Armenia know Russian linguist and translator Alexey Lyubimov, despite his close ties with Armenia and the Armenian language. Recently, Vadim Arutyunov’s interview with him was posted on the[...]

By Benyamin Poghosyan Special to the Mirror-Spectator On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine. Russia published draft texts of two agreements with the US and NATO in December 2021, putting forward[...]

YEREVAN (Azatutyun) — Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke with the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan by phone February 26 as Russia continued its military assault on Ukraine. Official Russian and Armenian sources did not mention the[...]

YEREVAN (primeminister.am, president.am, TASS) – Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan received a Russian government delegation led by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov which came to Yerevan on November 21. The delegation features Deputy Prime[...]

Special to the Mirror-Spectator, Baikar and Azg YEREVAN – President Armen Sarkissian of Armenia gave a wide-ranging Armenian-language interview jointly to the Armenian Mirror-Spectator, Baikar and Azg newspapers on June 17, which here is[...]

YEREVAN (RFE-RL) — Russia’s ambassador to Armenia was summoned to the Foreign Ministry in Yerevan last week after meeting with the indicted former President Robert Kocharyan, a senior Armenian lawmaker revealed on Monday, June 17.[...]