Topic: Russian peacekeepers

Azerbaijan’s blockade of the Lachin corridor and the emerging humanitarian crisis in the self-proclaimed Nagorno Karabakh Republic highlighted the immediate challenges faced by Nagorno Karabakh Armenians. The lack of basic food and[...]

Throughout history Armenians have been notoriously divided, even in the face of catastrophe, and that, more often than not, has contributed to our historic losses. Today, as Artsakh nears the point of extinction, are we speaking with one[...]

BRUSSELS — Two years after their latest war over Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh), Armenia and Azerbaijan appear headed toward another confrontation, the International Crisis Group (ICG) said in a report on January 1. “A new war would be[...]

YEREVAN (Azatutyun) — Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has again criticized Russia and other ex-Soviet allies of Armenia for not defending it against what Yerevan regards as Azerbaijani military aggression. “The aggression against the[...]

By Joshua Kucera As the blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh drags on, the performance of the Russian peacekeepers charged with providing security on the road in and out of the territory is coming under closer scrutiny than ever before. And the[...]

PARIS (Reuters) — France’s President Emmanuel Macron accused Russia on Wednesday, October 12, of purposefully provoking the recent clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan as part of an effort destabilize the Caucasus region and beyond.[...]

Efforts to solve the Armenia and Azerbaijan issue are moving from one capital to another in rapid succession, causing a whirlwind effect for the players and observers. On October 6, Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders met in Prague to discuss[...]

As if calamities that had befallen on Armenia had not been enough, August 14 brought another tragedy, when an explosion ripped through the Surmalu market, leaving 16 citizens dead and sending 61 to hospitals. While rescue operations[...]

By Sargis Harutyunyan MOSCOW (RFE/RL) — Russian peacekeepers “will not move a single centimeter” from the existing Lachin corridor until a new road linking Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia is put into operation, according to a senior[...]

By Naira Nalbandian YEREVAN (Azatutyun) — An Armenian pro-government lawmaker has denied any major differences between Yerevan and Moscow over the activities of Russian peacekeepers in Nagorno-Karabakh after last week’s deadly fighting[...]