When assessing the current state in Russian-Armenian relations, we must consider the different visions of Yerevan and Moscow
The specifics of Armenian national policy
The fundamental basis of Armenia’s foreign policy, both under the leadership of Kocharyan-Sargsyan and in the Pashinyan era, has been the confidence in Armenia’s absolute security. This is a seeming paradox, given both recent developments in the South Caucasus as well as Yerevan’s official statements about the existential threats...
Russia can rest assured that all formal and informal agreements with Azerbaijan
will be honored
An epilogue for Karabakh
On September 20, 2023, a historic event took place. Its scale and impact on the future of South Caucasus and Russia’s policy in this region has yet to be comprehended. The separatist hotbed in Karabakh, which had been supported by Armenia militarily, diplomatically and financially for 32 years, declared itself liquidated following a one-day counter-terrorist operation launched...
In case of any change in the military and political balance, there is a risk of revision or even breaking of the new status quo, if not by the parties to the conflict directly, then by some external actors
The unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has declared its self-liquidation. A respective decree was signed by Samvel Shahramanyan, the president of this
de facto
entity. “It has been decided to disband all state institutions as well as bodies under departmental ...
Throughout the years, France has maintained an interest in the South Caucasus, as is reflected by its membership in the OSCE Minsk group, alongside the US and Russia, aiming to help find a solution in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. It is thus important to analyze the reasons and objectives behind Paris mediation efforts between Armenia and Azerbaijan, as France is the only EU country that has been a member of OSCE Minsk Group since 1997.
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By imposing a blockade on Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan is helping to fuel anti-Russian sentiments in Armenia, where Russia’s image and soft power have seriously suffered
Once in a while, certain parallels appear between contemporary global affairs and classical Russian literature....
... conflicts in Europe and increasing tensions between Russia and the West, all of which makes consensus-building difficult. It is therefore of particular interest to see how the organisation performs as a crisis mediator in the post-Soviet space.
The OSCE in Nagorno-Karabakh: In the Search of a New Role
The CSCE/OSCE has been involved in settling the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh since its active phase. Already in the 1990s, a three-element system was formed to work on its resolution, which included the Minsk ...
... in the settlements of regional conflicts. After the 2008 war in Georgia, Moscow recognized the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Meanwhile, conventional wisdom told the Kremlin that it should prevent any drastic change of the
status quo
in Nagorno-Karabakh in favor of Azerbaijan to prevent an increase of Turkey’s influence.
Moreover, although Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili sought to cement Georgia as part of the East-West bloc, the Georgian Dream government has sought to mend ...
On July 14, 2021, Russian International Affairs Council and representatives of the International Crisis Group held an online roundtable discussion focusing on the crisis situation in the post-war Nagorno-Karabakh
On July 14, 2021, Russian International Affairs Council and representatives of the International Crisis Group held an online roundtable discussion focusing on the crisis situation in the post-war Nagorno-Karabakh.
During the event, ...
On June 22, 2021, an online meeting was held on the prospects for resolving the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh
On June 22, 2021, an online meeting was held on the prospects for resolving the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh.
During the event, representatives of the International Crisis Group presented a new
report
on post-war prospects for Nagorno-Karabakh....
... a “5+2” basis) over to Azerbaijan on condition of independence or at least a path to independence (through a future referendum once refugees return). In 2011, Baku refused to sign a document implying such a scenario, insisting that any status of Nagorno-Karabakh outside Azerbaijan is not acceptable. This, in turn, was
unacceptable
for Yerevan.
Then the so-called Lavrov plan, a set of Russian proposals, was circulated (in 2015), which, according to Pashinyan,
implied
the return of the seven ...
