... why, from Moscow’s standpoint, it is necessary to maintain a balance between the parties in order to avoid an aggravation of the conflict. What’s more, arms supplies to Armenia as well as initiatives such as the establishment of a joint Russian–Armenian
military force
not only help maintain a balance in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, but also bind Yerevan to Moscow with even closer ties and strengthen Moscow’s positions in Transcaucasia.
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Murad Gassanly:
Azerbaijan and the Four Day War: Breaking
the Karabakh Deadlock
...
... with the country’s socioeconomic situation), yet it will be significant in the context of national security. Therefore, the two main points to consider about Mr. Putin and Mr. Sargsyan’s meeting are the regional factor and the factor of Russian-Armenian relations.
The escalation in Nagorno-Karabakh was a serious challenge that jolted Armenia, gave a great impetus to the sociopolitical movement in the contended territory, and made people think about the role of Russia and of the Russian-Azerbaijani relations. Besides the authorities,...
... that will bring the parties back to the negotiating table. In conceptual terms, the answer to this depends on a complex configuration of external and internal diplomatic and military-political factors that have not yet encouraged optimism.
1
. With Russia acting as a mediator, a ceasefire agreement was signed by the respective defense ministers of the three warring parties (Armenia, Azerbaijan and the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic) and confirmed by subsequent agreements in 1994-1995. See more:
http://www.vn.kazimirov.ru/docs.htm
... Stepanakert, being interviewed in leading international media with full titles and affiliations, something that they were previously denied of.
To many, this raised hopes for a re-launch of peace process in its initial setting, with the participation of the Nagorno-Karabakh
Russia the dealmaker, and Turkey the dealbreaker
Some authors however suggest that Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the President of Turkey, whose eternal hug with Aliyev in Ankara weeks before had become a source of inspiration in social media, could have been ...
... and paved the way for Turkey to reach beyond the Caspian Sea and increase its long-time backward relations with the countries in the region in various spheres, including energy, commerce, and transportation. Notwithstanding the fact that Turkey and Russia heretofore have sided with different parties between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the Nagorno-Karabakh dispute, Ankara and Baku both could have found ways to overcome their territorial limitations (Turkey borders Azerbaijan only through its exclave, Nakhchivan), and at the same time to advance the relations with Moscow.
However, Turkey ...
... rather nervously reacted to a breach of its airspace by Russian fighter jets on combat missions in northern Syria, and on October 6 and 7, Turkish military helicopters under the pretense of an accident
violated the Armenian border
, which was guarded by Russian border guards.
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Vladimir Evseev:
Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict: Minsk Process as
a Path to Settlement
Amidst the dramatic escalation of tensions in relations with Ankara, many experts have been tempted to interpret the above facts as part of an intensified strengthening of Russia’s ...
... touched upon the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
He noted that outside forces cannot really play a decisive role in settling this conflict.
The expert believes it is important for the Russian leadership not to be biased in the conflict.
Russia should approach this conflict in the favor of a larger regional system, because if you look at the system, the situation in the Caucasus is that Nagorno-Karabakh is not the only issue that the countries of the region should have to deal with, according to Kortunov.
“There are issues of South Ossetia, and Abkhazia and definitely, you should consider the Caucasus not just south but all of ...
... things, due to band-aid-like solutions designed to revive the positive imagine of Russia among Armenian society (e.g. the dynamics of military-technical cooperation between Russia and Azerbaijan and Moscow's role in maintaining the ceasefire regime in Nagorno-Karabakh).
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Sergei Markedonov:
Russia – Learning from Armenia
Electric Maydan per se was not a coordinated anti-Russian action, but spontaneously highlighted many problems reflecting perceptions of and dissatisfaction with the policies of Russia.
Economic cooperation has traditionally ...
... sceptical view of the benefits that might accrue form integration into Europe
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. Even the members of the Heritage party, which is thought to be the most pro-Western, consider Russia’s role to be positive on many counts (especially regarding the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict). Thus, Russia needs, first, to overcome the situation when the sitting authorities abuse friendship with Moscow, seeking to strengthen their position by claiming to be just about the only reliable ally. Second, it should create a situation where a change of ...
... Organization and the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance between the two countries, allows Yerevan to rely on Moscow’s help in the case of Azerbaijan's aggression against Armenia.
The question is whether these guarantees apply to Nagorno-Karabakh as well, including whether Russia will intervene in the event of war on the territory of this republic alone. At this juncture, the case in question concerns the aggressive actions of Baku not against Stepanakert, but against the territory of Armenia. Therefore, the lack of a clearly ...
