... Leaving aside conspiracy theories, main source of these judgments was the fact that only Turkey, among all other nations, voiced unequivocal support to Azerbaijani military adventure, to quote Erdogan, “till the end”.
True, on the other hand, Russia is thought by many to be the staunch ally of Armenia, based on the depth and spectrum of bilateral relations, including within the frameworks of CSTO and EAU. However, the Kremlin has made no statement of support to Armenia unilaterally, and from the early hours of escalation voiced only “concerns” ...
... $200 million loan for the purchase of advanced Russian weapons gave new momentum to this cooperation. In early February 2016, Moscow
published a list of weapons
that it intends to sell to Armenia. These agreements do not cover the full range of the Armenian-Russian military-technical cooperation (other arms supplies under other contracts are expected as well) and stabilize the military-technical balance of the parties to the Karabakh conflict. It is hoped that Baku is fully aware of all the dangers inherent ...
... with the centre of former military, economic and political power, which is now embodied by the Russian Federation as the legal successor to the USSR. Of the 15 former republics of the Soviet Union, four have no diplomatic relations with one another (Armenia and Azerbaijan, Russia and Georgia). Unregulated border disputes are the bane of practically all Central Asian states. Russia and Ukraine have not broken diplomatic relations formally, but relations between the two countries are at their lowest ebb since December 1991....
... when the parties had passed the point of no return without even noticing it.
1
. See: V. Diatlov, E. Melkonian. Armenian Diaspora: Essays on the Socio-Cultural Typology. Yerevan, The Caucasus Institute, 2009 [in Russian]
2
. A.B. Krylov, B.T. Nakopia. Russia-Armenia: Maintaining Mutual Trust,
Russia and the New States
[in Russian]
3
. For example, in recent years it has been hard to find in a personality Armenia, whose odious statements have contributed to arousing anti-Russian sentiments among the local ...
... Russia and several countries of Latin America and Oceania, the international community recognizes Georgia within the borders of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, while the independence of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic is not recognized neither by Armenia, nor by Russia, the EU, or the United States. The discrepancy between the formal legal boundaries and the entities that exist de facto pose the main problem for the security of the Caucasus. Meanwhile, after more than two decades from the collapse of the Soviet ...
... factor should not be ignored. There are currently slightly less than 1.2 million Armenians living in Russia (according to official census data)
[6]
. Experts give a larger figure
[7]
. This is the largest Armenian community outside of Armenia. Although Russian Armenians are citizens of at least three states (Russia, Armenia and Georgia, if one includes Armenians from the Samtskhe-Javakheti district) with different levels of command of their native tongue, integration into Russian society and material position,...
... Most of the commodities made in Armenia are supplied to the Russian market. Armenia can benefit from the four freedoms offered within the framework of the EEU — free movement of goods, services, labor, and capital — mostly in the context of Russia. Armenia’s accession to the EEU will enable the country to acquire rough diamonds, oil products, and natural gas at internal prices (adjusted to logistics fees). Money transfers by labor migrants, as well as representatives of the numerous Armenian ...
... relation to cross-border incidents has fully met the expectations of the Azerbaijani leadership.
Baku has pursued and continues to pursue quite understandable and logical goals. First, it wants to increase doubts among the leadership and political elite of Armenia over Russia's reliability as a military and political ally. Second, it wants to convince other countries in the region and the international community as a whole that Russia’s security guarantees are not reliable. Third, it wants to instill in the minds ...
... participating in the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), although truly close engagement seems to exist only with Russia. Hence, two questions. First, how effective is Armenian membership in the CSTO, and second, what are the prospects for Russia-Armenia bilateral cooperation?
As a most responsible CSTO member, Armenia is very particular about honoring its commitments and is active in setting the organization’s agenda. The focus has been on military-political and military-technical cooperation,...
Author: Andrei Baikov, PhD in Political Science, Associate Professor, Editor-in-Chief of the International Trends journal
Reflections in the footsteps of Victoria Nuland’s Transcaucasia tour
For several days now, the Russian media has been abuzz over what one journalist dubbed the “explosive” tour of Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Armenia taken by Victoria Nuland, whom it has referred to as assistant to the U.S. Secretary of State, but who is actually the assistant to the Under Secretary of State. Interest in Nuland is being fueled by a distorted assessment of her alleged role ...
