... marks the 12-month deadline envisaged by the European Court of Human Rights in Chiragov and Others v Armenia and Sargsyan v Azerbaijan cases in Grand Chamber. To refresh, these are two cases before the Grand Chamber
dealing with the aftermath of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and, among important legal aspects (there is a lot of rhetoric of what actually these cases are about!), raising the question of Armenian and Azerbaijani
refugee rights and just compensation
. The Strasbourg Court invited the ...
... OSCE Group, the Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Sergey Lavrov, the French Secretary of State for European Affairs Harlem Desir and the US Secretary of State John Kerry, the first meeting of the presidents in the wake of the events of 2-5 April 2016 in Nagorno-Karabakh known as “the four-day war”.
The joint statement
on behalf of the co-chairs of the Minsk Group distributed after the meeting says that the Presidents did not just “reaffirm their commitment to ceasefire and peaceful ...
On the night of April 1–2, 2016 Azerbaijan launched the most massive military attack since the signing of the tripartite ceasefire agreement in May 1994 by the parties involved in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
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. It is hard to say now what exactly prompted the military-political leadership of Azerbaijan to escalate the conflict. Most likely, it was brought about by a combination of a number of factors and causes, varying from financial ...
Tensions between Azerbaijan and Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh are far from over, and that places Russia in a very uncomfortable situation: trying to maintain friendly relations with two strategic allies while getting them both to the negotiating table.
By Pavel Koshkin
The frozen conflict in ...
Who did lighten up the powder keg, and why?
The armed hostilities between breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh and her former parent-state Azerbaijan between April 2–5, 2016, or the Four Day War, as it will soon be labeled in the professional discourse, have now ended with a truce, agreed upon in Moscow between the Chiefs of the General ...
... 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 ...
... dynamics of the Middle East crisis. The tension that has arisen between the two countries can have far-reaching consequences for the Caucasus region.
The situation is being aggravated by the ongoing escalation of tensions along the delimitation line in Nagorno-Karabakh. In early December 2015, the Azerbaijani side
began using tanks
, which it had never done since entering into a truce in May 1994), having previously used howitzers, mortars and multiple artillery rocket systems. Given the exacerbation ...
Amidst the use of heavy weapons against civilians and others, the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh continues to deteriorate. The current status quo in the conflict zone is no longer stable, making the implementation of even the updated Madrid Principles irrelevant. Under such circumstances, it makes sense to conclude an agreement between ...
... country in the world that is vulnerable to the threat of terrorism, challenges of migration and many have to confront the challenges of climate change and environmental problems, according to Kortunov.
The expert also 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 ...
... the world (about 2 million people)
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also exert a positive influence on bilateral relations. Finally, Russia (along with the US and France) is one of the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, the only format of negotiations for the resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
However, it is clear that relations between the two countries, although developing steadily, are not so problem-free. After a quarter-century into post-Soviet history, Armenia and Russia may well be faced with qualitatively ...
