An American who came to Armenia on vacation has not been allowed out of the country for two years. In Russia, he was accused of drug possession, Meduza reports. In 2017, American Eric Thomas Creamer, who lived and worked in Russia, was accused of drug possession. The police detained...
The Armenian Parliament has ratified the Rome Statute on the International Criminal Court (ICC). Among other things, it involves the arrest of suspects on warrants issued by this court. One of these suspects is Russian President Vladimir Putin, the BBC reports. 58 deputies from...
Azerbaijan launched an operation against Armenian forces in Nagorno-Karabakh. Armenia said two civilians were killed, including a child, and 11 people were injured, CNN reported. On September 19, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense announced that it had launched an “anti-terrorism” campaign in the disputed region...
Armenia and Azerbaijan have agreed to recognize each other's territorial integrity, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said at a meeting of the Council of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). The publication Present Tense told in more detail. Pashinyan stressed that Armenia is ready to unblock all transport and economic corridors, as well as open regional communications...
The Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan reported that on September 12 at night, units of the Armenian armed forces committed large-scale sabotage in the direction of the Azerbaijani-Armenian state border. The Armenian authorities have brought counter-accusations, the BBC reports. “On September 13 at 00:05, units of the Azerbaijani armed forces opened intense fire in the direction of the cities...
Armenia accused the Azerbaijani armed forces of violating the line of confrontation on March 24 and capturing the village of Parukh in the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. Ukrayinska Pravda writes about this. “Azerbaijan continues the invasion in the zone of responsibility of the peacekeeping contingent of the Russian Federation, which began on March 24 in the…
US President Joe Biden is preparing to declare the mass death of about a million Armenians in the Ottoman Empire "genocide". This could provoke a potential split with Turkey. The publication CNN told in more detail. Two people aware of this decision said the president would make a statement on Memorial Day ...
In the war over Nagorno-Karabakh between Azerbaijan and Armenia, their common Caucasian neighbor, Georgia, remains neutral. A tenth of Georgia's population is ethnic Armenians and Azerbaijanis; many are not the first generation living side by side. About two such villages and how...
Yerevan and Baku agreed on a humanitarian ceasefire, which entered into force on October 18 at midnight local time. But from the outset it became clear how fragile the ceasefire that had been achieved was. The Foreign Ministries of Azerbaijan and Armenia confirmed the truce. And in ...
Armenia and Azerbaijan continue active hostilities in the Nagorno-Karabakh region. This is the most serious escalation of the conflict in the region over the past 30 years. The BBC Russian Service talks about how the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict arose, why the sides refrained from war for so long and ...