Keen to restore his credibility, Russian President Vladimir Putin is rushing to remind everyone that future negotiations over the implementation of the ceasefire agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be led by Moscow. Calls for a coup or a revolution are already in the air in Yerevan, the Armenian capital.īut even if he survives, Mr Pashinyan will face calls to distance himself from Russia. It is doubtful that Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, now accused of wantonly sacrificing Nagorno-Karabakh, will survive the domestic backlash which will surely follow this week’s events. There was also no doubt about the scale of the Russian defeat.Īlthough Russian officials are trying to deflect blame by accusing the Armenian government of abandoning Nagorno-Karabakh, the fact remains that, by ordering its troops on the ground to steer clear of any involvement, Moscow has now publicly admitted that it has neither the time nor the resources to defend Armenia, its regional proxy.Īnd the Russians’ hold over the region seems destined to continue unravelling. “Azerbaijan’s sovereignty is restored in the region,” Mr Aliyev added. They are our citizens we have no hostility towards them,” Mr Aliyev said in a televised address to his nation.īut there was no doubt about his triumph. “The Armenian population in Karabakh can now breathe easy.

The ceasefire agreement the Russians brokered includes the promise of complete disarmament of Nagorno-Karabakh’s military formations, the dissolution of their quasi-state structures, and talks to “reintegrate” the region into Azerbaijan.Īzerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev rejects accusations that the Armenians in the enclave now face expulsion. The result is, in effect, the capitulation of the Armenian separatists in Nagorno-Karabakh.

And the Russian military did nothing, even when one of Russia’s military posts was bombed. The enclave was under an Azeri economic blockade for months, so it was in no position to defend itself when the offensive duly started this week. And since the Russians became bogged down in Ukraine in 2022, everyone in the region knew that it was only a matter of time before the Azeris struck again, with the objective of crushing the Nagorno-Karabakh rebels altogether.

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