For Moscow, the havoc befalling the residents of Nagorno-Karabakh marks a loss of prestige.
“The dramatic photos of many frightened people at Stepanakert airport are an obvious visual rhyme with the photos of crowds at Kabul airport in 2021,” Alexander Baunov, a former Russian diplomat,
Earlier this month, Pashinyan told a leading Italian newspaper that hedging its bets with Moscow was a strategic mistake for Yerevan. “Armenia’s security architecture was 99.999 percent linked to Russia, including when it came to the procurement of arms and ammunition,”. “But today we see that Russia itself is in need of weapons, arms and ammunition and in this situation it’s understandable that even if it wishes so, the Russian Federation cannot meet Armenia’s security needs.
, gesturing to how one of the Kremlin’s closest post-Soviet allies has drifted away. “This illustrates how Russia’s invasion backfired terribly. This is important for Ukraine: that Russia’s isolation strengthens.”But that had consequences for the autonomy of Nagorno-Karabakh, with Russia less invested in buttressing the Armenian cause.
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