Putin offers to mediate Azerbaijan-Armenia peace deal on trip to Baku
The Russian leader’s two-day state visit marks a shift in alliances in the politically unstable Caucasus region.
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India is stepping up as a security partner in the Caucasus
Anil Trigunayat is a distinguished fellow at the Vivekananda International Foundation, a security think tank in New Delhi, and previously served as India's ambassador to Jordan and Libya. He is the author of "West Asian Dynamics and India's Strategic Imperative."
Charges Against a Congressman Lay Bare Foreign Government Influence Attempts
As tensions flared over disputed territory in the Caucasus region in the summer of 2020, Azerbaijan’s squadron of high-priced Washington lobbyists scrambled to pin the blame on neighboring Armenia and highlight its connections to Russia.
Russian peacekeepers start withdrawal from Azerbaijan’s Nagorno-Karabakh
Soldiers begin to leave region in South Caucasus long fought over by Azerbaijan and Armenia.
Tajik terror shadow falls over Russia
It has emerged that the four gunmen charged in the murder of at least 139 concert-goers at Moscow’s Crocus City Hall theater were all citizens of the small post-Soviet nation of Tajikistan in Central Asia.