At a time when Vladimir Putin needs friends in his neighbourhood, he appears instead to be losing them in the South Caucasus. After two centuries of Russian involvement in the region, balancing the ...

As Russia remains preoccupied with its war in Ukraine, its influence is weakening along its southern border, particularly in ...

For decades, Armenia was one of Russia’s most reliable post-Soviet allies — a small but loyal partner nestled in the volatile South Caucasus. But that marriage of convenience is now rapidly ...

Leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan meet in Abu Dhabi to finalise the peace agreement and forge a future side by side after nearly four decades of conflict. What was previously seen as an impossible ...

By using a “divide and conquer” strategy to keep Azerbaijan and Armenia under its sphere of influence, Russia caused resentment in both. Now, it may be bringing both sides together.

Amid escalating tension with Armenia stemming from Yerevan’s desire to pivot westward, and lacking the ability to offer economic incentives, Russia is resorting to a traditional tactic to get its way: ...

Russia cannot fail to see changes taking place in Armenia "from the point of view of regulations that are currently being implemented there," and it is analyzing those processes, he said.

PYATIGORSK, July 1. /TASS/. The Western countries are doing their best to limit Russia’s participation in the normalization process between Armenia and Azerbaijan, a senior Russian diplomat said.

F OR MOST people, geopolitics is an abstraction. For those living in the south Caucasus, which consists of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia, it is a daily experience. The region between the Black ...

More than 600 people of 17 nationalities have fled into Azerbaijan from Iran in the five days since the start of the air war between Israel and Iran, an Azerbaijani source with knowledge of the ...

Russian authorities have confiscated assets worth some $50 billion over the past three years, underscoring the scale of the transformation into a "fortress Russia" economic model during the war in ...