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Nikol Pashinyan’s Civil Contract Party received 49.8% of the vote. Russian media were directed to portray the outcome as a loss and that Moscow restricted Armenian imports to discourage closer European alignment.
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Nikol Pashinyan’s Civil Contract Party received 49.8% of the vote. Russian media were directed to portray the outcome as a loss and that Moscow restricted Armenian imports to discourage closer European alignment.
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Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan formally applied for BRICS membership following a visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's pro-Western Civil Contract Party won re-election on Sunday...unless you ask the Russian media, who were instructed to portray the result
Nikol Pashinyan’s Civil Contract Party received 49.8% of the vote. Russian media were directed to portray the outcome as a loss and that Moscow restricted Armenian imports to discourage closer European alignment.
Open source reportWith those conflicts now largely resolved (despite sporadic ceasefire violations), Russia can no longer gain leverage by mediating them.
The easing of conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan reflects waning Russian influence and diminishes Moscow’s ability to gain leverage through mediation.
Open source reportArmenia's Prime Minister Pashinyan and Azerbaijan's Pres. Aliyev are meeting in the UAE today to finalize a peace deal ending almost 40 years of border wars.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev are meeting in the UAE to finalize an agreement intended to end nearly four decades of conflict.
Open source reportThe Washington Post reported that Iranian tried to hire a Georgian drug trafficker to assassinate Rabbi Shneor Segal, the Chief Rabbi of Baku's Ashkenazi community, in Azerbaijan. Azerbaijani security services thwarted the hit in January.
Iran sought to hire a Georgian drug trafficker to kill Rabbi Shneor Segal and that Azerbaijani security services disrupted the plot in January.
Open source reportGeorgia's ruling Russia-appeasing Georgian Dream party won parliamentary elections. The pro-Western opposition rejected the official results, calling them "tantamount to legitimizing Russia’s takeover of Georgia."
Georgian Dream won the parliamentary election and that the pro-Western opposition rejected the official result, characterizing its acceptance as legitimizing a Russian takeover.
Open source reportFollowing a visit by Russia's Pres. Putin, Azerbaijan formally applied to join the BRIC bloc of fast-growing economies.
Azerbaijan formally applied for BRICS membership following a visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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