If Armenians stay in Karabakh under the Azerbaijani flag, it would represent an exception to the otherwise zero-sum game of territorial control in the region.
It’s not the first time the breakaway Georgian territory’s de facto authorities have signaled the intention. In the past Russia has blown the calls off, but its calculations may be different now.
One Armenian-populated village was evacuated and taken – at least temporarily – by Azerbaijani forces, as Russia criticized Baku for breaching the ceasefire.
The ruling party, apparently fed up with President Salome Zourabichvili’s outspoken support for Ukraine, now says it will appeal to the Constitutional Court because she has overstepped her duties.
Alt-info, a right-wing, anti-Western group that rose to prominence for leading anti-queer pogroms last year, is now opening offices around the country amid rising anti-Russia sentiment.
Labor migrants are attempting to leave Russia as their jobs have been hit by sanctions. But they can’t cross the border into Azerbaijan, which has remained closed since the beginning of the pandemic.
