The country would spend 47 percent more on defense in 2023, as Azerbaijan continues to bolster its own military and Russia, Armenia’s security guarantor, is bogged down in Ukraine.
Men seeking to avoid being sent to Ukraine are flocking out of the country, and Georgia is one of the few options that doesn’t require an exorbitant air ticket.
In South Ossetia, meanwhile, the authorities have remained completely silent on the issue. Most residents in both territories hold Russian citizenship, raising the prospect they could be drafted.
Nancy Pelosi is the highest-ranking American official ever to visit Armenia, and it came at a critical time during the country’s conflict with Azerbaijan.
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The Russia-led security bloc is supposed to oblige members to come to one another’s defense. But its response so far to Azerbaijan’s attack on Armenia has been anemic.
Days before Azerbaijan launched an assault against Armenia, Armenians began using a new, Azerbaijan-constructed road to travel between Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia.
