News Watch

While in Baku, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused Armenia's leadership of "sabotaging" the agreement signed by PM Nikol Pashinyan regarding the unblocking of communications, sparking a war of words with Yerevan. Hovhannes Nazaretyan explains.

Armenia, once a staunch ally of Russia, has distanced itself from Moscow after the CSTO failed to respond to Azerbaijan’s 2022 attack. Hranoush Dermoyan examines Armenia’s relations with Russia and other CSTO member states amid regional tensions.

Armenia and the U.S. conduct the second joint Eagle Partner military exercise, marking growing defense cooperation between the two countries. Hovhannes Nazaretyan details the exercise's objectives, scale and international reactions.

Russian peacekeepers recently withdrew from Nagorno-Karabakh, now under full Azerbaijani control, as did border guards at Armenia’s border with Azerbaijan and Zvartnots, Yerevan’s international airport, symbolizing Russia’s retreat from the South Caucasus.

Freedom House's Nations in Transit 2024 report downgraded Armenia's democracy score. It also highlighted the spread of autocracy in the region, emphasizing that Western democracies have been inconsistent and hesitant in defending international norms, enabling autocracies to evade accountability.

A high-level meeting designed to support Armenia’s economic resilience took place in Brussels on April 5 and was met with criticism by Azerbaijan and Russia. Hovhannes Nazaretyan explains.

Azerbaijan has been demanding Armenia withdraw from four villages in the Tavush region. There is much confusion around what these villages are and what a potential withdrawal could mean for Armenia. Hovhannes Nazaretyan explains.

In collaboration with the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), Armenian journalists uncover that several UK properties owned by the sister of Armenia's ex-President Armen Sarkissian are held through opaque offshore companies. This revelation raises concerns about transparency and potential legal implications.

In the first hearing in the U.S. Congress since the ethnic cleansing of the indigenous Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh by Azerbaijan, U.S. officials warn Baku that the use of force against Armenia is “completely unacceptable.”

At 1 p.m. on September 19, Azerbaijani Armed Forces launched a wide-scale attack on Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh), violating the November 9, 2020, trilateral statement. A ceasefire began 24 hours later on September 20, disarming the Artsakh Defense Army and forcibly displacing almost the entire population to Armenia via the Lachin Corridor. By decree of the Artsakh president, all state institutions will be dissolved by January 1, 2024, effectively ending the "Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh)."