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came to russia from brother turky 

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ISIS - recruited on telegram 

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azeris  didn't waist time  to point fingers on our Armenian side

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center is  owned by perz. alievs former in-laws

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lets  not  forget ISIS  also assisted azeris  during the 44 day war 

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6 of them from Tajikistan. 

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Iravaban

March 23 2024

 

 

The Editor of “Дождь” apologized for making Baseless Accusations against Armenians on Air

 

Tikhon Dzyadko, the Editor-in-Chief of the Dozhd (Rain) TV Channel, made a statement, apologizing and providing clarifications regarding the idea voiced on their air from a person who identified himself as an Azerbaijani named Emin, that there was an “Armenian trace” in terrorist attack in Russia.

 

 

“I would like to say an important thing in the context of yesterday’s special broadcast of Dozhd.

 

 

Many of you may have heard a man on air yesterday who introduced himself as Crocus’ sound engineer. He stated that he allegedly heard that the attackers “spoke Armenian and used obscenities in Armenian,” and also claimed, without evidence, an “Armenian trace.” Before going on air, during a preliminary interview, this person did not say anything like that.

 

 

When we heard such unsubstantiated accusations, the broadcaster emphasized that this was unsubstantiated, we took this person off the air and cut this fragment from the broadcast. I apologize for the fact that such unsubstantiated accusations were aired on Dozhd.”

To remind, yesterday the Russian opposition TV station Dozhd invited one of the employees of “Crocus City Hall” on a special broadcast, who announced live that the terrorists allegedly “spoke in Armenian and made obscene expressions in Armenian”.

 

Later it was found out that this employee is an Azerbaijani by nationality.

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Armenpress.am

 

Russia does not use the term 'Zangezur Corridor': Zakharova

 

 19:50, 27 March 2024

YEREVAN, MARCH 27, ARMENPRESS. The Russian Federation calls on Armenia and Azerbaijan to exercise maximum restraint and avoid aggressive rhetoric, Maria Zakharova, the official spokesperson for the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said during a press briefing on Wednesday.

 

Zakharova addressed recent publications in the Armenian and Azerbaijani press that warned about possible new military escalations on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border in the near future.

"Territorial disputes and demands should be regulated in the political-diplomatic domain. This includes resolving the issue of enclaves within the framework of the bilateral commission that deals with Armenian-Azerbaijani delimitation and demarcation issues. We are ready to provide maximum assistance with our exclusive cartographic data," noted Zakharova.

According to the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, the Russian Federation does not use the term "Zangezur Corridor" in its diplomatic speech. 

“It concerns the route connecting the western regions of Azerbaijan with Nakhichevan through the territory of Syunik Province of Armenia,”added Zakharova.

 There is a well-established mechanism for developing compromises. This is a tripartite working group of deputy prime ministers of Armenia, Russia and Azerbaijan. 

At the meeting held on June 2, 2023, the parties were close to adopting a comprehensive and mutually beneficial decision to unblock transport and economic routes in the region. We urge our partners to demonstrate political will and resume the tripartite negotiations," stated Zakharova.

 

 

https://armenpress.a...jsd89wp0IW8mMYi

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Asbarez.com

 

CSTO Says It Will Only Protect Borders Recognized by Neighbors

by Asbarez Staff

 

 April 1, 2024

 

in Armenia, Artsakh, Featured Story, Latest, News, Top Stories

 

CSTO leaders gather in Yerevan for an annual summit on Nov. 23, 2022

 

In response to Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, the Collective Security Treaty Organization said that it will defend a member state only if its borders are recognized by that country’s neighbors, adding an additional wrinkle—and a loophole—to its ongoing and escalating dispute with Yerevan.

The CSTO was responding to repeated questions by Pashinyan, who has said that the Russian-led security bloc must clarify its “zone of responsibility” and has threatened Armenia’s withdrawal from the organization. The prime minister has criticized the group for not honoring its commitments when Azerbaijan invaded Armenia’s sovereign territory in 2021 and 2022.

The CSTO told the Russian RBK news channel that it considers its area of responsibility in Armenia to be its sovereign territory within the regulated national borders, the CSTO told RBC.

“The phrase ‘zone of responsibility’ is quite complex and it is more intended to draw attention to the situation in the republic than to obtain a substantive answer,” the Russian RBK news agency quoted an unnamed CSTO representative as saying. “Because according to the 2010 agreement on the principles of interaction, which was signed by the CSTO, the zone of responsibility is the sovereign territory of the member states.”

“The CSTO zone of responsibility ends at the state border which is settled on a bilateral basis between Armenia and its neighbors,” added the official.

Azerbaijan has declined to recognize Armenia’s territorial integrity in the same vein—and enthusiasm—as Pashinyan, who repeatedly said that Yerevan recognizes Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity, that included Baku’s rule over Artsakh.

There is also a Russia-mediate effort to delimit and demarcate the borders between Armenia and Azerbaijan, hence leaving unclear where the borders of each country begins. Official Baku is claiming that the territories invaded in 2021 and 2022 belong to Azerbaijan, yet there are Armenian territories currently being occupied within Azerbaijan.

The CSTO’s statement essentially let the organization off the hook, amplifying a loophole that further complicates the situation, and presumably relations between Yerevan and the security bloc.

 

 

https://asbarez.com/...i0YK_TNGLvTVHb0

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Armenpress.am

 

Moscow calls on Yerevan, Baku to resume trilateral talks —Zakharova

 

 18:12, 3 April 2024

YEREVAN, APRIL 3, ARMENPRESS.  Russia calls on Armenia and Azerbaijan to resume trilateral talks, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.

"We believe that it is high time we reinstated the regular work of the Russia-Azerbaijan-Armenia trilateral mechanisms," she said at a news conference, Tass reports.

"We urge our partners to show political will, to resume communication that proved its effectiveness in the formats which helped, with Russia's assistance, start the search for effective solutions to the most difficult issues, including border delimitation, unblocking of transportation and logistics routes in the region, and the development of a peace treaty," Tass quoted Zakharova as saying.

According to the diplomat, all territorial disputes and claims between Baku and Yerevan should be settled exclusively by political and diplomatic methods within the bilateral commission on the delimitation of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border.

"We are ready on our part to do all we can to help this along," she said.

 

"Unlike the European Union and the US, which are engaged in wringing concessions from one side and making threats against the other, we have always advocated for a comprehensive, compromise-based settlement of existing differences in the interests of establishing lasting peace and prosperity across the modern-day Caucasus. Our proposal remains on the negotiating table," Zakharova said as quoted by TASS.

 

 

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Moscow doesn't want Armenia to get help from the West, Moscow doesn't help Armenia when needed. Who are we supposed to turn to, when we need help and allies?

MEHR News Agency, Iran

April 6 2024

 

Russia urges Armenian leadership not to be deceived by West

TEHRAN, Apr. 06 (MNA) – Moscow is urging Yerevan not to be deceived by the West and lead Armenia astray, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement dedicated to the EU-US-Armenia high-level meeting.

Moscow considers "the EU-US-Armenia high-level meeting held in Brussels on April 5, 2024 as another attempt of the collective West to drag the South Caucasus into geopolitical confrontation" the ministry said, TASS reported.

"The extra-regional forces’ irresponsible and destructive interference in the South Caucasus, the urge to drive a wedge between the regional nations and their neighbors may have rather negative repercussions for stability, security and economic growth in the region, to trigger new dividing lines, as well as an uncontrolled escalation of tensions."

"Obviously, the West seeks to turn Armenia into a tool implementing their extremely dangerous schemes in the South Caucasus," the Russian Foreign Ministry said. "We are aware that under ephemeral promises, Washington and Brussels seek Armenia’s exit from the CSTO and EAEU, the pullout of the Russian military base and border guards," the statement said.

"We are urging the leadership in Yerevan not to be deceived by the West and lead the country along a wrong path, fraught with creating a security vacuum, serious problems in the economy and the outflow of the population," the ministry said.

The aid in grants announced by Brussels "is pale in comparison with the multi-billion-dollar profits that Armenia is still obtaining owing to cooperation with Moscow and within the EAEU and CIS."

"These are the factors that in recent years have multiplied trade (a fourfold increase since 2018) and, consequently, led to a record high economic growth and better welfare of the population," the ministry said. "We reaffirm our willingness to comprehensively strengthen and expand relations with Armenia based on the principles enshrined in the fundamental bilateral documents and agreements within the framework of common integration assemblies."

Moscow is convinced that "steady progress of the Russian-Armenian cooperation will facilitate the implementation of the fundamental interests of the Russian and Armenian peoples and the enhancement of regional security and stability."

MNA/PR

https://en.mehrnews....eceived-by-West

 

 

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The Telegraph, UK
April 8 2024

Russia warns of ‘negative consequences’ after £230m Armenia-EU deal

Kremlin accused West of looking for ‘geopolitical confrontation’ in the South Caucasus

James Kilner

The Kremlin has threatened Armenia with “negative consequences” after the EU pledged more than £230 million to help it loosen ties with Russia.

Nikol Pashinyan, the Armenian prime minister, visited Brussels on Friday, meeting Antony Blinken, the US secretary of state, and Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission president, in a display of his country’s diplomatic shift towards the West.

“We will make investments to strengthen Armenia’s economy and society, making them more robust and stable in the face of shocks,” said Ms von der Leyen, pledging the money to “build resilience” among Armenian businesses and society.

After the meeting, the Kremlin accused the West of looking for a “geopolitical confrontation” in the South Caucasus.

Russia’s foreign ministry said attempts by the US and the EU to woo Armenia over the past 18 months were “irresponsible and destructive”.

It said they would “result in the most negative consequences for stability, security and economic development in the region, provoke the emergence of new dividing lines, as well as an uncontrollable increase in tension”.

Azerbaijan accused Armenia of deploying forces along their volatile border after Mr Pashinyan’s Brussels meeting, which Armenia denied.

“Is Armenia following the path of Ukraine or is Armenia being pushed along the path of Ukraine?” askd Sergei Markov, a former Kremlin speechwriter.

Armenia’s relations with Russia have soured since it accused the Kremlin of reneging on pledges to protect it and instead greenlighting an attack last year by Azerbaijan on disputed territory controlled by ethnic Armenians.

The Azerbaijani attack on Nagorno-Karabakh forced Armenia to cede control of the disputed region. Around 120,000 ethnic Armenians fled to Armenia.

Since then, Mr Pashinyan has intensified talks with the West, signed arms deals with France and mounted a diplomatic push that included upgrading its embassy in London from a rented two-room office near Earl’s Court to a Pall Mall townhouse.

This year, Armenian officials have even said they want to quit the Kremlin’s collective security treaty organisation – a military alliance between Russia and several post-Soviet states – and join the EU.

https://www.telegrap...ak-from-russia/ 

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Iranian Labour News Agency

April 8 2024

 

 

Russia has economic leverage over Armenia: ex-diplomat

Afshar Soleimani, Iran’s former ambassador to Azerbaijan, has said that Russia no longer has military leverages over Armenia.

“Recently, the Prime Minister of Armenia has adopted positions that show that Yerevan is looking to lean towards the West, which, of course, Russia considers this a serious threat to itself. The West, consisting of the United States and Europe, believe that Russia should engage in some new challenges in the South Caucasus, where even the discussion of NATO expansion makes sense,” Soleimani said in an exclusive interview with ILNA. “It should be understood that the supporters and allies of Russia in Yerevan could not remove Pashinyan from power because the West continues to support him, but it should be known that in the end, Russia's tools against Armenia will generally be economic, while previously these tools were military.”

He added, “Russia seeks to protect its surroundings from any Western aggression, and on this basis, Moscow has raised objections regarding Armenia's cooperation with the West.”

The former diplomat noted, “In my opinion, after the recent Brussels summit, a new alignment may take place in the South Caucasus, of which Armenia can be the center.”

 

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https://www.ilna.ir/...nia-ex-diplomat

 

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OREANDA NEWS, Russia

April 10 2024

 

 

Pashinyan spoke about the relations between Armenia and Russia

 

OREANDA-NEWS  Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan is convinced that Yerevan has not made mistakes in relations with Moscow. The broadcast of the speech in parliament is conducted on the politician's Facebook page (a social network banned in Russia; owned by the Meta corporation, which is recognized as extremist in the Russian Federation and banned).

At the same time, the Prime minister acknowledged that the relations between the two states are not going through the best of times, but stressed that their importance for the statehood, sovereignty, security and economy of Armenia cannot be overestimated.

"We really have not made a single wrong step in our relations with Russia. There is no place where our colleagues could accuse us of not fulfilling our obligations," Pashinyan stressed.

Earlier, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that the Armenian authorities are selling their people by changing relations with Moscow to partnership with the European Union and the United States.

The Russian Foreign Ministry stressed that the West wants to turn Armenia into an instrument for the implementation of its extremely dangerous plans in the South Caucasus.

 

https://www.oreanda-...article1511014/

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The West did not steal Armenia, Russia lost it by betraying!

 

 

Dagens

April 20 2024

 

 

 

Lavrov Calls Out US and EU for 'Stealing' Armenia

Written by Henrik Rothen

 

During an interview with Sputnik radio, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has accused the United States and the European Union of aggressive efforts to pry Armenia away from Russia's influence.

 

Lavrov described these actions as brazen attempts to accelerate Armenia's detachment from the Russian Federation, reflecting on recent statements by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan about the strained relations between Moscow and Yerevan.

A Shift Toward Europe?

Earlier this year, the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs declared its European aspirations and expressed a desire to join the EU.

According to Ararat Mirzoyan, the Foreign Minister of Armenia, the country is committed to a democratic path of development, which is supported by both Brussels and Washington. Mirzoyan emphasized the importance of diversifying Armenia's partnerships while maintaining traditional connections and also "looking to the East."

 

 

The tension between Armenia and Russia has been further highlighted by several diplomatic snubs.

 

In October 2023, Pashinyan declined to attend a summit of CIS country leaders held in Bishkek and expressed dissatisfaction with how the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), led by Russia, and Russia itself, were fulfilling their alliance obligations towards Armenia. The dissatisfaction culminated in November during a CSTO summit in Minsk, which Armenia also chose not to attend.

 

 

The deterioration of Moscow-Yerevan relations can also be traced back to the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, where, following military action by Azerbaijan, over 100,000 ethnic Armenians were displaced to Armenia, and the leadership of Nagorno-Karabakh announced its self-dissolution. Following these events, Pashinyan indicated Armenia's de facto suspension from the CSTO and later hinted at a possible exit from the organization while demanding clear delineation and defense commitments for Armenia’s sovereign territories by the CSTO.

 

Adding to the complexities, Mirzoyan has pointed out that the CSTO does not recognize Armenia's borders and that the organization's responsibility in the South Caucasus is ambiguously defined.

 

https://www.dagens.c...tealing-armenia

 

 

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