Azerbaijan, Karabakh

Azerbaijan Begins Trials of Karabakh Ex-Separatists Including Billionaire
Nagorno-Karabakh escaped Baku's control in fighting around the time of the Soviet collapse when hundreds of thousands of ethnic Azeris fled their homes. Baku casts Vardanyan and other former separatist officials as leaders of an illegal armed entity who tried to stop Azerbaijan from reclaiming the territory.
Azerbaijan Puts Armenian Ex-Leaders of Nagorno-Karabakh on Trial
Ex-Moscow investment banker Ruben Vardanyan and 15 other Armenian leaders of the formerly contested Nagorno-Karabakh region went on trial in Azerbaijan on Friday.
Yerevan Silent As Former Karabakh Leaders Go On Trial In Azerbaijan
Armenia’s government pointedly declined to react on Friday to the start of the trials in Azerbaijan of eight former leaders of Nagorno-Karabakh and eight other Karabakh Armenian prisoners which human rights activists in Yerevan condemned as a travesty of justice.
Azerbaijan Opens War Crimes Trial Of Armenian Separatists
Azerbaijan on Friday opened war crimes trials against Armenian separatists who led the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region before it was recaptured by Baku in a lightning offensive in 2023.
Former Karabakh Official Protests on Eve of Trial in Azerbaijan
Vardanyan served as the number-two official in Karabakh from late 2022 until February 2023. Seven months later, Azerbaijan recaptured the enclave where ethnic Armenians had enjoyed three decades of de facto independence since breaking away from Baku's control in a war that followed the collapse of the Soviet Union.
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Opposition party leader: It’s a pity that Armenia authorities don’t respond to Azerbaijan accusations
It’s a pity here that Armenia’s authorities do not respond to these accusations because they are not against individuals, but they are accusations as a phenomenon that crimes have taken place in ...
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Azerbaijan’s Aliyev places Zangezur corridor back on peace process agenda
Azerbaijani leader Ilham Aliyev appeared to ratchet up tension in the South Caucasus by unexpectedly reviving a demand for ...
Armenia warns of escalation risk after Azeri leader calls it 'fascist'
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Azerbaijan's President Aliyev calls Armenia 'fascist state, threat to region'
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on Jan. 7 called Armenia effectively a "fascist state," claiming that Baku might have no ...
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Armenia formalizes closer ties with the West
January 2025 may go down as Armenia’s geopolitical inflection point, a time when Yerevan decisively moved to shun its ...
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Azerbaijan, Armenia hold 11th border delimitation session
Azerbaijan and Armenia's border delimitation commissions convened for their 11th meeting, state media reported Thursday. The ...
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Iranian Security Chief Visits Armenia, Azerbaijan
A top Iranian security official reportedly reaffirmed Iran’s support for Armenia’s position on transport links with ...
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Armenia-Azerbaijan Peace Deal Stumbles Once Again
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev's aggressive rhetoric towards Armenia jeopardizes the ongoing peace process and raises ...
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Armenia stands to benefit from dialogue with Western Azerbaijan Community - analyst
This statement emphasizes the need for dialogue between the prime minister of Armenia and representatives of the Western ...