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Biden to nominate career diplomat Tracy as U.S. envoy to Russia: report

U.S. President Joe Biden plans to nominate career diplomat Lynne Tracy as U.S. ambassador to Russia, Reuters reported on Wednesday, citing a source familiar with the ma

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Vahagn Khachaturyan sworn in as Armenian president

Vahagn Khachaturyan was sworn in on Sunday as Armenian president during a special session of the parliament in the capital city Yerevan.The inauguration ceremony was at

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Turkey, Armenia to hold normalization talks in Moscow

Turkey and Armenia will hold their first round of talks aimed at normalizing ties on January 14 in Moscow, the Turkish Foreign Ministry announced on Wednesday.The two countries have appointed special

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Armenia votes in neck-and-neck parliamentary election

Voting was underway in a parliamentary election in Armenia on Sunday, with opinion polls putting the party of acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and that of former P

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Biden recognizes atrocities against Armenians as genocide

Armenian honor guards attend a memorial service at the monument to the victims of mass killings by Ottoman Turks, to commemorate the 106th anniversary of the massacre, in Yerevan, Armenia, Saturd

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Sputnik V can not only save European lives, but relations with Moscow

A doctor talks to a patient at a mobile vaccination site at Yerevan Plaza shopping mall where people can receive the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine. /Getty Editor's note: Thomas O. Falk is a Londo

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Armenia: PM says ready to hold early elections

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan delivers a speech during a rally of his supporters at Republic Square in downtown Yerevan Photograph. /AFP Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan told

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Armenian demonstrators break into government building in Yerevan: RIA

A group of demonstrators have broken into a government building in the center of Yerevan where several ministers are located, reported RIA news agency on Monday.The protesters are demanding the resig

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Is it real that Iran will become a member of the EAEU?

Editor's note:Djoomart Otorbaev is the former Prime Minister of the Kyrgyz Republic, a distinguished professor of the Belt and Road School of Beijing Normal University, and a member of Nizami Ganj

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Lavrov: Russia, Turkey to Continue Expanding Defence Industry Cooperation Despite US Sanctions

On Monday, the US House of Representatives overrode Donald Trump's veto on the 2021 National Defence Authorisation Act (NDAA), a massive defence spending bill which inc

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Azerbaijan discloses Nagorno-Karabakh conflict troop toll

Azerbaijani authorities disclosed for the first time Thursday details of the country's military casualties in the recent fighting with Armenian forces over the separati

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Armenian President Seeks Putin's Help to Bring Armenian Servicemen Held by Baku Back Home

Armenian President Armen Sargsyan has asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to assist the return of Armenian captives who are held in Azerbaijan since the escalation o

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Armenians rush to leave Nagorno-Karabakh ahead of Azerbaijan handover

Fighting has come to an end in the Nagorno-Karabakh region a week after Armenia agreed to sign a Russia-brokered peace accord sealing its defeat to longtime rival Azerbaijan.But despite Armenia cedin

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Armenia Crisis: Foreign Minister quits, govt under fire over ceasefire

Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan has quit his post, in the most significant departure of a government official following a deal last week that ended fierce fighting with Azeri forces

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Peace accord sparks celebrations in Azerbaijan, fury in Armenia

Armenian police officers detain a protestor near the government headquarters. /AFP Several thousand demonstrators Wednesday protested in the Armenian capital as anger mounted over Prime Minist

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Heavy shelling hits Nagorno-Karabakh's largest city: sources

RSF calls on international organizations including the United Nations to do whatever possible to allow the evacuation of civilians. /@RSF_inter Nagorno-Karabakh's largest city came under heavy

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Russian Deputy FM Says Karabakh Crisis Does Not Affect Cooperation With Turkey on Syria

The situation in Nagorno-Karabakh does not affect the Russian-Turkish cooperation on Syria, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Vershinin said on Thursday."I do not