The Georgian Revolution of 2003: what happened since then?
18 years ago, on 22 November 2003, a crowd of agitated Georgians led by the then little-known Mikheil Saakashvili burst into the building of the National Parliament with roses in their hands. The ceremonial first meeting of the new parliament was being held there. At that moment, Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze was making the opening […]
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Nagorno-Karabakh in history
Actually, friendship between the different peoples in the USSR was an extremely dubious thing. Especially between Armenians and Azerbaijanis. If at the everyday level people were good friends (my Armenian acquaintances in Baku were hid in their neighbors by Azerbaijanis during the pogroms), then, of course, it is difficult to say the same about the […]
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Rostislav Ishchenko: “Russia can deter war between Armenia and Azerbaijan”
“Russia will not encourage an attempt by Baku or Yerevan to conduct full-fledged military operations. She can stifle this conflict in a very short time”, said Rostislav Ishchenko, a columnist for the Rossiya Segodnya news agency, in an interview with the media platform Ukraina.ru. The expert noted that Russia is able to block the entire […]
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