Azerbaijan are kicking off and shelling Armenia tonight. Presumably as Russia are bleeding out in Ukraine.
Sorry to say I don’t know much about the background to this depressingly long running saga but Armenia are protected by the Russians, and Nagorno Karabakh is the usual flashpoint reported in current affairs.
In addition to those hotspots GB mentions there is of course Russian backed Syria (Poor relations with Turkey)…
I know it's divide an conquer (so they mess with both sides as benefits them most), but I thought Russia backed the Azerbaijans in the most recent set of clashes. Traditionally they have supported Armenia though.
Nagorno Karabakh is a strange one - it's 100% Armenian population, but a completely isolated enclave within Azerbaijan.
GHod right okay. A real tangle then.
Would love to go to these countries in peaceful times. And Iran. Never going to happen in my lifetime is it.
I know it's divide an conquer (so they mess with both sides as benefits them most), but I thought Russia backed the Azerbaijans in the most recent set of clashes. Traditionally they have supported Armenia though.
Nagorno Karabakh is a strange one - it's 100% Armenian population, but a completely isolated enclave within Azerbaijan.
Imagine if a few fanatics got hold of drones with weapons, in any country in the world. Could cause mayhem.That part of the world has been in conflict for centuries, only dominant despot have been able to keep some form of control, new weapon technology allows a few hundred fanatics to cause mayhem and stir up old greivences, I feel real pity for the children born there as they appear doomed to relive the hatred built up there.
Imagine if a few fanatics got hold of drones with weapons, in any country in the world. Could cause mayhem.
The address by Putin due to be given at 6.00pm UK time seems to have been mightily delayed…Here’s hoping he touched something nasty on his door handle.
Ukraine war: Russians flee to border after military call-up https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-62996212
bad month for Putin, feels like the tables are really turning and the pressure is on now. Does he have the same authority / respect in Russia that he had 9 months ago? Looks unlikely.
I think if things are in a similar position after winter then he's done, turning off the gas was his last card really. Wonder if anyone would be brave enough to stage a coup.