By SETH J. FRANTZMAN
Russia has behaved throughout the conflict like it had other important issues to deal with.
A service member of the Russian peacekeeping
troops stands next to a tank near the border with Armenia, following
the signing of a deal to end the military conflict between Azerbaijan
and ethnic Armenian forces, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh, November
10, 2020
(photo credit: REUTERS/FRANCESCO BREMBATI)
Russia
brokered the end of fighting in Nagorna-Karabakh last week in a deal
that will see many Armenians leaving their homes and areas handed over
to Azerbaijan. It is a humiliating defeat for Armenia, a reverse of what
happened in the 1990s when Armenia defeated Azerbaijan in the same
disputed area.
