But didn’t Armenia do the same? They themselves didn’t fight for Karabakh, only few volunteers did.
Armenia and Georgia should unite into one county.
Its the only way both can deal with the threat of Russia and the threat of surrounding culturally different countries.
Merits of Karabakh autonomy aside, the timeline matters and explains why Armenians have every right to view this as a betrayal.
Since 1991, Russia consistently demanded Armenia stay reliant upon its alliance and military peacekeeping. To the exclusion of any other multilateral search for friends. Furthermore, Russia historically posed as an Orthodox Christian defender against Islam. They kept that propaganda alive.
With independence, Russia retained its preferential treatment for Armenia at the start. It was to Armenia alone that Russia initially gave weaponry and military training to during the first Karabakh conflict. Unbeknownst to Armenia however, even at that early date the Kremlin had feelers out with Baku.
Baku oil changed the calculation. In the last 10-20 years that Russia decided to play both sides openly, then eventually prioritized its relationship with Baku. All the while, the Kremlin kept demanding that Armenia both exclusively rely upon Russian peacekeepers and never try to incorporate Karabakh into Armenia proper.
Yes. A sense of betrayal would be very normal for Armenians to have
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But didn’t Armenia do the same? They themselves didn’t fight for Karabakh, only few volunteers did.
Armenia and Georgia should unite into one county.
Its the only way both can deal with the threat of Russia and the threat of surrounding culturally different countries.
Merits of Karabakh autonomy aside, the timeline matters and explains why Armenians have every right to view this as a betrayal.
Since 1991, Russia consistently demanded Armenia stay reliant upon its alliance and military peacekeeping. To the exclusion of any other multilateral search for friends. Furthermore, Russia historically posed as an Orthodox Christian defender against Islam. They kept that propaganda alive.
With independence, Russia retained its preferential treatment for Armenia at the start. It was to Armenia alone that Russia initially gave weaponry and military training to during the first Karabakh conflict. Unbeknownst to Armenia however, even at that early date the Kremlin had feelers out with Baku.
Baku oil changed the calculation. In the last 10-20 years that Russia decided to play both sides openly, then eventually prioritized its relationship with Baku. All the while, the Kremlin kept demanding that Armenia both exclusively rely upon Russian peacekeepers and never try to incorporate Karabakh into Armenia proper.
Yes. A sense of betrayal would be very normal for Armenians to have