Second Nagorno-Karabakh War

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Shoghakat Vardanyan standing in front of a picture of her brother, Soghomon Vardanyan. Film still.

Armenia

Armenia’s National Film Academy snubs award-winning Nagorno-Karabakh documentary

by Arshaluys Barseghyan

•2 min read

A decision by Armenia’s national film academy to nominate a film by one of its board members to the Oscars over an award-winning documentary centred on the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War has caused controversy in the country. Produced in 2023, Shoghakat Vardanyan’s debut feature documentary 1489 focuses on her family’s two-year search to find her brother, Soghomon Vardanyan, a conscript who went missing during the first days of the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War. The title refers to the number assigne

Farid Pardashunas. Image via technote.az

Azerbaijan

Blogger outs Azerbaijani Wikipedia editors over deleted articles

by Aytan Farhadova

•2 min read

An Azerbaijani blogger has revealed the identities of Azerbaijani Wikipedia contributors, and is demanding they restore 3,000 deleted articles about Azerbaijani soldiers killed in the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War. On 11 September, self-identified techno-blogger Farid Pardashunas began a series of Facebook posts in which he urged Wikipedia editors to restore the deleted articles. He also threatened to send the personal information of those who deleted said articles to the Azerbaijani State Se

Pashinyan and Putin in Moscow on 8 May. Official photo

Armenia

Russia and Armenia agree on withdrawal of border guards

by Tata Shoshiashvili

•2 min read

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan have agreed on the withdrawal of Russian military and border guards from several regions of Armenia at a meeting in Moscow. On Thursday, Russian Presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov told state news agency RIA Novosti that Russian border guards would remain stationed on Armenia’s borders with Iran and Turkey ‘at the request of the Armenian side’. Peskov said the decision was made in a one-on-one meeting betwee

A Russian peacekeeper in Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo: Ani Avetisyan/OC Media.

Armenia

Podcast | How the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War has reshaped the region

by OC Media

•2 min read

The Second Nagorno-Karabakh War has had a lasting impact on the South Caucasus, leading to a massive geopolitical shift. Azerbaijan emerged victorious, taking control of large swathes of territory in 2020, and eventually what remained of Nagorno-Karabakh in September 2023. Nagorno-Karabakh’s Armenian population was forced to flee the region into Armenia, which since the war, has been forced to reassess its traditional alliance with Russia and to turn West for assistance. T

A bombed out supermarket in Martuni (Khojavand). Photo: OC Media.

Armenia

To hell and back: a journalist’s account of the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War

by Bashir Kitachayev

•16 min read

Thrown into a war she had hoped would never happen, one journalist has found herself haunted by her experiences in Nagorno-Karabakh, and determined to prevent their return. It was a summer evening, music was playing softly in Dedaena Park in Tbilisi, barely disrupted by the sound of glasses clinking nearby. A group of our fellow students from the journalism faculty of the Georgian Institute of Public Affairs came to unwind after a long day of exam preparations. As we enjoyed the relief of a

Armenia

Armenian officials and activists reportedly targeted with Pegasus spyware

by OC Media

•3 min read

A joint investigation by a group of watchdog organisations has claimed that 12 individuals in Armenia, including former officials and several members of civil society groups, were targeted with Pegasus spyware during and after the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War. The investigation was carried out by Access Now, a New York-based international digital rights advocacy group, CyberHUB-AM, the Citizen Lab, Amnesty International’s Security Lab, and Ruben Muradyan, an independent mobile security expert.

Armenia

Alleged attempt to kidnap Armenian Prime Minister’s son under investigation

by Ani Avetisyan

•2 min read

One person has been arrested over an alleged attempt to abduct Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s 23-year-old son, Ashot Pashinyan. According to Armenia’s Investigative Committee, Ashot Pashinyan reported that the incident took place around 1:00 PM on Wednesday near the Yerevan Court of Appeal, where the parents of soldiers killed during the 2020 war were protesting. The Investigative Committee statement reports that the Prime Minister’s son was approached by some of the protesters,