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In pictures: Azerbaijan’s advance into Nagorny Karabakh, two years on

10 April 2018 by Seymur Kazimov

Line of contact (Seymur Kazimov /OC Media)

On the night of 2 April 2016, tensions on the Nagorny Karabakh line of contact erupted. Following four days of intense fighting, several strategic heights sur­round­ing the Armenian-con­trolled village of Talish, including multiple Armenian positions, came under Azerbaijan’s control.

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Filed Under: Conflict Tagged With: april war, Armenia, Azerbaijan, line of contact, nagorno-karabakh, nagorno-karabakh war, talish, talış, talysh, war

Analysis | Total war: Karabakh’s militarised social democracy

19 January 2018 by Aleksey S. Antimonov

A poster in central Stepanakert (Khachig Joukha­jian /OC Media)

Aleksey S. Antimonov is a freelance jour­nal­ist based in Armenia.

With its flat rate taxes and sky-high growth rates, Nagorno-Karabakh has been described by some as a Caucasian Tiger. In addition, money from abroad funds a generous, but mil­i­taris­tic social welfare system — combining to keep and grow its border villages, and swell the army’s ranks.

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Filed Under: Opinion & Analysis Tagged With: artsakh, azerabaijan, border, economy, line of contact, militarisation, nagorno-karabakh, nagorno-karabakh war, nagorny karabakh, social democracy, stepanakert, talish

A year after the war in Nagorno-Karabakh’s frontline village of Talish

5 July 2017 by Armine Avetisyan

IDPs from Talish in the village of Alashan (Armine Avetisyan/OC Media)

On 2 April 2016, the Four-Day War began, and Azer­bai­jani troops moved into the village of Talish in Nagorno-Karabakh. One year on, only a couple of dozen men remain in Talish — their wives and children waiting to return and rebuild their lives.

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Filed Under: Conflict, Top Tagged With: alashan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, displacement, four-day war, IDPs, nagorno-karabakh, refugees, talish, war

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Interview | De Waal: ‘Is it time to come up with a bigger offer to Abkhazia?’

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Opinion | Accepting our past is the only way we can move forward

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In Azer­bai­jan, as in Armenia, remem­brance of the victims of past atroc­i­ties often takes on a one-sided nature.

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