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There was very little to celebrate during this year’s Armenia Independence Day. Just one day earlier, authorities of the region of Nagorno-Karabakh capitulated to Azerbaijan following a brief offensive by the Azerbaijani military. The future of the region’s Armenian population remains uncertain and dreams of an Armenian Karabakh seem to be permanently shattered.
Armenia feels abandoned by the Kremlin and is trying to find new partners to help ensure its security. But its dependence on the Kremlin is deep – and archrival Azerbaijan is already mulling its next attack.