News about a potentially breakthrough. U. S. Vaccine was deliberately held back until after the election are broadcasting live director our studios in moscow. This is r t international. Im john thomas. Certainly glad to have you with us. Now, a peace deal has been struck between armenia and azerbaijan. To end the fighting in the disputed not gotten a kind of back region. The truce was brokered by moscow with involvement, putin expressing hope of a lasting settlement between the sides state a postcard issue of credibility of what is happening in karabakh is a truly great tragedy. I want to note with great satisfaction, the outlines of compromise and the agreements reached on ending the bloodshed. I hope that all the steps we have taken recently will lead to the establishment of a long term peace for the benefit of both azerbaijan and armenia. Where my colleagues have brought down the Current Situation in the disputed region and the renewed hopes for a lasting peace. Well, the place to b
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This is our to International Coming to you live from the russian capital where its just turned 3 pm. Welcome to the program. Calm on the front line, that fury in the armenian capital, hundreds of people have gathered outside the Parliament Building in the arab, and to vent their anger over the peace deal with azerbaijan. Several protesters have been detained and they policeman has reportedly been beaten up. Many armenians see the peace deal brokered by russia as a defeat. When the new cease fire was 1st announced, protesters succeeded in storming government offices. Our correspondent dawn of has just arrived in a van and filed this report. So its just another day of unrest in the armenian capital caravan angry crowds have gathered in the center of the city demanding the resignation of the incumbent. Prime minister, rushing out the 1st protests flared up a nice when armenia decided to sign a Peace Agreement with us here by john over nagornokarabakh. So essentially, since then the nation