What Does the Putin-Aliyev Embrace Mean for Artsakh?

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin embrace in Baku on Monday (TASS photo)

BY ARA KHACHATOURIAN

The news out of Baku on Monday, as Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived for talks with his Azerbaijani and Iranian counterparts, signaled Moscow’s heavy hand in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict resolution process.

Putin told reporters that Russia was continuing to assist Armenia and Azerbaijan to come up with compromises to end the Karabakh conflict, saying “there should be no winners and losers”