lloyd morrisett came up with the idea of using tv to teach young children basic skills like counting and recognising letters. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. the war in ukraine has focused attention on vladimir putin s apparent desire to remake a greater russian space, incorporating chunks of the former soviet empire. with that in mind, keep an eye on what s happening in the tiny, disputed territory of nagorno karabakh, where ethnic armenians backed by russia continue to defy azerbaijan s claim to sovereignty. my guest is ruben vardanyan, an armenian who made his fortune in russia and who is now de facto prime minister of nagorno karabakh. his enclave is in deep trouble. will russia save it? reuben vardanyan in nagorno karabakh, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. now, mrvardanyan, many in our hardtalk audience will not know very much about nagorno karabakh, but suffice to say, you are the state minister in a tiny territory of some 120,000 peop
Eurasia expert Silvia Boltuc told Newsweek a new Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict could "dramatically threaten" the International North-South Transport Corridor.
because i believe whatever my answer to about position in russia, about france, about the un state or others will damage the opportunity to get support of international. it will be wrong for me to comment. this is why, with all my regret, what s happening in a different conflict, by the way, not only there in ukraine, but in yemen, in syria and many other places in the world. i care only about what s happening with my people with i stay today in blockade for eight days with no electricity, no gas. the thing is you re very much out of step with many armenians living in armenia because they re very worried by the implications of putin s invasion of ukraine. i m going to quote to you benjamin poghosyan, head of the center for political and economic strategic studies in yerevan. he said he says it is becoming obvious that we can no longer rely on russia even if russia gets out
YEREVAN, AUGUST 30, ARMENPRESS. The trilateral meeting between Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and President of the European Council Charles Michel is expected to take place August 31 in Brussels.