• feels like a long tail of russia’s invasion of ukraine–as i recall, they were heavily involved in the last round of peace talks and still(?) have peace keepers in artsakh, but ukraine has really reduced their standing.

    • Okay, sorry for the delayed answer. It seems Russia actually tried to get some peace talks going, but they failed. Nevertheless, given the war in Ukraine, Russia lost its credibility as a force, so I think it was natural for both sides to call another party to mediate talks.

      @alyaza@beehaw.org wrote:

      still(?) have peace keepers in artsakh

      Yes, they do have peace keepers, but they cannot do anything against the blocade tactics employed by Baku