Arshaluis Mghdesyan
Freelance journalist based in Yerevan

Statements recognising Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity signal painful decisions may lie ahead.
As an Azerbaijani blockade continues, a Syrian Armenian in Stepanakert reflects on war and family.
Moscow views peacekeeping efforts as an attempt to oust it from its previous role as sole mediator in the conflict.
Yerevan’s calls for assistance from the Russia-led security bloc have fallen on deaf ears.
Armenians living in the Lachin corridor, which will soon be handed over, refuse to leave.
Residents of the South Caucasus region feel subject to political maneuvering beyond their control.
Anger over potential plans to drop the decades’ long demand for territory’s independence.
Russia accounts for 40 per cent of financial outlay, and some companies are already suffering.
Yerevan faces uncomfortable choice between political and diplomatic alliances.
As Azerbaijan captures 13 Armenian servicemen amid the worst fighting since the 2020 war, the fate of other prisoners of war remains uncertain.