Nagorno-Karabakh is a region in Azerbaijan,covering the southeastern stretch of the Lesser Caucasus mountain range. Part of the greater region of Karabakh,it spans the area between Lower Karabakh and Syunik. Its terrain mostly consists of mountains and forestland.
Artsakh,officially the Republic of Artsakh or the Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh,was a breakaway state in the South Caucasus whose territory was internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan. Between 1991 and 2023,Artsakh controlled parts of the former Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast of the Azerbaijani Soviet Socialist Republic,including its capital Stepanakert. It had been an enclave within Azerbaijan from the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war until the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive,when the Azerbaijani military took control over the remaining territory controlled by Artsakh. Its only overland access route to Armenia after the 2020 war was via the five kilometres (3.1 mi)–wide Lachin corridor,which was placed under the supervision of Russian peacekeeping forces.
Russian oligarchs are business oligarchs of the former Soviet republics who rapidly accumulated wealth in the 1990s via the Russian privatisation that followed the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The failing Soviet state left the ownership of state assets contested,which allowed for informal deals with former USSR officials as a means to acquire state property.
The National Assembly of the Republic of Artsakh was the legislative branch of the government of the Republic of Artsakh.
Holy Savior Cathedral,commonly referred to as Ghazanchetsots,is an Armenian Apostolic cathedral in Shusha in Azerbaijan. It is the cathedra of the Diocese of Artsakh of the Armenian Apostolic Church. Standing 35 metres (115 ft) high,Ghazanchetsots is one of the largest Armenian churches in the world. A landmark of Shusha and the Karabakh region,and of Armenian cultural and religious identity,it was listed as a cultural and historical monument of the former breakaway Republic of Artsakh.
The Republic of Artsakh was a republic with limited recognition in the South Caucasus region. The Republic of Artsakh controlled most of the territory of the former Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast. It was recognized only by three other non-UN member states,Abkhazia,South Ossetia and Transnistria. The rest of the international community recognized Artsakh as part of Azerbaijan. In November 2012,a member of Uruguay's foreign relations committee stated that his country could recognize Nagorno-Karabakh's independence. In 2012,Armenia and Tuvalu established diplomatic relations,which led to speculation of possible recognition of Artsakh by Tuvalu. In October 2012,the Australian state of New South Wales recognized Nagorno-Karabakh. In September 2014,the Basque Parliament in Spain adopted a motion supporting Artsakh's right to self-determination and in November 2014,the Parliament of Navarre,also in Spain,issued a statement supporting Artsakh's inclusion in taking part in settlement negotiations.
Sberbank CIB is a multinational investment banking and asset management firm headquartered in Moscow,Russia,and a subsidiary of Sberbank. It was founded in Moscow in 1991,and was formerly known as Troika Dialog.
Arayik Vladimiri Harutyunyan is an Armenian politician who served as the fourth president of the Republic of Artsakh from May 2020 to September 2023. Under his predecessor Bako Sahakyan,he served as the sixth and last Prime Minister from 2007 until the abolishment of that position in 2017 and as the first State Minister of the Republic of Artsakh from 2017 until his resignation in 2018. Harutyunyan led Artsakh through the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War with Azerbaijan,during which the republic lost most of the territory under its control. He resigned on 1 September 2023 in the midst of the Azerbaijani blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Chankatagh or Janyatag is a village located in the Tartar District of Azerbaijan,in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Until 2023 it was controlled by the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population until the exodus of the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh following the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh.
Talish is a village in the Aghdara District in Azerbaijan,in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population prior to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war,and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.
Parukh or Farukh,is an Armenian-populated village located in the Khojaly District of Azerbaijan,in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Until 2023 it was controlled by the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population until the exodus of the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh following the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh.
The Lachin corridor was a mountain road in Azerbaijan that linked Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh.
The political status of Nagorno-Karabakh remained unresolved from its declaration of independence on 10 December 1991 to its September 2023 collapse. During Soviet times,it had been an ethnic Armenian autonomous oblast of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic. Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union,a conflict arose between local Armenians who sought to have Nagorno-Karabakh join Armenia and local Azerbaijanis who opposed this.
In the aftermath of the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War,peacekeeping operations were initiated by Russia in the Nagorno-Karabakh region to monitor the ceasefire between the Armenian and Azerbaijani forces. Separate from the Russian operation,Turkey also has personnel working in a joint Russian–Turkish monitoring centre.
Events of the year 2023 in Armenia.
This is a list of individuals and events related to Azerbaijan in 2023.
The blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh was an event in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. The region was disputed between Azerbaijan and the breakaway Republic of Artsakh,internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan,which had an ethnic Armenian population and was supported by neighbouring Armenia,until the dissolution of Republic of Artsakh on 28 September 2023.
Troika laundromat or ŪkioLeaks is a money laundering scheme organized by Russia's former largest investment bank –Troika Dialog. This scheme allowed the flow of some $4.8 billion of funds from Russian companies and figures into Europe and the US between 2003 and early 2013. It was discovered by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) with 21 media partners from Europe,North America,and South Korea in 2019.
Gurgen Garniki Nersisyan is an Armenian politician from the Republic of Artsakh. He was the State Minister of Artsakh from February to August 2023. He also served as the Prosecutor General of Artsakh from 2021 to 2023.
Kamo Bahaturi Vardanyan is an Armenian military officer from the Republic of Artsakh. He served as the last Minister of Defence of Artsakh and Chief of Staff of the Artsakh Defence Army.
