The last thing Vladimir Putin needed is another hotspot in Russia’s “near abroad” – Russia’s term for the 14 republics that once were part of the old Soviet Union, along with the Russian Republic.
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Paul Roderick Gregory: Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict adds to Putin’s headaches
An Azeri soldier walks near a destroyed vehicle in the city of Jabrayil, where Azeri forces regained control during the fighting with Armenia over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh on Oct. 16, 2020.
