Alongside President Vladimir Putin’s wanton decision to launch a major invasion of Ukraine for the second time in eight years, Moscow has re-asserted its threat to the fractured and already volatile balance of the South Caucasus. Just as Putin was launching his war in Ukraine, he flaunted his country’s continued dominance in the South Caucasus by effectively summoning Azeri President Ilham Aliyev to Moscow to sign a new ‘friendship and cooperation’ agreement.
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