Russia Appoints New Peacekeeping Head in Nagorno-Karabakh

Russia Appoints New Peacekeeping Head in Nagorno-Karabakh

Russia said on Wednesday that it had appointed one of its most senior army commanders to lead a peacekeeping force in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, as tensions rise again between Armenia and Azerbaijan.  Russian peacekeepers were deployed in 2020 to end a war over Nagorno-Karabakh, the second that Armenia and Azerbaijan have fought since the 1991 Soviet collapse. The mountain enclave is internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan bu…

General Lentsov appointed commander of Russian peacekeeping contingent in Nagorno-Karabakh

According to the Defense Ministry, 30 Russian peacekeeping observation posts monitor the compliance with the ceasefire regime around the clock

MoD Russia confirms appointment of General Alexander Lentsov as the new commander of the Russian peacekeepers in Artsakh

YEREVAN, APRIL 26, ARMENPRESS. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation has confirmed the appointment of Colonel-General Alexander Lentsov as the new commander of Russian peacekeepers in Artsakh, ARMENPRESS reports the press service of the Russian Ministry of Defense informed.

New commander of Russian peacekeepers in Nagorno-Karabakh appointed

Previously, the Russian peacekeeping contingent in Karabakh was commanded by Major General Andrei Volkov...