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The Armenian-Azerbaijani war was and remains a foreign concept in Russian consciousness, much like the United States’ war in Iraq. They know this, but no one sympathizes with anyone, said Russian political analyst and professor of international law Oleg Kuznetsov in an interview with Baku-based news source Vesti.az.
“With regards to the question of which side of the Karabakh conflict Russian society sympathizes with, the answer would be something like this: in general, Russia’s citizens are indifferent to this international issue. Karabakh is not their problem.
“And if we talk about countering information in the scope of the Karabakh conflict, in my opinion, it would be better if Azerbaijan ceased ceased the smear campaign against attacks from Armenia and carried on its own propaganda campaign. It would be more effective. Otherwise, as history of the Soviet Union joining the Russian and Azerbaijani peoples taught us, Baku will inevitably suffer defeat in a ‘cold’ or information war over Nagorno-Karabakh,” said the analyst.