#Caucasus

When someone sitting in DC tries to portray the Karabakh conflict as some grand Russian-Iranian stratagem, arguing that it's important for US to align with two dictators to counter them,

Olesya Vartanyan

1/7 For almost five days the war in and around #NagornoKarabakh has turned into a more conventional fighting with less strikes at the civilian areas located deep in the conflict

THREAD 1/13: To better understand the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, I turn to the works of a Georgian molecular anthropologist, Dr. Ivane (Vano) Nasidze (1964-2012) at @MPI_EVA_Leipzig, who studied the fascinating ethnolinguistic

Some facts and thoughts on the situation in Karabakh: 1. The current hostilities began on Sept 27 with an AZ massive military offensive, supported by Turkey. This is the only

Olesya Vartanyan

1/8 Today is six months after the ceasefire in #Karabakh war. We at @CrisisGroup have been following the process of identification and reporting of casualties. You can see the most

Olesya Vartanyan

1/7 This escalation in #Karabakh is likely for longer than many think. #Russia probably stands the best chance of brokering a ceasefire. But unlike to 2016, Russia has no offer to

Marek Menkiszak

THREAD 1/7 On the Armenian-Azerbaijani front in the Nagorno-Karabakh region,Azerbaijani forces, ignoring a Russian-sponsored ceasefire,seized significant areas previously controlled by Armenians,cutting off Karabakh fr the Iranian border &a

I know ppl think they sound v smart when they say "ARMENIANS ARE LITERALLY CAUCASIAN. ARMENIA IS IN THE CAUCASUS MOUNTAINS. CAUCASIAN. GET IT?!" but let's be 100% honest: Armenians

THREAD, in case you're wondering how screwed up Azerbaijan is: This is Ramil Safarov, an Azeri officer who murdered Armenian officer Gurgen Margaryan at a NATO training seminar in Hungary.

thread about mountain jews/juhurim mountain jews (juhuro in our language, or juhurim) are a mizrahi jewish group in the caucasus, mostly in dagestan and azerbaijan, but with smaller communities in

will i tweet about this every day? yes. please educate yourself on how harmful the use of “caucasian” as a substitute for “white” is. also please educate yourselves on the

Ossetians are an Iranic ethnic group in the Caucasus. They refer to themselves as “Iron.” Ossetian is the sole survivor of the Scythian language branch as a NE Iranian language,

racism against indigenous communities of the Caucasus as the core principle of CIS politics: erasure and, once again, WHY you should stop using the word “caucasian” in discussions about whitenesstw

Olesya Vartanyan

1/8 Diplomacy clearly does not catch up with the fast developing war in and around #NagornoKarabakh. We at @CrisisGroup call for concrete steps and actions to prevent more human casualties

mia 📌 check pinned pls

WHAT IS HAPPENING IN AZERBAIJAN? tw // bomb , deathon october 4th, 1 civilian got killed and 4 civilians got injured as the result of the missile strike by

would it be weird to start a meta thread on my oc's kinks? i kinda want to muse with myself on what each turn-on stems from and flesh out some