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Armenia's coalition turns on Russia over Karabakh
Summary
A look back at 15 December 2022, when strains between Yerevan and Moscow sat alongside Kyiv's warnings about Bakhmut.
What did Moscow's partners make of its conduct as 2022 drew to a close? On 15 December 2022, the question had two sharp answers, one from Ukraine and one from Armenia.
On 14 December 2022, members of parliament from Armenia's governing coalition accused Russia of wanting to drag their country into a new war with neighbouring Azerbaijan. They also criticised the conduct of Russian peacekeepers. The criticism came amid a renewed crisis in the region following the Lachin blockade, and as relations between Armenia and Russia worsened.
The accusations came from lawmakers within the governing coalition rather than from opposition voices, and they were aimed at both Russian policy and the peacekeepers' behaviour on the ground.
The Ukrainian front line offered a parallel picture of Russian pressure. On 9 December 2022, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russia of destroying the front-line city of Bakhmut after weeks of relentless shelling.
Together, the two reports show Russia facing scrutiny on two fronts: from Kyiv over its military campaign, and from Yerevan over its role as a security presence in the South Caucasus.
