Azerbaijan.
Even if I’m a Christian, this conflict really isn’t about religion, it’s geopolitical. Emboldening Armenia is just emboldening a Putin-bootlicking State and we can’t have that.
The repeated misfortunes of the Armenian nation are not reason enough to condemn them to further devastation.
I still think "client state" is a very strong term that ignores Armenia's autonomy--and its perennial quest to escape Russian hegemony. That it sends a few de-miners to Syria every few years doesn't make it little more than a tool of Russian foreign policy, and that can be seen in recent overtures to Israel and the EU. Sadly, its present state will likely persist sans a dramatic intervention by an as-of-yet uncommitted outside player.
Combine this with the fact that the 2018 revolution can in part be attributed to Russia fatigue, Russia's willingness to cut off their fuel supply
in the middle of winter just to tank the EU Association Agreement, and the fact that Russia still plays Azerbaijan and Armenia against each other.
Hopefully you can see past your hatred of Putin to feel some shred of sympathy for a nation that deserves a better label than "bootlicking".
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