Mansur Mirovalev

Pashinyan is under pressure over his handling of the Nagorno-Karabakh war, which saw key territory ceded to Azerbaijan.

The Kremlin critic stopped attending far-right rallies many years ago, but he still supports anti-migrant measures.

Zelenskyy accuses the channels of spreading Kremlin-funded ‘propaganda’, drawing support in the US but ire in the EU.

Azerbaijan bet on sophisticated, pricey weapons, while Armenia relied on old Russian-made arms and obsolete strategy.

President-elect Joe Biden has promised to confront the Russian leader, who enjoyed somewhat warmer relations with Trump.

Although Ukraine has enjoyed bipartisan support from the US, analysts predict an improvement of ties under Biden.

A US-brokered truce came into effect on Monday but like two previous peace attempts, it is struggling to hold.

Moscow sells weapons to Armenia and Azerbaijan but has also led attempts for a truce.

Rivals use official social media accounts to ramp up rhetoric and deny claims of attacks, but can either be believed?

Much will depend on how Russia and Turkey act as Armenia and Azerbaijan renew conflict, say analysts.