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• Letter to Azerbaijani Ambassador : “Stop threatening to bomb Nagorno-Karabakh”

  By Russell Pollard on September 26, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  Dear Mr Taghizadeh I read with interest your letter in The Economist (20th September “The West’s disengagement”). Your letter is notable for having no reference to the fact that the people in Nagorno-Karabakh are Armenians, or the fact that they… Read More ›

• Children of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic: Born during 20 Years of Peace – Living under threat of War

  By Russell Pollard on September 17, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  These are the simple stories of 21 children of the villagers of Khndzristan, in Nagorno-Karabakh, who were born during 20 years of Peace but Live under the Threat of War. The Children of Nagorno-Karabakh have a simple Human Right to… Read More ›

• Nagorno-Karabakh: Recognition is the only Humanitarian option

  By Russell Pollard on September 1, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  As Nagorno-Karabakh (NKR) celebrates the 23rd Anniversary of its Declaration of Independence, the country remains in the unsatisfactory position of still being globally unrecognised. The route out of this situation seems complicated; history provides many conflicting examples which serve only… Read More ›

• Khojaly/Khojalu propaganda – How Azerbaijan changed the numbers!

  By Russell Pollard on August 21, 2014 • ( 10 )

  

  The current Azerbaijani propaganda on Khojaly/Khojalu is that 613 people were killed. The National Assembly (Milli Majlis) of Azerbaijan passed this statement on February 24 1994 ( the 2nd Anniversary) confirming that only 335 people died. It also states that… Read More ›

• Letter to Azerbaijani Ambassador in London – Mr Tahir Taghizadeh

  By Russell Pollard on August 9, 2014 • ( 0 )

  Dear Ambassador Tahir Taghizadeh I am writing to express my gravest concern at the wholly unacceptable messages left by your President on Twitter on August 7th 2014. To any independent observer these can only be seen as a “threat of… Read More ›

• Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) – Life and People July 2014

  By Russell Pollard on August 9, 2014 • ( 2 )

  

  A collection of 12 images from my visit in July 2014 under the general theme of Life and People in Artsakh. A series of moments that begin to paint an understanding of life in this country.

• 20 Years of Peace in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh)

  By Russell Pollard on May 11, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  20 years ago at 12.01am on May 12 1994, a ceasefire was finally enacted to stop the unnecessary bloodshed in the war in Nagorno-Karabakh. It was not a peace agreement, it didn’t actually resolve any political or territorial position –… Read More ›

• Armenian Genocide : Open Letter to people in Derby, UK

  By Russell Pollard on April 21, 2014 • ( 0 )

  Submitted for publication in local Derby, UK media. Part of the initiative for the Armenian Genocide to be recognised in the Derby Holocaust Memorial Day events in January 2015. (Derby is my home city) 99 Years ago on the 24th… Read More ›

• Khojaly : Meeting with Ambassador – Embassy of Mexico in London

  By Russell Pollard on March 12, 2014 • ( 2 )

  After writing to the Mexican Ambassador in the UK on a number of occasions plus many follow-up phone calls on their “recognition” of Khojaly last year , I was finally invited to discuss the subject, in person, at their London… Read More ›

• Artsakh / Nagorno-Karabakh :Peacebuilding is about People not Politicians.

  By Russell Pollard on February 16, 2014 • ( 1 )

  

  Politicians create war but they rarely deliver lasting peace. Over the next few years we will be remembering the centenary of the First World War. At the time it was considered to be the “war to all end all wars”… Read More ›