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• Khojaly : The Deception of Azerbaijan

  By Russell Pollard on October 30, 2013 • ( 4 )

  

  30,000 people died in the Nagorno-Karabakh war , and one million were displaced from their homes, and many more live with the on-going effects of this unresolved conflict. Despite this widespread human tragedy, the fate of those that lost their… Read More ›

• Letter to Gerry Sutcliffe on return of Azerbaijani refugees to Nagorno-Karabakh 24 October 2013

  By Russell Pollard on October 24, 2013 • ( 0 )

  Dear Mr Sutcliffe I read with interest the article in which you were quoted by the Azerbaijani press about your views on the return of the Azerabaijani refugees from the Nagorno-Karabakh war. “British MP: IDP’s return home should be a… Read More ›

• A Syria without Assad is a Syria without Armenians.

  By Russell Pollard on September 11, 2013 • ( 4 )

  

  One hundred years ago the European world was on the brink of war. The many alliances and conflicts were readying themselves to be executed. The continent had existed too long with many unresolved issues, and only a small incident was… Read More ›

• Ի՞նչ է նշանակում լինել ՀԱՅ

  By Russell Pollard on September 3, 2013 • ( 0 )

  Many thanks to www.nairitranslationservices.co.uk for translating my original article “What does is mean to be Armenian? : (Further thoughts)” into Armenian.             Շատ հաճախ, երբ մարդկանց հարցնում եմ` «Ի՞նչէնշանակումլինել հայ»,նրանքմի պահ լռում են, նրանց դեմքին հայտնվում է գողտր­­­­­իկ ժպիտ, խորը շունչ են… Read More ›

• Azerbaijan violates the Geneva convention with TV Exhibition of Armenian soldier

  By Russell Pollard on August 27, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  In the 3 weeks since Hakob Injigulyan, the “lost” Armenian soldier, was captured by the Azeris, there seems to be an increasing lack of clarity around this case. This is another example of the on-going opaqueness that happens in the… Read More ›

• Armenian Genocide : There should be no Centenary “Commemoration” in 2015.

  By Russell Pollard on August 17, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  In 1915 it was the Centenary of the victory of the British Army over Napoleon in the Battle of Waterloo which signaled the decline of his power and ultimately his personal exile. Whilst an important event in British history, with… Read More ›

• Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) Tourism – Susanna Petrosyan

  By Russell Pollard on August 15, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Whether this is the first time you’ve been to Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) or you’ve visited many times before and would like someone, living in the country, to help with all of your arrangements then please contact me. I have lived in… Read More ›

• The “honour” of being black-listed by Azerbaijan

  By Russell Pollard on August 5, 2013 • ( 8 )

  

  I always thought that anyone who visited Artsakh without the agreement of the Azerbaijani government was immediately considered to be “persona non grata”. Of course the number of people who they grant permission to is probably very small and confined… Read More ›

• Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) : Tourism good-news story flawed by poor journalism

  By Russell Pollard on August 2, 2013 • ( 0 )

  In the UK during the Second World War there was a nation-wide poster campaign called “Careless Words Costs Lives”. This was aimed at everyone in the country requesting them to be vigilant about what they said, and to whom, and… Read More ›

• Aghdam: This is no Hiroshima. (Artsakh/Nagorno-Karabakh)

  By Russell Pollard on July 23, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Before 1991, Aghdam was a major Azerbaijani city nestled within the natural arc shape of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast (NKAO). It contained around 50,000 people, industry and an airport which also served the people of Nagorno-Karabakh with it being around… Read More ›