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Russian peacekeepers leave Karabakh early

Apr – Jun 2024Key event

MilitaryDiplomaticArmenia–Azerbaijan / Karabakh legacy

Russia withdraws its peacekeeping contingent from Karabakh by June 2024, ahead of the 2025 mandate expiry, by agreement with Baku — the mission's purpose having ended with the population it was deployed to protect.

Why it mattersThe quiet end of Russia's only new military deployment of the post-2020 settlement, and a marker of the wider transaction: Moscow, constrained by Ukraine, traded its Karabakh presence for a working relationship with Baku — leaving Armenia to draw its own conclusions.

Confidence: HighSources: Reuters ↗ · RFE/RL (Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty)↗ · Official government statementsMethodology Corrections

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