WORLD WORLDWIDE ARMENIA AZERBAIJANI CONFLICT News Journal Update - (en) Armenian Anarchist Group Rises in Besieged Artsakh - Bianca Bridger (ca, de, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

 The ongoing Azerbaijani blockade of food, fuel, and medical supplies

from reaching the Armenian statelet of Artsakh, also known as
Nagorno-Karabakh, and home to around 120,000 people has today triggered
the creation of a new anarchist group - Anarchist Artsakh. ---- The
blockade dates back to Soviet-era territorial claims both Azerbaijan and
Armenia have to the Nagorno-Karabakh region, which is situated inside
Azerbaijan, but in which, ethnic Armenians make up 95 per cent of the
population. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, both
nations took up arms against one another over the area.
The first Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, (1991-94) left Armenia with the
majority of the autonomous zone. Following a 2010 strategic partnership
agreement with Azerbaijan Turkey has become a key player in the
conflict, supplying Azerbaijan with military aid when fighting broke out
again in July 2020. This material support, alongside the aid of Syrian
mercenaries, enabled Azerbaijan to recapture swaths of the
Nagorno-Karabakh before a ceasefire was brokered by Russia in November
2020. The gains made by Azerbaijan in 2020 left Nagorno-Karabakh surrounded.

Anarchist Artsakh:

The group, in their first post on Telegram stated, "Comrades! A new
front of anarchist resistance is maturing. This time Artsakh. For almost
a year now, the fascist government of Azerbaijan has kept the local
Armenian population under complete blockade, seeking forced submission
from the Armenians.

The dictatorial power of Ilham Aliyev is actually starving our people in
order to subjugate them, assimilate them and deprive them of the freedom
for which we have fought for a very long time. In the territories
occupied in 2020, the occupiers are destroying our cultural objects in
order to erase our traces from our own lands.

We already had the sad experience of living under the rule of the
Azerbaijani leadership in the 1980s - 1990s. We will no longer allow the
fascists to enslave our people. We - Armenian anarchists - will fight
for the freedom of our (and not only our) people. Most likely, the
Azerbaijani tyrants will soon begin a ground operation on the territory
of Artsakh. We are trying to organise ourselves to resist the onslaught
of the imperialists.

Comrades! We ask you to support us in our fight. After all, solidarity
is our main weapon. Help spread the word about the chaos going on. Glory
and freedom to all oppressed peoples!"

The current siege is the result of the December 2022 blocking of the
Lachin Corridor, a lifeline between Armenia and Artsakh by Azerbaijan,
which claims that Armenia has been using the corridor to smuggle arms.

Russian Mediation?:

However, on early Tuesday, a truck carrying Russian humanitarian aid was
given access through Azerbaijani territory to the besieged region's
capital, Stepanakert. According to DW, the Russian Foreign Ministry
claimed the aid package represents "a first step" to resolving the
crisis. It is unclear if this move by Russia will satisfy the clearly
frustrated members of Anarchist Artsakh.

https://www.anarchistfederation.net/atlas-news-armenian-anarchist-group-rises-in-besieged-artsakh/
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