September 2, 2008 - 16:22 AMT
Russia's actual position on Karabakh conflict coincides with official position it has proclaimed
"Having no access to the Russian corridors of power I can suppose that Russia's actual position on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict coincides with the official position it has proclaimed," Arsen Melik-Shahnazarov, advisor to NKR Foreign Minister, said in an interview with PanARMENIAN.Net.

"But I can say that Moscow often allows itself to be led by Baku which capriciously urges to taboo any mention of Karabakh in Russian media, to continue telephone, telegraph and postal blockade if NKR. That is why Russian officials fear to establish contacts with NKR organizations," he said.

17 years of independence is not little, according to him.

"These years were not lost against the background of recessive developments in the post-soviet area," Melik-Shahnazarov said.

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