Wall Street Journalさんのインスタグラム写真 - (Wall Street JournalInstagram)「A Russian-brokered peace agreement halted weeks of fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan and handed Moscow a geopolitical triumph, but has failed to instill a sense of safety among Armenians, for whom the presence of Russian troops in the area arouses a mixture of gratitude and distrust.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ The peace deal will see swaths of Armenian-controlled areas returned to Azerbaijan, which lost them years ago, following weeks of fighting that culminated in Azeri forces sweeping into parts of Nagorno-Karabakh, a province internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan but controlled by ethnic Armenians. As part of the deal, Russia will deploy around 2,000 peacekeepers for at least the next five years.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ The Nov. 10 peace agreement cements the Kremlin’s status as a regional power broker and its leverage over both countries, which are now even more beholden to Moscow, analysts said. While Russia already had a military base in Armenia, with which it also shares economic ties, Moscow had no forces in Azerbaijan until now.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ In villages, prayer sites and government buildings across Armenia, there was both relief and caution over the arrival of Russian peacekeepers. While some Armenians said they felt abandoned by the international community and could only trust Moscow, others were wary of the Russian forces, especially those old enough to remember Soviet control.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ “It is a tragedy to me,” said Silva Khachatryan, a 61-year-old professor of Armenian literature, who was saddened after a recent visit to a monastery in Dadivank, a newly retaken Azeri territory, where she saw a Russian flag raised on the road to the cloister and peacekeepers stationed in the courtyard.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Read more at the link in our bio.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ 📷: @justmiel for @wsjphotos」12月3日 4時19分