[Dmitry Markov]

Sultan has clearly gave us a tricky puzzle to solve. Armenia is our ally, and culturally symathies of most ethnical russians would be on the armenian side and since most population in Karabah are armenians - on the side of PRK. Even more because it was Azerbaijan side who started the last advance. But Russia is more than only ethnical russians - here are armenians and azerbaijans, tatars etc who may have different feelings. To say more Azerbaijan is a state which we have a friendship treaty with. To say even more - all those our "allies", "brothers" and "friends" including Serbia, Belorussia, Azerbaijan, Armenia ( in past Bulgaria and Ukraine could also have been mentioned in that list) - they all call for help when they are being bullied, but in more well-fed times they talk about "multivector policy", start colour revolutions etc. So since we are all no more members of socialist USSR where everybody were brothers and should help each other ( at least that's what they taught us at school ) - we'll do ourselves a favour if we won't succumb to our heart's impulses and look at the situation cold-minded. De jure battle actions are on the PRK's territory, not on a territory of Armenia - so since Armenia is not directly involved and our base at Gumri is safe - there is no reasons to take Armenia's side in military sense. What us ethnical russians should immediately do - is to stop flying to Turkish resorts and spend there our money for Erdogan. Our authorities could once again close flights there for COVID reasons or whatever.