NAGORNO-KARABAKH PROBLEM IN THE CONTEXT OF RUSSIAN POLICY IN SOUTH CAUCASUS
This article is devoted to modern Russian politics in South Caucasus region. The relationship between It considers relations between Russia and two South Caucasian states – Armenia and Azerbaijan in the situation of continuous military-political confrontation of these two states in the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh area. The prospects of current socio-political development of the region as well as possible changes in political situation there caused by the political realities of the early 21 <sup>st</sup> century is also analyzed in the article.