In Karabakh, Russian peacekeeping forces perform functions that have never been within the competence of peacekeepers in the zone of interethnic conflicts in the CIS space. About this Haqqin.az said the Russian political analyst, the supervisor of the Center for Ethnic and International Studies, the editor-in-chief of the journal “Archont” Anton Bredikhin.
“There is a big difference in the functions of Russian peacekeepers in Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Transnistria and the activities they carry out in Karabakh. In one case, their main activity was to divide the conflicting parties, and in Karabakh, peacemakers are building hospitals, repair schools, Agrotechniki is maintained, helps farmers with mineral fertilizers, conduct gasification, etc. – says A. Burthyhin. – Peacemakers may have non-military tasks: such as helping victims of hostilities, monitoring compliance with the conditions of agreed agreements and other, but Russian peacekeepers in Karabakh far They went beyond the direct mission of the peacekeeping contingent. “
According to the analyst, apparently, this is the result – on the one hand, the hopelessness of the Armenian population of Karabakh, who do not have the means and no strength to restore the region, and on the other hand – the result of the economic collapse of Armenia, the lack of external investment.
A. Burthychin believes that the peacemaker should be engaged in the creation of infrastructure in Karabakh, but the government of Azerbaijan.