Friday, March 25, 2022

Azerbaijan Cuts NatGas Supply To Nagorno Karabakh; Izabella Kaminska Risks Wrath Of Armenian Twitter

 I'm sure the two points in the headline are unrelated.

First up, following on last night's "Get To Know The Eurasian Economic Union" (Armenia is the smallest member of the EAEU), two stories from ArmenPress:

March 25

UN calls on Azerbaijan and Armenia to show restraint amid escalation of situation in Nagorno-Karabakh

And March 24:

Gas supply to Nagorno Karabakh must be restored immediately. Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Armenia
....The gas pipeline which is passing through the territory that is under Azerbaijani control was blown on March 8. After long negotiations, it was possible to restore it on March 18, but three days later gas supply again stopped as a result of the Azerbaijani intervention.

Armenia joined the EAEU to have a couple big friends (Russia; Kazakhstan) in the event Azerbaijan (backed by génocidaire Turkey) decides to roll over Armenia.

The Armenian government was therefore a bit taken aback when Kazakhstan invoked mutual self-defense during the attempted coup last January. Yerevan said they couldn't spare more than 100 troops and Kazakhstan said "Send 'em, we need help"

Armenia is one of the South Caucasus flashpoints that the RAND Corporation Blueprint on destabilizing Russia is referring to: "4. Exploiting tensions in the South Caucasus"

And Ms. Kaminska?

In addition to a Friday linkwrap: "In the Blind Spot on Friday (Russian stocks, bitcoin, Covid)" she has somehow found time to curate some of the kitschiest military propaganda videos I've ever seen: "How to threaten the world and break the internet at the same time"

The 'Lil Kim "Gangnam Style" has to be seen to be believed but the troublesome video is from Azerbaijan and sadly I can no longer find the replies from Armenian-Americans (who seem to have flocked to SoCal) the last time she tweeted it. They basically accused Izabella of encouraging a second Armenian Genocide.