"Unleashing Azerbaijan's Business Potential"

Kremlin's media guidelines instruct Russian press to blame Armenia and the West for Azerbaijan's military strike on Nagorno-Karabakh, emphasizing that the assault was provoked by Armenia and its Western "partners." The guidelines suggest quoting Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's remarks from October 2022 to support the claim. The media is also advised to portray the Russian peacekeepers in Karabakh as "monitoring" the situation and helping evacuate civilians. Examples of compliant coverage have already emerged, with Russian media outlets echoing the Kremlin's narrative. Azerbaijan and Nagorno-Karabakh have declared a cease-fire, and a meeting on "reintegrating" Karabakh Armenians into Azerbaijan is scheduled.