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 Since crisis broke out in Kyiv, commentators have kept themselves busy discussing Ukraine’s possible ripple effects on several “frozen conflicts” in Russia’s near abroad. South Ossetia and Abkhazia in Georgia, and Transnistria in Moldova — all of which have been involved in conflicts at some point throughout the past couple of decades — have had their fair share of attention, so why is nobody talking about Nagorno-Karabakh (besides the fact that it’s difficult to say)? May 12 marked 20 years since war ended in Nagorno-Karabakh (NK), an ethnic Armenian enclave in Azerbaijan that claims independence but, internationally, isn't recognized as independent. From 1988 to 1994, Armenia and Azerbaijan fought over the terrain in a war that killed up to 30,000 people.

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