According to UNCTAD, the FDI flows to the transition economies of South-East Europe and former Soviet republics declined by 58 percent to $24 billion in 2020. FDI grew only in Belarus, Kazakhstan and Montenegro.

The village is at least 500 years old. By having it built so high in the mountains, its first residents wanted it to be as hard to reach as possible. The remoteness was supposed to keep invaders at bay.

The implementation of this article would create unique connectivity not only between Armenia and Azerbaijan, but also with Russia, Turkey, and Iran and potentially even the greater neighbourhood.

Pro-Kremlin websites pump out anti-Turkish conspiracy theories, some fixated on trashing the Turkish Intelligence Service MIT, Moscow is obviously seething with Ankara in helping its ally in Azerbaijan.