Armenia and Azerbaijan Clash Raises Fears of Broader Conflict

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : "Thank you for stepping up and for supporting the European Union," she said, calling Azerbaijan a "reliable, trustworthy" partner.
62% : In his own, Mr. Aliyev referred to Karabakh as "liberated" and said the region held potential to contribute to renewable energy generation.
53% : He cited Baku's signing of a nonaggression pact with Russia, its success getting diplomatic support from Turkey, and its role supplying the European Union with gas as Russian gas comes under pressure from sanctions.
45% : "When Russia is flat on its back because of a new Ukraine offensive," he said, "do they want to commit themselves to defending Armenia and alienating Azerbaijan?"Baku has increased leverage with Russia as Moscow seeks alternative energy and trade transit routes with Iran and Asia, as well as with Europe, Laurence Broers, associate fellow at the Russia and Eurasia program at Chatham House in London, wrote on Twitter.
44% : Gazprom, Russia's state natural gas company, has nearly turned off the gas taps to punish the European Union for its support of Ukraine, leaving the bloc scrambling to make up for the lost fuel, and households and businesses facing price increases that will most likely push European economies into recession next year.
40% : The flare-up also poses a problem for the European Union, which over the summer turned to officials in Baku, the Azerbaijani capital, in its frenzied search for additional natural gas supplies to make up for the loss of Russian imports.
38% : The ministry later announced that 50 Azerbaijani service members -- 42 soldiers and eight border guards -- had been killed.

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