The Russian Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group told a news conference Wednesday that Karabakh should take part in the peace process, adding that none of the co-chairs has ever believed otherwise.

A renewed war over Nagorno-Karabakh will result in a nightmare scenario for Azerbaijan, grinding its oil-based economy to a halt and bringing an end to international investment in the country, according to the head of a think tank centered around former Soviet issues.