Putin says Armenia has not turned away from alliance with Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin denied on Tuesday suggestions that Armenia had broken with its long-time ally Russia, and also said that Yerevan had effectively accepted Azerbaijani sovereignty over the breakway region of Nagorno-Karabakh.

Armenia and Russia, which are treaty allies, have been at loggerheads in recent weeks. Yerevan has accused Moscow of failing in its obligations to both Armenia and to the ethnic Armenian population of the Nagorno-Karabakh region.