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Russian military authorities detained Russian citizen Anatoly Shchetin in Armenia for allegedly avoiding the military draft, the Institute for the Study of War’s (ISW) report said, citing the international human rights organization Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly in Vanadzor, on April 9. The detention may have been part of an effort to “assert military and political power over Armenia and to challenge Armenia’s sovereignty” amid a continued deterioration of the states’ relations, the report read. Traditionally aligned with Russia in its regional conflict against Azerbaijan, Armenia has experienced…

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