The Kremlin has confirmed reports that Russian troops are beginning to withdraw from the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh between the republics of Armenia and Azerbaijan. “This is indeed the case,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told the Interfax news agency on Wednesday in response to media inquiries. He did not give any details on the time frame of the operation. The former Soviet republics of Armenia and Azerbaijan have long fought over the mountainous region of Nagorno-Karabakh, which has a mostly Christian Armenian population, but comprises about 4,500 square kilometres within predomi…