in moscow yury rachet yuri what's russia's role in all of this while for a long time rebecca russia refused to do anything specific in this conflict the world peace talks in moscow that ended with a peace agreement about that agreement was broken and brought no pieces even though observateur say now russia has been waiting for 2 goals a few weeks ago there was an open letter request from the armenian prime minister russian yond to do to the russian president putin to finally decide what kind of help with the actual protective power of armenia i mean russia could offer should the conflict escalate further even back then this was a clear sign that armenia didn't feel well enough protected by russia and it seems now that russia is going to play a bigger role as moderator as a peacekeeper and ultimately as protector of armenia. you mentioned the pace keeping aspect what exactly is the task of the russian pay scaping forces on time. well russia reportedly has a military pact with their media and to military base in the country now moscow is going to send about 2000 peacekeepers 90 are more perso

rebecca ritter's welcome to the program. as about me says it's entered the 1st of the 3 districts to be handed back by armenia as part of a contentious peace accord. the agreement was brokered by russia and ended with weeks of fighting over the disputed region in and around nagorno-karabakh marked here in red. but it is a region inside azerbaijan, populated by ethnic armenians. now they have controlled the territory and the surrounding areas for decades. but in september, as ery forces start that and offensive to reclaim the disputed territory, quickly overpowering their armenian counterparts under the pace till the borders of nagorno. karabakh has been redrawn, an armenian troops must leave the region they've lost control of by december. 1st. russian peacekeepers are being deployed to oversee the withdrawal of more on this. i'm joined by emily show and she's in the armenian capital here of on emily territory being handed back today. what are the consequences for armenia? well, this region being handed back today is one of several. it's part of a kind of road map of various districts being handed back or being handed to as a by john. they were previously controlled by armenia, but we

rebecca ritter's welcome to the program. as aversions, army says it has entered the 1st of 3 districts to be handed back by armenia as part of the contentious peace accord. the agreement was brokered by russia and ended wake's, of fighting over the disputed region in and around nagorno-karabakh as marked here in red. on this map. it is a region inside azerbaijan, but populated by ethnic main ians. they have controlled the territory and the surrounding areas for decades. but in september, forces started an offensive to reclaim the disputed territory, quickly overpowering their armenian counterparts out of the pay, steal the borders and are going to have been with regular grade drawn robber. and i mean, and troops must leave the regions they have lost control of by december 1st. the fighting is officially over bots. normalise is still a long way off for those affected by the conflict and show and has 0. it's a joyful moment for some, only united after weeks of fear. now that the fighting in nagorno-karabakh has ended, hundreds of refugees are returning to their homes in state care to every day. russian peacekeepers watch over the process. but not everyone has a home to come back to and i need