in yerevan, richard giragosian is joining us.e director of the regional studies center, that's an independent think tank focused on strategic research and policy analysis. in moscow, stanislav pritchin, who's a senior research fellow at the center for post-soviet studies. and from baku, we have farid shafiyev, who's the chairman of the center of analysis of international relations. thank you so much for speaking to us on "inside story." richard, over to you in yerevan. why is armenia proposing that russian troops be deployed along the border with azerbaijan? what is the strategy there? >> well, the strategy is necessity, in terms of the loss of life in the past 48 hours, not in nagorno-karabakh, but in armenia proper. and with the incursion of azerbaijani military units in armenia, we do see a necessity to begin to stabilize the situation and deter attacks from azerbaijan by turning to russian peacekeepers. dareen: the prime minister says the move would allow border demarcation though to be carried out without the risk of militar