The future study of the Karabakh crisis and Russia's position

The casualties of the 2020 Karabakh war between the Armenian armed forces and Azerbaijani have been high, officially hundreds and possibly thousands. However, it was noted that the parties ignore the number of casualties and exaggerate the casualties of the enemy. Military analysts believe that at present it is not possible to make an accurate assessment of the war casualties on both sides. According to Russian President Vladimir Putin, more than 4,000 people were killed, more than 2,000 on each side.
The total number of civilian casualties reported on both sides is at least 140. Civilian areas, including large cities, have been attacked; especially Ganja, Barda and Stepanakert, and many buildings and houses have been destroyed.
Russia sought security within the borders of the Soviet Union. The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) was established in the post-collapse years. With the secession of the Baltic republics from this initiative, Russia failed to achieve its goals of saving the security environment it needs in this part of the country. In the Caucasus, with the exception of Armenia, which has historically been an ally of the Russians, the other two republics, Azerbaijan and Georgia, were reluctant to join the alliance and faced Russian punishment. Karabakh was invaded and occupied by separatists in Azerbaijan, Ossetia and Abkhazia, who, with the support of remnants of the Soviet Red Army in the Caucasus and Russian conservatives in Moscow, were able to turn the Caucasus into a crisis zone.