Brussels did little, as Moscow scored yet another strategic victory on the EU’s eastern periphery.
![A service member of the Russian peacekeeping troops walks near a tank near the border with Armenia, following the signing of a deal to end the military conflict between Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh on November 10, 2020 [Reuteres/Francesco Brembati]](https://aljazeeranews-3fuh52rgrl.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2020-11-10T115211Z_57199866_RC2B0K9IFX6U_RTRMADP_3_ARMENIA-AZERBAIJAN-RUSSIA-PEACEKEEPERS-2.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

Borut Grgic is the founder of the TransCaspian Project, a platform aimed at promoting political and business ties between the EU and the Caspian region.
Brussels did little, as Moscow scored yet another strategic victory on the EU’s eastern periphery.
![A service member of the Russian peacekeeping troops walks near a tank near the border with Armenia, following the signing of a deal to end the military conflict between Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh on November 10, 2020 [Reuteres/Francesco Brembati]](https://aljazeeranews-3fuh52rgrl.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2020-11-10T115211Z_57199866_RC2B0K9IFX6U_RTRMADP_3_ARMENIA-AZERBAIJAN-RUSSIA-PEACEKEEPERS-2.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)