Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Armenians fleeing Nagorno-Karabakh after Azerbaijani forces retook control of the separatist region had nothing to fear, essentially rejecting Armenia’s claims of ethnic cleansing. “There is no direct reason for such actions,” Peskov said, referring to the exodus. “People are nevertheless expressing a desire to leave. … Those who made such a decision should be provided with normal conditions,” he added.
