Russia warns that Nagorno-Karabakh could become Islamist militant stronghold
NVARD HOVHANNISYAN and NALIA BAGIROVA THE Kremlin issued a new appeal for an end to hostilities in and around Nagorno-Karabakh on Tuesday after Moscow's foreign intelligence chief said the mountain enclave could become a launchpad for Islamist militants to enter Russia. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan Moscow expressed alarm after the deadliest fighting in more than 25 years between ethnic Armenian and Azeri forces entered the 10th day, though the French news agency AFP later said Armenia had offered concessions only if Azerbaijan was ready to do so. AFP gave no details of the offer it said had been made by…