{ "id": "RS20812", "type": "CRS Report", "typeId": "REPORTS", "number": "RS20812", "active": false, "source": "EveryCRSReport.com", "versions": [ { "source": "EveryCRSReport.com", "id": 102917, "date": "2004-09-03", "retrieved": "2016-04-07T20:09:37.198047", "title": "Armenia Update", "summary": "Armenia has experienced domestic political turmoil since independence. Since political\nassassinations in October 1999, President Robert Kocharian has outmaneuvered his opponents and\nsecured his March 2003 re-election amid accusations of electoral irregularities. The economy is\nrebounding, except a majority of the people remain poor. A cease fire holds in the war with\nAzerbaijan over the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. In general, Armenia relies on Russia for security\nand on the United States for economic aid. Its relations with neighboring Iran are good, but those\nwith Turkey are troubled. Congress has been generous to Armenia. This report will be updated as\ndevelopments warrant. See also CRS Issue Brief IB95024, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia:\nPolitical Developments and Implications for U.S. Interests , by Jim Nichol, updated regularly.", "type": "CRS Report", "typeId": "REPORTS", "active": false, "formats": [ { "format": "PDF", "encoding": null, "url": "http://www.crs.gov/Reports/pdf/RS20812", "sha1": "6c5a6d34e0278868e5667c35bad0e4f6e95bd06e", "filename": "files/20040903_RS20812_6c5a6d34e0278868e5667c35bad0e4f6e95bd06e.pdf", "images": null }, { "format": "HTML", "filename": "files/20040903_RS20812_6c5a6d34e0278868e5667c35bad0e4f6e95bd06e.html" } ], "topics": [] } ], "topics": [ "European Affairs", "Foreign Affairs", "Middle Eastern Affairs", "National Defense" ] }