Stepanakert opts to add Russian as an official language, together with Armenian

25-Mar-2021

The Parliament in the self-declared Nagorno-Karabakh Republic on 25 March adopted a bill on making changes and amendments to the Law on Language according to which the Russian language has been granted with an official status in the territory. The bill was approved with 27 votes in favor, 0 votes against and 2 abstentions. Armenian will remain as the only state language and Russian receives a status of an official language in parallel with Armenian.