With its consequences, the Nagorno Karabakh conflict is not only the major regional conflict at the post-soviet space but is also an example for Georgians, Ossetians, Abkhazians, Moldavians and Transnistrians, said Sergei Markedonov, head of the interethnic relations department at Moscow's Institute of Political and Military Analysis.

"According to Swedish expert Svante Cornell, the Nagorno Karabakh conflict ranks the first among the conflicts in post-soviet Eurasia. This is the only conflict spoken about as a threat of a third world war," the Russian expert said.

"The Nagorno Karabakh conflict is the only conflict which set off two independent states against each other. Furthermore, it is raging in immediate proximity to three states which claim the role of the regional power - Russia, Turkey and Iran," Markedonov said.