RSC Director Richard Giragosian returned as a guest for Germany's Deutsche Welle TV news to provide context for the 19 September Azerbaijani offensive targeting the Armenian population of Karabakh, with comments on the Azerbaijani objective to drive out the Armenians, the Russian inability to enforce the ceasefire and the broader escalation of Azerbaijan’s siege of Nagorno Karabakh.

In an interview with Newsweek Polska, RSC Director Richard Giragosian offered his assessment of recent developments for an article by Jacek Pawlicki entitled, “Rosja traci sojusznika. "Wściekły Putin może być jeszcze bardziej mściwy” (Russia is losing an ally. An angry Putin may be even more vindictive”).

In an article by Joshua Kucera for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) published on 13 September and entitled, “Is Armenia Turning to The West?” RSC Director Richard Giragosian offered his comments.

In an interview with NOS Nieuws of the Netherlands, RSC Director Richard Giragosian provided analytical comments to Iris de Graaf and Chiem Balduk for their article “Armenië tart Rusland met legeroefening met VS, spanningen met Bakoe lopen op” (“Armenia defies Russia with army exercise with US, tensions with Baku rise”).

In an article by Faustine Vincent for the prominent French newspaper “Le Monde,” RSC Director Giragosian offered his comments for the 8 September article, “L’Arménie prend ses distances avec la Russie, alliée jugée défaillante.