The Treaty of Kars is overtly rejected by the Armenian Revolutionary Federation . The ARF specifically condemns the treaty as a " gross violation of international law " and argues that , because the three Transcaucasian republics were under the control of Moscow in 1921 , their independent consent was questionable . The ARF also questions the validity of the treaty based on the authorities of the sides that concluded it . They contend that the Grand National Assembly of Turkey had no legal authority to sign international treaties . In addition , they argue that because the USSR was not founded until 1922 , and therefore not a recognized state , it was also " not a subject of international law and , naturally , its government had no authority to enter into international treaties . " Following the shootdown of the Russian Sukhoi Su-24 over the Syria – Turkey border in November 2015 and the rise of Russo-Turkish tensions , members of the Communist Party of Russia proposed annulling the Treaty of Moscow and by extension the Kars treaty . Initially , the Russian Foreign Ministry considered this action in order to send a political message to the government of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan . However , Moscow ultimately decided against it in its effort to de-escalate tensions with Ankara
shootdown of the Russian Sukhoi Su-24
2015 Russian Sukhoi Su-24 shootdown
Treaty of Kars