Following the most recent Karabakh war, Armenia returned seven regions occupied during the conflict of the 1990s to Azerbaijani control. The entire Hadrut area and several villages from the Shushi, Martuni and Martakert regions were also transferred to Azerbaijan. This meant that many Armenian villages in Karabakh, as well as in Armenia itself, immediately became border settlements with no buffer zone. One such location, Sarushen - which means mountain village in Armenian - is only accessible via a road with two checkpoints staffed by Russian peacekeepers. Yet despite the uncertainty, and the distrust many feel towards their neighbours in Azerbiajan, most locals have no interest in leaving their birthplace.