Armenia's President Serzh Sargsyan has seen his country take so much trolling from his counterpart in Azerbaijan on Twitter, it was about time that he carved out a space for himself on social media and came to its defence. But since Sargsyan, unlike his fiercest political rival, is not the tweeting type, it fell on a parody account to counter-troll and big up Armenia on the networks.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliev's official Twitter account is one of the most entertaining social media accounts in the former Soviet region. Despite a lack of pictures, its vulgar boasts and misunderstanding of the tweet concept (few of Aliev's communications fit into the 140 character limit) make it a worthy competitor to Chechnyan President Ramzan Kadyrov's much-lauded Instagram.

It would be an understatement to say that Armenia and Azerbaijan do not like each other much. The two countries were already embroiled in a bitter war over the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh before they even achieved independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.

The war — which saw Baku and Yerevan trade accusations of ethnic cleansing as thousands died and over a million were displaced — lasted into the mid-1990s and has threatened to re-erupt ever since. Patron Russia, rather than play peacemaker in the traditional sense, has played both sides of the conflict, selling arms to Azerbaijan while maintaining a military base in Armenia.

One indicator of bilateral tensions is Aliev's Twitter, which boils over with anti-Armenia rage fairly regularly.

Azerbaijan, a victim of terrorism, has always been involved in the fight against international terrorism. — Ilham Aliyev (@presidentaz) October 10, 2015

Armenian terrorist organizations carried out more than 30 terrorist attacks on Azerbaijan`s territory. As a (cont) http://t.co/5ebr2Zl0Up — Ilham Aliyev (@presidentaz) October 10, 2015

Terrorist attacks against Azerbaijan were part of the policy of occupation of Azerbaijani lands, which was (cont) http://t.co/tNIug4ml5N — Ilham Aliyev (@presidentaz) October 10, 2015

Armenian occupation of Azerbaijani territories represents a violation not only of international law but also of all human norms. — Ilham Aliyev (@presidentaz) October 10, 2015

Now the anonymous controllers of a faux Sargsyan account are firing back:

We hear warmongering every day, every day we hear threats and attempts to scare us… We don't want war and never wanted, but…..continued — Serzh Sargsyan (@Armenia_Pres) October 27, 2015

…..during Karabakh war we had to defend our Motherland. If the time comes again, this time our blow will be final and deadly. #Armenia — Serzh Sargsyan (@Armenia_Pres) October 27, 2015

Most provocatively, the account tweeted a picture of ‘Beautiful Armenia’, which included the southeastern territory of Nagorno-Karabakh Azerbaijan considers its own.

Գեղեցիկ Հայաստան / Beautiful Armenia pic.twitter.com/81Nozv0Zts — Serzh Sargsyan (@Armenia_Pres) October 27, 2015

Created on October 26, the account only has 22 followers as of this writing — some way short of Aliev's 168,000.

But amid rising military confrontations on the Azeri-Armenian border, the online rhetoric of both @Armenia_Pres and @presidentaz will be well worth watching.