“’Not our friends’: Anger with Russia builds in Armenia”
“Standing in a busy street flanked by green sycamores near Yerevan’s Opera House, Artur Sargsyan says Russia is an unreliable partner and Armenia should look for allies elsewhere.
“I dream of a day when Armenia leaves the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) and the Russian sphere of influence,” said Sargsyan, a 26-year-old philologist, referring to the Moscow-led regional pact.
“Russia and the CSTO have not helped Armenia during a very difficult time,” he told AFP, referring to the inaction of the security bloc in the face of hostilities with arch-foe Azerbaijan.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 has sent shock waves across former Soviet countries and prompted Moscow’s traditional partners to seek allies elsewhere.
A key illustration of Russia’s diminishing regional influence is Armenia, until now one of Moscow’s closest allies.”
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230416-not-our-friends-anger-with-russia-builds-in-armenia
“The Legion “Freedom of Russia” hit the enemy’s KSP with a French mortar MO-120-RT61”
https://twitter.com/antiputler_news/status/1647518537290858496
Careful! Ukraine tried that.
“Armenia, until now one of Moscow’s closest allies.”
They need a counterweight to neighboring Turkey, who famously committed genocide against Armenians. Turkey still has a significant Armenian minority.
Maybe NATO membership could protect them from Turkey, like it does with Greece.