Brussels is not pulling Armenia away from Russia – it is pushing Yerevan into autocracy

EUobserver — Jul 29, 07:09 AM

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Among EU officials, the Brussels rationale has hardened into doctrine: “Pashinyan is taking Armenia away from Russia.” That sentence has become the whole of EU policy toward Yerevan.

It is also a strategic error, one that is making Armenia less democratic and less safe at the same time without loosening Russia's grip.

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