ArmInfo. The Kremlin commented on the publications of the Armenian media that Russia is allegedly seeking Armenia's entry into the Union State of the Russian Federation and Belarus.
"No, this is another nonsense," said the presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov, answering the question of whether the Russian Federation has such plans, the Russian media reported.
As ArmInfo previously reported, the Haykakan Zhamanak newspaper, owned by the family of Prime Minister Pashinyan, who was its editor-in-chief for many years, came out today with a " leading article " about "what Russia wants." According to the article, which analysts say is similar in style to Pashinyan's style himself, "Russia's desires in our region are part of its global desires chain and Armenia and Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) are a link in this chain of its desires."
As noted in the article, Russia almost wants from Armenia what it wants from Ukraine, so that it becomes part of the union state of "Russia-Belarus" or Russia. And if in the case of Ukraine, the Russian Federation uses Russian and, possibly, Belarusian troops for such a result, then in the case of Armenia, it uses Russian troops deployed in Azerbaijan (probably this refers to troops deployed in Artsakh) and to some extent in Armenia. The meaning of the actions is as follows: to show the vulnerability of Armenia's security so that the latter applies for membership in the Russia-Belarus union state.
"The steps to develop this logic are the aggressiveness of Azerbaijan, the inertia of the Russian troops deployed in Armenia, the political inertia of Russia, the refuse to fulfill its obligations on the supply of weapons to Armenia. The use of the latter means is not accidental and was used earlier, for example, before and after the 2016 war. Armenia should to be as vulnerable as possible in order to hug Russia as closely as possible," the article says.