Armenian political expert thinks economic sanctions by Russia against Armenia are hardly possible if Armenia signs Association Agreement with European Union

 The economic sanctions and trade war between Armenia and Russia, if Yerevan signs the Association Agreement with European Union, are hardly possible, political expert, Stepan Grigoryan, said at today's press-conference when replying to ArmInfo correspondent's question. 

"The trade war similar to that between Russia and Ukraine is hardly possible regarding Armenia, as Armenia and Ukraine are in different weight categories. Though the partner relations with Armenia are significant, it is hard to overestimate the role of Ukraine for Russia. In this case the competition between Russia and the EU on attraction of Kiev to the integration projects are rather harsh", - Grigoryan said. 

The fact that a Russian military base is deployed in Armenia, and these two countries have been strongly cooperating in the military and political as well as military and technical sphere, may also prove the impossibility of such sanctions regarding Armenia. "This factor together with small foreign trade indices of Armenia, allow to say that harsh measures are simply senseless regarding Armenia. The same may be said regarding Moldova as well", - Grigoryan concluded.