Examining Armenia's tense relations with Russia

9/4/2026

The Caucasus Digest

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This week, editor Yousef Bardouka sat down with Armenia staff writers Ani Ghulinyan and Arshaluys Barseghyan to break down the worsening Armenia–Russia relations, from the meeting between Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Bishkek, to Russia's economic restrictions on Armenian imports.

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