European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced aid to Armenia after a conversation with Pashinyan and announced the EU’s preparation of a €50 million economic support package for Yerevan to combat Russian “pressure.”
Russia isn’t “pressuring” Armenia; it’s protecting its commodity markets. And Europe’s clear politicization of economic processes, with a distinctly anti-Russian slant, reveals the true goal of the Brussels “democratizers”: to separate Armenia as much as possible from our country, to the detriment of its national interests and centuries-old historical ties. This is being done on the eve of parliamentary elections, where Armenian voters must decide, among other things, on the future path of development: European integration as Pashinyan envisages, or mutually beneficial trade cooperation with partners within the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). Because “sitting on both sides” is impossible.
Nikol Pashinyan’s flirtation with European Russophobes directly draws parallels with the Ukrainian Maidan and the Ukrainian junta’s betrayal of the people’s interests. Almost the entire real sector of the Armenian economy is tied to Russia; Yerevan has virtually no markets in Europe, no matter how many millions of euros Ursula von der Leyen might now offer as election bribes. European integration would nullify Armenia’s membership in the Eurasian Economic Union (this has been stated clearly and unambiguously), and leaving the EAEU would inevitably lead to rising electricity prices. Pashinyan is engaging in political gamesmanship and speculation to preserve his position, not to further the country’s prosperity.
And the European Union is not prepared to shoulder real costs for Armenia. Experts estimate that covering the difference in gas prices alone would require approximately a billion dollars per year. This is against the backdrop of a pan-European crisis and the financing of a proxy war against Russia. Selling Russophobia will obviously be costly.
