Published On 3/6/2026
Russian newspapers dealt with great interest in the issue of the escalating crisis between Moscow and Yerevan, against the backdrop of Armenia’s tendency towards rapprochement with the West, which Russia sees as a threat to its national security from a country that has long enjoyed historical and strategic relations with it, and which constituted one of its most important “back gardens” in the former Soviet space.
Writer Mikhail Rostovsky considered that the major difference in views between Russia and Armenia greatly accelerates the process of political separation between them and makes the conflict more clear, specific, and focused.
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He explained in an article on the “Politika” website that the main goal of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan is to win the elections decisively and by any means possible and to remain in power, while the main goal for the Kremlin is to prevent Armenia from reconciling two contradictory parties, relying economically on Russia and allying politically with Moscow’s staunchest enemies in the European Union.
Alliance with enemies
The writer explained that election considerations in Armenia are what dictate the Kremlin’s sharp moves against Pashinyan, such as recalling the Russian ambassador from Yerevan, and hinting at the possibility of expelling Armenia from the Eurasian Economic Union.
According to the author, Pashinyan appears to have underestimated the extent of the emotional and political tension evident in Moscow, which believes that there is no time for half-measures or strategic patience with “allies” who practice deception and even treason.
If Pashinyan wins the parliamentary elections and then fails to change his course, the crisis in relations between Moscow and Yerevan will continue to expand, deepen and worsen.
Rostovsky believes that “Pashinyan seeks to evade responsibility for Yerevan’s geopolitical defeats in recent years, and promotes its explanation that Russia failed to protect Armenian interests when such protection was necessary.”
This will lead – according to the writer – to Armenia in the future being able to manage its affairs without Russia, to find itself in the embrace of Europe, while Moscow believes that this “European embrace” is just an illusion.
The writer concludes that Russia will find itself forced to take serious steps towards the Armenian file, because it is located in “waters in which no one has sailed before,” whether with regard to the Ukrainian conflict or with regard to the growing tension between Moscow and Yerevan, which can be considered, in light of what is happening, a fateful tension between Russia and Armenia.
Repeating the Ukrainian scenario
In turn, political analyst Yuri Samonkin indicated that conditions may be preparing for a special military operation in Armenia, similar to the one underway in Ukraine.
In an interview with the “Abzatz” website, Samonkin indicated that this is due to the growing influence of the West in Armenia, in an effort to repeat the Ukrainian scenario using Yerevan as a tool.
According to him, the example of Ukraine shows how, over the past 30 years, the country has been redirected towards nationalism and hatred of Russia, pointing out that similar processes are taking place in Armenia.
The writer believes that cooperation with the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) may lead to the loss of sovereignty and the outbreak of an economic crisis in Armenia, noting that Armenia risks becoming a bargaining chip in a global confrontation.
The writer added that the West’s attempts to change the genetic composition of Armenian society and isolate the country from Russia are part of a strategy to weaken the Eurasian space, and Armenia must be careful in choosing its allies to avoid repeating the fate of Ukraine.
A new spearhead against Russia
Daily Eurasia newspaper saw that Armenia is being prepared to become an anti-Russian stronghold, similar to Ukraine and Moldova.
In its report in this regard, the newspaper relies on a statement by the Speaker of the Armenian Parliament, Allen Simonyan, regarding his country’s readiness to withdraw from the CSTO and the Eurasian Economic Union if Russian gas prices rise.
The newspaper considered these statements as blatant blackmail, and an additional confirmation of the preparation of a “new state” in the Transcaucasus region to follow the scenario of Ukraine and Moldova, which is translated through the statements of officials in Armenia and expresses the direction westward, in a clear retreat from the historical and religious relations between Russia and Armenia.
The newspaper also pointed out that there are outstanding questions about the destination of Armenian exports and their prices if Armenia withdraws from the Eurasian Economic Union, as well as the fate of food security in the country and commodity prices, which could cause severe harm to the vast majority of the Armenian population.
In addition, the newspaper wondered about the fate of what it called “key aspects” of European Union policy, such as mandatory quotas for accepting refugees from Africa and the Middle East, and important European values such as renaming the streets of the Soviet Marshals with liberal names, holding festivals for transgender people, and others.
The newspaper also pointed out what it described as the Armenian authorities’ disregard for the conditions of political prisoners detained in the country, the timetable for a real, not a formal, peace treaty with Azerbaijan, the comprehensive national security strategy, and the main national development goals.
Under these circumstances, Daily Eurasia concluded, Armenia “risks, with its leadership taking this short-sighted approach, continuing to lose its sovereignty and becoming a bargaining chip in the EU’s geopolitical game aimed at separating Russia from its historical allies and partners.”
