The arrival of US soldiers for a peacekeeper training exercise in Armenia has rankled the Russian government, which has for decades acted as the sole security guarantor for the former Soviet republic. The 10-day “Eagle Partner” exercise, which began Monday, involves 85 US and 175 Armenian soldiers and aims to prepare the Armenians to take part in international peacekeeping missions.
The exercise, while small in scale, is the latest in a series of what Russia’s foreign ministry has deemed “unfriendly actions” taken by its traditional ally.
Armenia recently sent humanitarian aid to Ukraine for the first time, and its parliament is set to ratify the International Criminal Court’s Rome Statute – meaning it would be obliged to arrest Russian President Vladimir Putin if he were to set foot in the country, which Russia has long viewed as its own backyard.
Armenia’s flirtation with new international partners has been spurred by its frustration that Russia has been unable or unwilling to defend it against what it sees as aggression from neighboring Azerbaijan, and has raised questions about Russia’s ability to retain its hold on countries and conflicts across the former Soviet empire.
Armenian President Nikol Pashinyan said his country was beginning to taste the “bitter fruits” of the “strategic mistake” of trusting Russia with near-exclusive responsibility for his country’s defense.
“Armenia’s security architecture 99.999% was linked to Russia,” he told Italian newspaper La Repubblica earlier this month. “But today we see that Russia itself is in need of weapons… Even if it wishes so, the Russian Federation cannot meet Armenia’s needs.”
Edit: As Furball commented, Pashinyan is the Prime Minister of Armenia
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No US support for Armenia other than the training exercises and more that are being planned right now.
Also did Turkey not hugely sponsor Azerbaijan in the war against Armenia recently?
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Quick! Before the Russians “free” you from the “Nazis”!
The Russian army isn’t even the best army in Russia
Source: burger-stained 500lb ass
Ruzzians mad
Anglonazi screeching, Ukraine lost and NATO lost already
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykhyZVI2pxI
Maybe this is too much for your peanut sized lib brain
Oh wow, just going to double down on your delusions, huh?
It’s actually radical demsoc, btw, Mr. Red Fash.
INGFASH is not demsoc, neofascist. As I said, you are used to koolaid headline propaganda, and not 1 hour military research which requires further 2-3 hours of reading. Leave the intelligent work to socialists. Soon enough the foodstamps and zombie cityscape will bring back your senses.
Sure bruh, you’re not an unhinged bot. Your opinion matters and doesn’t set back socialism every time you open your mouth.
Your opinion sets back West every time you say or type
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Russia is “what?? You don’t want to be defenseless if we invade you?! Hmmmph”
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The arrival of US soldiers for a peacekeeper training exercise in Armenia has rankled the Russian government, which has for decades acted as the sole security guarantor for the former Soviet republic.
Since Pashinyan came to power in 2018 on the back of Armenia’s “Velvet Revolution” – an outpouring of anger against lingering corruption and cronyism in the former Soviet republic – his country has faced growing tensions with Azerbaijan.
Dumoulin also pointed to the growing ties between Moscow and Baku – spurred by the personal relationship between Putin and Azerbaijan’s longtime President Ilham Aliyev – which may have come at Yerevan’s expense.
It’s some 260 people armed with rifles – not heavy weaponry – gathering in Armenia for nine to 10 days, to improve what they call ‘the interoperability of peacekeeping forces,’” said Ter-Matevosyan, pointing to the routine nature of such exercises around the world.
The Kremlin banned dairy imports from Armenia in April – ostensibly after some newly discovered health concerns, but in what Ohanyan suggested was a punishment for Yerevan considering the ICC ratification.
For Ter-Matevosyan, the current Armenian government, whose “ideological roots come from… liberal Western values,” have taken this “opportune moment” to implement “some of their ideas, thoughts and beliefs that they cherished for many years.”
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Belarussia needs a revolution. Couldn’t CIA pull that off?
FFS keep the CIA out of other countries. They’ve caused chaos and terrorism everywhere they’ve gone.
Turns out that when you ally yourself with the West, Russia doesn’t see a reason to provide you with as much support as when you align with Russian interests. No way!
You have it the other way around. Russian support dried up so Armenia is courting the West.
Armenian’s been courting the West ever since Pashinyan took power. His entire campaign was basically courting the West.
Don’t pull your revisionist history bullshit on me. Pashinyan led his country down this path and is now paying the price.
You mean, Pashinyan flirting with the West led to Russia decreasing support for Armenia? No way!
Pashinyan is in a situation of his own making.
