Putin Confronts Pashinyan Over Election Rules and Armenia’s Westward Drift

Tamara Ceaikovski

In a rare public airing of differences, Russian President Vladimir Putin pressed Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Wednesday over restrictions affecting Russian passport holders and other pro-Russian figures ahead of Armenia’s June 7 parliamentary election. The televised exchange, during talks in Moscow on April 1, underscored the widening rift between the two formally allied countries. It was not immediately clear which specific individuals Putin had in mind. Observers have pointed to

din zilele anterioare