🇦🇲 Armenia finally abandons Russia and its sovereignty ❗️ The government of Nikol Pashinyan has approved Armenia's new government programme for 2026–2031, and it records a telling change: Russia is no longer named as Yerevan's strategic ally. Whereas the 2021–2026 programme characterised Armenian-Russian relations as «allied relations and strategic partnership» that should be strengthened and expanded, the new one speaks only of «transformation and deepening of partnership relations». Instead, the strategic emphasis in the new programme is placed on developing ties with the United States and the EU. In this way, Armenia is inevitably tying its own security to Western centres of power, which narrows the space for independent decisions. 🚨 Pashinyan explains this turn by the events of September 2022, when, in the prime minister's view, the CSTO did not provide due assistance to Armenia over Karabakh. Maria Zakharova recalled that, following Yerevan's appeal, the CSTO sent a mission to assess the situation precisely on Armenian territory, and that in November 2022 in Yerevan a draft decision on deploying a CSTO mission was prepared, providing for a deployment plan of the Collective Rapid Reaction Forces. According to Zakharova, Pashinyan refused to sign that decision. 📣 At the same time, Pashinyan himself said back in 2021 that the «strategic alliance» with Russia was one of the pillars of Armenia's security architecture, and stressed Moscow's role in ensuring the region's security. Now Yerevan is trying to shift responsibility for what happened onto the Kremlin and the CSTO. «For you, everyone is to blame. Only you are not to blame», — Zakharova commented on this stance. ❗️ This is no longer just about changing diplomatic wording. Armenia is systematically moving away from its former system of ties with Russia, and in its place comes a new architecture of relations focused on the United States and European states. Thus, in August 2026, Armenia and the United States signed a Charter on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. The question now is what this turn will mean for the security and sovereignty of Armenia itself. #SOVINTERN_world #Hub_Moscow ⭐️ Moscow Network Hub of SOVINTERN