Moscow Threatens Yerevan Over Western Pivot, Raising South Caucasus Instability

Russian Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin has publicly warned Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan that Yerevan cannot simultaneously maintain hostile postures toward Moscow while extracting economic benefits from the Eurasian Economic Union, in the sharpest direct escalation of Russian pressure on Armenia since its 2023 Nagorno-Karabakh surrender.