We see attempts of blackmail by Yerevan. Representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry

Moscow is following Armenia’s attempts to raise the stakes in relations with Russia and blackmail them. This was announced by Deputy Director of the Information and Press Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Alexey Fadeev, during the briefing.

“Instead of a constructive dialogue in the context of Armenian-Russian relations, we notice attempts to raise the stakes or simply turn to blackmail. Persecutions of pro-Russian figures, threats of arbitration proceedings against Russian enterprises that are major taxpayers in the republic and

“Moscow’s demand to pay one billion dollars for the facilities that the current authorities wanted to abandon at the beginning of their activity,” the Russian diplomat noted.

Fadeev called on Yerevan to study the legal contract base, where it is indicated who owes whom and how much.

According to him, Yerevan refuses exclusive relations with Moscow, instead offering declarations on alliance cooperation with Western countries.

Meanwhile, according to the diplomat, those documents containing attractive phrases are not legally binding and practically do not lead to anything, unlike the mass of Russian-Armenian treaties and agreements.

“The mentioned line and the demonstrative flirtation of the Armenian authorities with Kiev raise doubts about the readiness of allied cooperation with Russia. If they are trying to take their interests into account in Yerevan, then why should Moscow not have a similar approach in its relations with its Armenian partners,” said Fadeev.

From the point of view of a Russian diplomat, Armenia perceives the prospects of relations with the Russian Federation as a “one-way road”. According to him, Russia expects a more realistic and balanced approach.

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