This is the second incident of its kind in recent months in what the Insitute for the Study of War (ISW) described as Moscow’s attempt to “challenge Armenia’s sovereignty.”
Russian military police have captured a Russian citizen in Armenia wanted in his homeland for refusing to be enlisted for military service and potentially fight in Ukraine, according to the Vanadzor branch of the Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly.
Fraying Armenia-Russian ties have led to speculation about the future of Russia’s military base in Armenia. But locals find it hard to imagine it leaving.
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