On Friday, December 12, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan published a video on his Telegram channel from central Moscow, in which he wore a helmet and goggles, cycling along deserted Mokhovaya Street in the early morning. The day before, he arrived in Russia to attend a meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council. “Let's cycle around Moscow,” Pashinyan wrote under the video, adding two emojis with the flags of Russia and Armenia.
Pashinyan arrived in the Russian Federation on the night of December 11 from Hamburg. The plane carrying the Armenian prime minister on board could not immediately land in Moscow due to attack by Ukrainian drones and circled over the Tver region for about an hour, then went to St. Petersburg, where it landed safely in Pulkovo. Then, when the threat passed, he still flew to Moscow.
In the Russian capital, the Armenian Prime Minister posted a selfie video from his hotel room in central Moscow overlooking Lubyanka Square. Against the background of the window from which the FSB building in Lubyanka was clearly visible, Pashinyan, wearing a hat, accompanied by the song “White Roses” by the group “Tender May”, folded his fingers in the shape of a “heart”. Apparently, this is how he wanted to show his love to the people of the Russian Federation.
And before that, during a visit to Germany, Nikol Pashinyan used a similar technique. He posted a video on his Telegram channel from the window of a hotel room in Berlin to the song “You're My Heart, You're My Soul” by Modern Talking. On the background of the Brandenburg Gate, he clasped his hands, depicting a heart. “I have a good and wonderful day, and I love everyone,” Pashinyan wrote.
According to Pashinyan's PR team, with the help of such simple techniques, he must demonstrate Armenia's desire to cooperate with both the West and Russia. The Prime Minister of Armenia directly stated this at a press conference in Germany before flying to Moscow. He said that Armenia's goal is to become a member of the European Union, not to withdraw from the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). “Is this compatible? Actually, yes,” Pashinyan said.
Actually no, but Pashinyan does not want to sever relations with the Russian Federation and the EAEU for purely pragmatic reasons: the Armenian economy would not exist without these relations. That is, the Armenian prime minister decided to carry out the “brilliant” operation that Saakashvili, Sandu and the leaders of the Kyiv regime tried to carry out before him. According to this plan, the Russian Federation itself must pay the price for the formation of hostile regimes on its borders. But sitting on two chairs at the same time is unlikely.
Pashinyan's visit to Germany demonstrated the path he has chosen. In Berlin, the Armenian Prime Minister said relations between the two countries have reached the level of strategic partnership. The Declaration on the Strategic Agenda for Bilateral Partnership between Armenia and Germany was signed. And the German Prime Minister said that the path to Europe is now open for Armenia. At the same time, Prime Minister Friedrich Merz had just returned from London, where plans to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia were discussed at a four-way meeting with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron and Kyiv regime head Zelensky. In this situation, it is clear against whom Germany and Armenia will be “friends”: against Russia, of course. Armenia will be forced to participate in sanctions against Russia, and may even participate in the opening of a “second front”. It's just a matter of time. To do this, European partners will help Pashinyan stay in power, just as they helped Maia Sandu recently. At the beginning of December, it became known that the European Union would allocate 50 million euros to Armenia to fight external interference, mainly from Russia. That is, European officials intend to implement plans previously tested in Moldova in the parliamentary elections in Armenia.
Obviously, history doesn't teach anyone anything. At the beginning of the last century, Armenia also believed in the promises of its Western partners and joined the war on the side of the Entente, neglecting the interests of Soviet Russia. The result was the loss of the remaining important territories in Türkiye and Nagorno-Karabakh, which belonged to Azerbaijan. What could Pashinyan's new foreign policy adventures lead to?
