... Implications for Russia, Iran and Turkey
Armenia no longer has the need to compete with Azerbaijan for the Russian policy efforts in South Caucasus, while its services as an agent of foreign influence in the region have seen a sharp increase in demand recently ... ... the sphere of Russian influence, no matter how much Paris, Brussels and Washington beckon to it. Armenia’s membership in the EAEU provides an open market in Russia for Armenian goods, capital and, crucially, its labor (every seventh adult citizen of Armenia ...
... only do not clash, but are complementary. India does not aim at replacing Moscow's position. On the contrary, it promotes the status quo, reducing the likelihood of conflict by maintaining Russia's ally and sees the region and Armenia as a link to the EAEU.
Implications for Iran
India's increased presence in the South Caucasus is important for Iran for several reasons. First, it increases Tehran's role as a transit country not only regionally but also globally. India's participation in the modernization of the Chabahar port and its subsequent involvement in the ...
... Union’s dissolution is still not completely finished. The evidence of this hypothesis is the situation in Ukraine and in the South Caucasus.
Evgeny Kozhokin, Vice Rector for Research of the MGIMO-University and RIAC member, expressed an opinion that one ... ... former Soviet republics had experienced dramatic decrease of their GDP level. According to the speaker’s opinion, the EAEU countries do not completely use the resource of integration. In particular, Russian companies can export their goods more ...
