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Armenian Experts’ Debate: “Membership in the EEU in Exchange for Security”

Interview with Vagram Ter-Matevosian and Arshaluis Mgdesian In January 2015, Armenia became an official member of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), having refused ... ... significant sectors of the economy to the level adopted in the EEU . In the meantime, the Eastern Partnership (EaP) Summit, which took place on 21 and 22 May in Riga, Latvia... ... accession to the EEU as a means to ensure a free movement of goods, services, and labor. Russia’s leading role in Armenia’s trade turnover also tipped the scale...

22.09.2015

interview

The Vilnius Summit: Armenian Dimension

... choice in favor of the Customs Union seems fairly conscious and dominated by security considerations, as currently Russia is Armenia's only security guarantor, and with no alternative in the works. At a joint press conference with Belorussian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei on November 19 in Moscow, Sergey Lavrov said that "Moscow's approach implies that signing or not signing appropriate documents with the EU is a sovereign choice of any Eastern Partnership state." [14] No doubt, Yerevan's decision has been sovereign and conscious. It is another matter that ...

17.12.2013

analytics

Poll conducted

In your opinion, what are the US long-term goals for Russia?

U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements	33 (31%)
U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity	30 (28%)
U.S. wants to dissolve Russia	24 (22%)
U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China	21 (19%)