It comes a day after Putin warned Armenia against seeking EU membership and alluded to the "Ukrainian scenario." Yerevan historically has strong ties to Moscow but has pivoted to the West in recent years.

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said that Armenian authorities are not concerned about rising commodity prices if ties with Russia deteriorate, because they expect to become rich…

Dmitry Peskov emphasized, at the same time, that the current Armenian leadership has adopted a pro-EU course