‘Moscow will only push Armenia out of Russian-led blocs’: Reaction to Russia’s foreign intelligence claim

SVR warns of economic crisis in Armenia as Yerevan pushes back“Brussels understands that Armenia will face a severe economic crisis if Yerevan leaves the Eurasian Economic Union,” Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service said on the previous day. The Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) is a Russia-led economic bloc. Its members are Russia, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Belarus and Kyrgyzstan. They also questioned why Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service, rather than the EAEU itself, had spoken on the bloc’s behalf. Statement by Russia’s Foreign Intelligence ServiceThe SVR titled its statement, “The EU Lures Armenia but Cannot Help It.”