Under the Kremlin Thumb: Pre-Election is period of deal-making – favoring Big Brother

Over the past two weeks a number of factors have most clearly outlined the pressure Big Brother and strategic partner Russia is putting on Armenia for not embracing the "neo-soviet" idea of Vladimir Putin's Eurasian Union.

"If not for Russia Armenia would most probably not even be on the map. Armenia enjoys today's status solely due to Russia and is able to survive again solely due to Russia," wrote Kremlin-adjunct Mikhail Leontyev, commentator for Odnako magazine.

The latest issue of Odnako led by Leontyev, who is viewed as Putin's non-official spokesman, is titled "Whither Armenia?". Leontyev in his article titled "Armenia enjoys today's status solely due to Russia" mocks that "Armenia has no alternative" other than entering the Eurasian Union and that "its ravings about European choice are rather strange".  Read more... (1034 words)

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