A decisive win for Armenia’s pro-western leader Nikol Pashinyan in parliamentary elections on Sunday is another sign of Russia’s shrinking global influence since Vladimir Putin’s disastrous full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The vote was Armenia’s most important since it gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. It was a plebiscite on the peace process with neighbouring Azerbaijan and on Pashinyan’s push for closer ties with Europe and the US without breaking altogether with Moscow. To tilt the race in favour of the pro-Russian opposition and ensure Armenia’s fealty, the Kremlin closed off imports of Armenian produce, threatened Ukraine-style intervention and deployed its standard disinformation techniques. It failed.
亚美尼亚亲西方领导人尼科尔•帕希尼扬(Nikol Pashinyan)在上周日的议会选举中取得决定性胜利，是弗拉基米尔•普京(Vladimir Putin)对乌克兰发动灾难性全面入侵以来，俄罗斯manbetx app苹果 影响力不断萎缩的又一迹象。这是亚美尼亚自1991年从苏联独立以来最重要的一次选举，被视为对与邻国阿塞拜疆的和平进程以及帕希尼扬推动在不与莫斯科彻底决裂的情况下同欧美建立更紧密关系的一次公投。为了让选举有利于亲俄反对派并确保亚美尼亚的效忠，克里姆林宫暂停从亚美尼亚进口农产品，威胁进行“乌克兰式”干预，并发布各种虚假信息。但这些做法都以失败告终。