Second President of Armenia and the candidate for prime minister of the "Armenia" bloc, Robert Kocharyan, speaking with reporters after voting in Sunday’s parliamentary elections, responding to a request to comment on the statements about Armenia's European path, said the talks about the country’s European integration are a fairy tale in a beautiful packaging.

"This is not a victory; this is a defeat of common sense and the development of the state. To propose something whose prospects are absolutely not visible in the next 20-30 years," the politician stated. According to him, if the price of "victory" is that one person, a pathological liar in all matters, wins, then this is a disaster for the country.

Commenting on the problems related to Armenia’s exports to Russia, Kocharyan noted that Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan is trying to blame everything on technical issues.

"These are not technical issues. Theories are put forward that there is no procedure for leaving the EAEU, consensus is needed. And is there a procedure for freezing membership in the CSTO? There is not. But he [i.e. Pashinyan] decided that he could, and he did. Imagine the following: Russia will freeze all relations, all economic ties with Armenia," Kocharyan noted.

When asked on what grounds Russia should do this, the politician countered, "Does Washington need grounds to do whatever it wants?" He recalled Moscow's position, according to which it is not ready to finance Armenia's departure to the EU.

"If Russia unilaterally freezes economic ties with Armenia, it is tantamount to freezing participation in the EAEU. Ninety-five percent of the [trade] turnover [of Armenia] is with Russia, not the EAEU. We will find ourselves in a worse situation than if we had left on our own accord," Kocharyan warned.

In response to the EU's statement of readiness to help Armenia, the politician said that no one will finance it, and the promised 50 million euros is a pre-election pledge. In this regard, the politician recalled that a few days ago, EU member Hungary decided to considerably restrict the entry of migrants, including from Armenia.

"Each country will protect its market in a way that is difficult to imagine. These are fairy tales to deceive the [Armenian] people once again," Robert Kocharyan concluded.