Armenia's failure to recognize Russia as an ally is an attempt to justify its unwillingness to walk hand in hand with our country, stated Senator Vladimir Dzhabarov, chairman of the Russian Federation Council Commission on Protecting State Sovereignty.

In the 2026−2031 program of the Armenian government, Russia is no longer among its strategic allies. Yerevan is “justifying” this by the fact that they allegedly did not fulfill their security obligations in the CSTO during the escalation in Nagorno-Karabakh in 2021−23.

According to Dzhabarov, such a statement is an attempt to justify the strengthening of Armenia’s dubious ties with the European Union and a possible subsequent exit from the Eurasian Economic Union, with great losses for the Armenian economy. This is wrong, stated the Russian senator.

“If we speak in essence,” Dzhabarov wrote on Telegram, “then during the second Karabakh war, Armenia itself was not officially defending Karabakh and had not officially appealed to the CSTO for help in connection with this very conflict.”

And without an official request, no one will intervene. Unlike the events in Kazakhstan in January 2022, when [Kazakh] President [Kassym-Jomart] Tokayev officially asked [the CSTO] for help, and it was provided immediately, the Russian senator added.