Russia will not finance Armenia's European integration, Russian Security Council secretary Sergey Shoigu stated at a meeting of the presidium of the Scientific and Expert Council of the Russian Security Council.

"Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin has phrased our position on this issue quite clearly: Yerevan must decide on its external vector and hold a referendum on joining the EU or remaining in the EAEU. I would like to emphasize that Russia is not ready and will not finance Armenian European integration, and every step in this direction will have its objective consequences," Shoigu noted.