Armenia and Russia are both members of a military alliance, the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), along with four other ex-Soviet countries, a relationship that Armenia finds essential to its security.

Jun 12, 2024 · YEREVAN, Armenia — Armenia will formally withdraw from its military alliance with Moscow, the country’s prime minister announced Wednesday, as tensions grow with Russia.

Jun 13, 2024 · Armenia will leave a Russia-led military alliance, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan confirmed Wednesday, accusing members of the bloc of plotting with bitter rival Azerbaijan to start a war...

Jun 12, 2024 · The leader of Armenia has declared his intention to pull out of a Russia-dominated security alliance of several ex-Soviet nations as tensions rise between the two allies.

May 9, 2024 · Russian President Vladimir Putin met Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in Moscow on Wednesday for the Eurasian Economic Union summit.

Jan 9, 2025 · The Armenian government on Thursday approved draft legislation to kickstart the process of the nation's accession to the European Union, a move which will serve as a blow to its neighbor,...

Sep 18, 2024 · Moscow has accused the EU of trespassing in its self-declared sphere of influence by signing partnership deals with the Armenian government. Russian border guards, who had been stationed in Armenia since the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, were asked to withdraw from their posts earlier this year.

Sep 17, 2023 · Armenia’s flirtation with new international partners has been spurred by its frustration that Russia has been unable or unwilling to defend it against what it sees as aggression from...

Sep 8, 2024 · Relations between Russia and Armenia have been deteriorating for several years but escalated dramatically when Russian "peacekeepers" deployed in the region failed to prevent Azerbaijan's September 2023 offensive into Nagorno-Karabakh, a long-disputed enclave primarily populated by ethnic Armenians, but internationally recognized as Azerbaijan ...

On 18 September 2024, the Government of Armenia announced that the National Security Service (NSS) had thwarted a coup attempt by Armenian Russophiles armed, trained, and financed by the Russian Federation.