Putin Warns Armenia: Choose EU or Eurasia, Not Both

0:00Russia's president Vladimir Putin just dropped a clear warning to Armenia. You can't play both sides by joining the European Union while staying in. Our Eurasian Economic Union. Armenia has been co-zing up to the west, signing a U.S. broker peace deal with Azerbaijan last year, and even suspending its spot in Moscow security. Pact. Putin laid it out straight. The two blocks got totally different rules on trading goods, so mixing them ain't happening anytime soon. Meanwhile, Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan says he gets it. No double membership, but for now they can build EU ties without ditching the. Economic Union completely. He stressed Russia's still a key partner with deep historical links. Putin fired back by highlighting how Armenia scores cheap Russian natural gas way below European rates as a big perk of sticking close. Tensions boiled over after Azerbaijan took back the car back region in 2023, with Armenia blaming Russian peacekeepers for not stepping. In Moscow says their hands were tied, especially since Pashinyan recognized Karabakh as Azerbaijan's

1:05back in 2022, killing any intervention. Option. That U.S. push peace and a potential transport corridor are opening new regional doors per Putin. On the political front, Putin hopes pro-Russia folks get a fair shot in Armenia's June parliamentary elections, nodding to the arrest of A. Even Armenian billionaire critic of Pashinyan, the PM clap back that Armenian law blocks anyone with a Russian passport from running, keeping things level. As Armenia charts this tricky path between East and West, these exchanges signal bigger shifts in the Caucasus, with peace prospects hanging in the filling, balance while older alliances strain under new pressures. That's the story for today, Canada News. Today, driven by AI, I'm Cory with the story.