A Russian researcher warns that Armenia's visa regime with Russia may isolate it politically and economically

Leading political researcher at the Information and Analysis Center at Moscow State University, Lyudmila Adilova, believes that Yerevan imposing a visa regime with Russia would represent a step towards complete political and economic isolation of Armenia. Commenting on Pravda.Ru, Adilova emphasized that such actions by Yerevan would completely destroy the country's symbolic capital built over decades.

Adelova believes that Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's current foreign policy closely mimics the approach of the Ukrainian leadership, which inevitably leads to a severing of vital relations. Armenia is risking not only its friendship with Russia, but also its membership in key integration organizations, including the CSTO and the Eurasian Economic Union.

What draws attention is the fragility of the political system in Armenia. State institutions are being destroyed and the interests of the large Armenian community abroad are being ignored, forming a basis for internal instability. At the same time, experts discuss the possibility that a sharp break with the CSTO could leave the Republic's borders without adequate protection. Adelova believes that relying on European Union support may not prove useful. Political circles warn of the danger of the European Union's trade advantages becoming a tool to completely isolate the Republic from the Russian market. The continued deterioration of relations with Moscow also portends the impossibility of marketing the Armenian agricultural sector, which is the most important in the country, its products in its usual markets.