🇦🇲 Armenia votes West, but cannot quit Russia.
In a new EPC Flash Analysis, Amanda Paul argues that Nikol Pashinyan’s election victory is a setback for Moscow – but not a clean break.
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On 7 June 2026, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s Civil Contract party won just under 50% of the vote in Armenia’s parliamentary elections. While this gives Pashinyan a parliamentary majority, it falls short of the constitutional majority needed to call a referendum on amending the constitution, including removing references that Azerbaijan says imply territorial claims to Nagorno-Karabakh — Azerbaijan's condition for signing a peace treaty.
