Armenia Drops Russia From Strategic Partners List, Elevates West and Iran
🗺️ YEREVAN — Russia falls to eighth; Iran stays on the list. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Armenia's pivot formalizes what Karabakh's fall made inevitable — Pashinyan choosing Western integration over a Russian umbrella that failed twice. Iran's retention signals Yerevan hedging on southern transit. For Moscow, losing a CSTO member's strategic partnership mid-conflict is a measurable soft-power loss. For Brussels, it's a queue entry, not a guarantee.
