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Armenia and Russia: Rethinking the Relationship

Roman Chernikov examines whether Yerevan has truly broken with Moscow
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Authors
  • Roman Chernikov

    Political scientist
  • Ksenia Smolyakova

    Political Scientist, expert of the «Election Atlas» project
  • Nikita Smagin

    Expert on Iran, Islamism and Russia’s foreign policy in the Middle East, author of the book «Iran for Everyone: Paradoxes of Life in an Autocracy under…
  • Alexey Uvarov

    Political Scientist
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