Russia, Losing Grip Over Its Neighbors, Throws Armenia Under the Bus for a Rail Route to Iran

Just last week, Moldova and Ukraine started formal talks with the European Union.

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Armenia's prime minister, Nikol Pashinyan, at Moscow, May 8, 2024. Evgenia Novozhenina/pool via AP, file

A not-so-funny thing happened on President Putin’s way to rebuilding the Soviet Union. Nobody wanted to join. In Old Church Slavonic, Vladimir Putin’s first name means “ruler of the world.” However, he is having trouble controlling the fringes of Russia’s historic empire.

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