Moscow criticises ‘inappropriate’ decision that would oblige former ally to arrest Putin if he visits
Armenia’s parliament has voted to join the international criminal court (ICC), obliging the former Soviet republic to arrest Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, if he were to visit the country.
Tuesday’s decision will further strain relations with Moscow, Armenia’s traditional ally. Ties are already badly damaged over the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine and Azerbaijan’s recapture of Nagorno-Karabakh.
The Kremlin last week warned Armenia that its decision to join the ICC, which has issued an arrest warrant for Putin for overseeing the abduction of Ukrainian children, was “extremely hostile”.
your list of allys grows thin Russia
They still have Iran and North Korea. If that doesn’t trigger “are we the baddies?” I don’t think anything will.
That happens if you throw them under the bus as soon as they tilt even so slightly towards the West. Serbia will be next.
The only reason anybody, including Armenia, has been friends with Russia is because Russia is the only one willing to protect them. Now that Russia has shown that she clearly cannot protect Armenian from Azerbaijan, there’s no reason for Armenia to look to Russia for support.