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Armenia Ditches Putin: How France Stole Russia’s Ally

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Last week, the Armenian Prime Minister announced that it has frozen its participation in the CSTO, accessing Russia of failing to fulfil its security obligations, and realigning itself to the West, particularly with France. In this video, we explain why Armenia has fallen out with Russia, what’s France got to do with it, and how it fits into a wider regional realignment.

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1 – https://www.politico.eu/article/putins-military-alliance-loses-a-member/
2 – https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2022/01/06/what-is-the-collective-security-treaty-organisation
3 – https://thediplomat.com/2014/04/csto-looks-away-from-nato-and-toward-sco/
4 – https://evnreport.com/understanding-the-region/fact-sheet-what-is-the-collective-security-treaty-organization/
5 – https://www.chathamhouse.org/2023/06/how-intervene-symbolically-csto-kazakhstan
5 – https://www.crisisgroup.org/europe-central-asia/central-asia/kazakhstan/behind-unrest-kazakhstan
6 – https://www.rfi.fr/en/international-news/20240215-azerbaijan-planning-full-scale-war-armenia-warns
7 – https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/armenian-pm-says-depending-solely-russia-security-was-strategic-mistake-2023-09-03/
8 – https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/armenias-pm-we-are-not-russias-ally-war-against-ukraine-2024-02-11/
9 – https://www.politico.eu/article/russia-summons-armenian-ambassador-over-ukraine-aid-pledge/
10 – https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20240220-how-france-became-target-azerbaijan-smear-campaign
11 – https://www.rfi.fr/en/international/20240223-armenia-signs-arms-contract-with-france-amid-boost-in-military-ties
11 – https://www.politico.eu/article/france-seeks-to-up-ante-in-former-soviet-union-with-new-weapons-for-armenia/
12 – https://www.rfi.fr/en/international/20240223-armenia-signs-arms-contract-with-france-amid-boost-in-military-ties
13 – https://www.politico.eu/article/france-seeks-to-up-ante-in-former-soviet-union-with-new-weapons-for-armenia/
14 – https://www.elysee.fr/emmanuel-macron/2024/02/21/entretien-avec-m-nikol-pachinian-premier-ministre-darmenie
15 – https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/azerbaijan-says-france-laying-ground-new-regional-war-by-arming-armenia-2023-11-21/
16 – https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20231101-macron-calls-to-strengthen-partnerships-in-central-asia-visit
17 – https://news.yahoo.com/france-delivers-military-aid-moldova-121632631.html
17 – https://www.army.md/index.php/duhovniceti/inf/12319115803?lng=3&action=show&cat=122&obj=8815
18 – https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/armenia-freezes-participation-russia-led-security-bloc-prime-minister-2024-02-23/
18 – https://www.barrons.com/news/france-armenia-hail-military-ties-amid-russia-tensions-65f6cc69
19 – https://www.interfax.ru/russia/947455
20 – https://apnews.com/article/politics-moscow-armenia-yerevan-russia-government-68470e08f2462c67920fdb554644bba3
21 – https://apnews.com/article/armenia-azerbaijan-american-troops-drills-nagorno-karabakh-9bf6319025029ec1a68e19412508f37e
22 – https://www.icc-cpi.int/news/international-criminal-court-welcomes-armenia-new-state-party
23 – https://www.france24.com/fr/%C3%A9missions/en-t%C3%AAte-%C3%A0-t%C3%AAte/20240222-l-azerba%C3%AFdjan-pr%C3%A9pare-une-attaque-contre-l-arm%C3%A9nie-selon-le-premier-ministre-arm%C3%A9niend
24 – https://carnegieendowment.org/politika/91586

00:00 – Introduction
01:02 – What is the CSTO?
02:15 – Why has Armenia turned against Russia?
04:13 – France Gets Involved
06:10 – What’s Next for Armenia?
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23 Comments

  1. @Marcus-ss4gn

    March 7, 2024 at 2:18 am

    Russia had absolutely no interest in defending Armenian terrorism and its occupation of UN-recognized Azerbaijan land. France has no real power and is living in its former imperial dreams. I see it more like a loser's league forming up.

  2. @mladenmatosevic4591

    March 7, 2024 at 2:18 am

    Pashinyan miscalculated, he expected Russia will go to war with Azerbaijan over Nagorno Karabakh when everybody, including West adviced compromise. But going anti-Russia means trade with Russia will die out…

  3. @jezreall7837

    March 7, 2024 at 2:18 am

    I have never seen a state as freakish as Armenia.

  4. @InciniumVGC

    March 7, 2024 at 2:18 am

    They didn't steal them. Russia abandoned them to get utterly bodied by Azerbaijan.

  5. @sarahkragness7138

    March 7, 2024 at 2:18 am

    HEADLINE: Putin Ally Says Neighboring Country Will Not Exist in Five Years

    QUOTE: Kremlin propagandist Margarita Simonyan has said Armenia's spat with Russia over a Moscow-led security bloc could see the South Caucasus country no longer exist within half-a-decade.

    The editor-in-chief of the Kremlin mouthpiece RT is an ally of Vladimir Putin and a regular guest on state television where she pushes the Russian leader's rhetoric about his full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

    During a Q&A at the World Youth Festival in Sirius, in Russia's Krasnodar region, Simonyan criticized Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. He has suspended Yerevan's participation in the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), which is considered Russia's equivalent to NATO. (ARTICLE CONTINUES…)
    ———
    The EIC of the RT ref'd in this article, Ms. Simonyan, is actually an Armenian descendant:
    PER WIKIPEDIA: " Simonyan was born in the southern Russian city of Krasnodar, into an Armenian family.[5] Both her parents are descendants of Armenian refugees from the Ottoman Empire. Her father's family, originally from Trabzon, settled in Crimea during the Armenian genocide of 1915.[5] During World War II, they were deported by Stalin's NKVD secret police to the Urals along with thousands of other Hamshen Armenians. Her father was born in Yekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk). Her mother was born in Sochi to an Armenian family that had fled the massacres of the Armenians by the Turks in the late 19th century.[5] Her two grandfathers were World War II veterans.[6] Simonyan has described herself as both Armenian and Russian.[7]

    Her family owns a restaurant in the town of Moldovka in Adlersky City District, Sochi.[8] Simonyan has stated that she is from a working-class family and decided at an early age that she wanted to become a journalist, first working for the local newspaper, and then for a local television station while studying journalism at Kuban State University.[2]

    She spent a year as an exchange student in Bristol, New Hampshire, in 1995 under the FLEX Program (Future Leaders Exchange Program).[9] "

    The fact that a child of the Armenian dispora can so glibly refer to the eradication of her ancestral nation – which has survived attempts to exterminate it since the Turkish genocide of 1915 – is nauseating.

    We'll see what Armenians have to say about her loyalties.

  6. @aahmadov

    March 7, 2024 at 2:18 am

    Sure sure France is Armenian Ally,
    99 percent of Armenian economy is Based on Russia,
    I wonder what will Armenia do when they will not sell them cheap gas 😅

  7. @anotheryoutubechannel4809

    March 7, 2024 at 2:18 am

    Good for Armenia! 🇦🇲 Would love to visit there and Georgia someday.

  8. @Joe-cq1hz

    March 7, 2024 at 2:18 am

    Lemme guess- empty promises?

  9. @RealTalkLaughs

    March 7, 2024 at 2:18 am

    Does TLDR grow tired of pushing propaganda that would make even Goebbels and Baghdad Bob blush?

  10. @schutsheer_des_vaderlands

    March 7, 2024 at 2:18 am

    If Armenia hadn't simped for the West and talked shit about Russia, Russia would've come to its aid. Now they lost Nagorno-Karabakh and they only have themselves to blame. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

  11. @apollonmagg4603

    March 7, 2024 at 2:18 am

    Well Russia supports the muslim world.

  12. @norakheroian791

    March 7, 2024 at 2:18 am

    forced marriage not ally

  13. @dancermasked7502

    March 7, 2024 at 2:18 am

    Every government in the world should be kicking Putin out because he is giving Government a bad name.

  14. @ems4884

    March 7, 2024 at 2:18 am

    The only allies Russia can gain under Putin are those who, to put it very frankly, are very weak and vulnerable to disinformation and fomented coups. This certainly dorsnt include countries who have had already tried to create distance between themselves and Moscow. Even the central Asian nations have considered giving Moscow the push.

  15. @AndreaPellegriniprivate

    March 7, 2024 at 2:18 am

    So we are freaking out about the possibility of USA out of NATO and these couple of clowns destroyed their own alliance and we didn’t even noticed. Rushia is a joke

  16. @magnusthered4973

    March 7, 2024 at 2:18 am

    Reality france betrayed armenia alongside russia

  17. @itsmagic573

    March 7, 2024 at 2:18 am

    nah russian abandoned Armenia because they saw siding with them as a political upset, due to Turkeys strong relations with Azerbaijan, and Russias dependence on the Bosphorus strait and Black Sea

  18. @ivanvidovic8870

    March 7, 2024 at 2:18 am

    Has franceforgot vad hapend with legionen in Vietnam

  19. @tonymckeage1028

    March 7, 2024 at 2:18 am

    Great Video, Armenian is amongst many old Russian allies considering cutting Ties with Putin, thanks for sharing

  20. @ferry602

    March 7, 2024 at 2:18 am

    Big mistake by Armenia, they forgot Azerbajdzan and Turkey who will benefit from this. France can not protect Armenia.

  21. @morgancorey7265

    March 7, 2024 at 2:18 am

    16 federation in russia are turkic , the csto has 3 turkish country how do armenians exept turkic soldiers to fight turkic soldiers?? Plus since pashinyan all armenian relationships are destroyed

  22. @HAMPERKPRODUCTS

    March 7, 2024 at 2:18 am

    Another thing to note is the good relationship that the Armenian diaspora in Paris and in California have with elected officials there. France and the US are some of the staunchest advocates for acknowledging the Armenian Genocide that Türkiye STILL refuses to accept as fact

  23. @dominationsrebellion6433

    March 7, 2024 at 2:18 am

    That’s how Russia’s losing their allies

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https://www.dw.com/en/german-election-results-explained-in-graphics/a-71724186 

YouGov poll: https://yougov.com/de-de/artikel/53090-ein-drittel-der-deutschen-burgerinnen-und-burger-sieht-ost-west-unterschiede-wahrnehmung-in-ostdeutschland-steigt 

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https://newsbriefing.eu/politics/meloni-hardens-migration-rhetoric-as-far-right-rival-vannacci-gains-ground
https://en.ilsole24ore.com/art/number-of-migrants-rises-repatriations-up-34-per-cent-in-the-first-six-months-AJVKjkm?refresh_ce=1
https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/policies/migration-and-asylum/pact-migration-and-asylum_en
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2013:180:0031:0059:en:PDF
https://italytelegraph.com/posts/italy-blocks-80000-migrant-transfers-what-the-eu-pact-really-changes-for-residents
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/08/21/sweden-plans-to-send-migrants-to-italy-france-and-spain-reject-dublin-transfers
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/08/21/sweden-plans-to-send-migrants-to-italy-france-and-spain-reject-dublin-transfers
https://www.eunews.it/en/2026/08/12/five-eu-member-states-are-considering-building-a-repatriation-centre-in-uganda/
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2024/10/04/giorgia-meloni-pushes-italy-s-migration-strategy-as-a-model_6728172_4.html
https://www.irreview.org/articles/2024/10/27/giorgia-meloni-is-offshoring-migration-to-solve-italys-immigration-concerns-now-the-rest-of-europe-is-interested-too
https://www.frontex.europa.eu/media-centre/news/news-release/frontex-irregular-border-crossings-down-26-in-2025-europe-must-stay-prepared-lyKpVb
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2026/08/italy-disastrous-offshore-agreement-with-albania-must-serve-as-a-wake-up-call-to-end-eus-cruel-migration-plans/
https://brusselssignal.eu/2026/08/vannacci-sanchez-is-right-on-immigration-meloni-is-a-fiasco/
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/deputy-premier-salvini-rome-not-193326174.html
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/08/21/sweden-plans-to-send-migrants-to-italy-france-and-spain-reject-dublin-transfers
https://italytelegraph.com/posts/italy-blocks-80000-migrant-transfers-what-the-eu-pact-really-changes-for-residents
https://italianismo.com.br/com-44-meloni-lidera-avaliacao-enquanto-partidos-perdem-espaco/

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POLITICO: Russia’s ‘hybrid’ war isn’t so hybrid
https://www.politico.eu/article/russias-hybrid-war-on-europe-is-starting-to-look-a-lot-less-hybrid/

Germany says Russia responsible for drone incident
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5ylm3m67n2o
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/germany/article/2026/09/01/germany-blames-russia-for-airport-drone-incident-hits-back-with-sanctions_6757058_146.html?srsltid=AfmBOorxo7cxCO7l0TFHlXxatD1xyz1S0UqgldCRST2dfYnQWOCJYFzH

EU-NATO talks on German drone incident
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/09/02/von-der-leyen-russian-drone-incidents-in-europe-are-the-new-normal
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/09/01/von-der-leyen-pledges-response-to-russian-hybrid-attacks-ahead-of-rutte-meeting

Russian hybrid warfare (Aug/Sep 2026)
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/31/poland-opens-terror-probe-into-fire-at-drone-factory
https://www.politico.eu/article/romania-jet-blasts-drone-near-offshore-gas-production-platform/
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/08/20/nato-jets-scrambled-as-drone-enters-romanian-airspace

Analysis
https://carnegieendowment.org/europe/strategic-europe/2026/07/why-russia-could-escalate-hybrid-warfare-against-europe
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/dispatches/where-and-how-putin-could-expand-his-war-in-europe-beyond-ukraine/

Russian drone incidents (September 2025)
https://youtu.be/bnt3CNXMPo0?si=RwEWSEx_4Vt69gSb

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German GDP data 2019-2025
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Germany polls
https://www.politico.eu/europe-poll-of-polls/germany/
https://www.economist.com/europe/2026/08/31/how-the-alternative-for-germany-would-govern

Revised destatis data
https://www.destatis.de/EN/Themes/Economy/National-Accounts-Domestic-Product/_node.html
https://substack.com/home/post/p-211829645

IMF estimates for GDP growth in 2026
https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/NGDP_RPCH@WEO/EU/EURO/EUQ/IDN

Ifo institute data
https://www.ifo.de/en/facts/2026-06-18/ifo-economic-forecast-summer-2026-energy-price-increase-acting-brake-fiscal-policy
https://www.ifo.de/en/survey-results

Germany trade data
https://www.macrotrends.net/global-metrics/countries/deu/germany/trade-balance-deficit
https://tradingeconomics.com/germany/exports-to-china
https://wits.worldbank.org/CountryProfile/en/Country/DEU/Year/LTST/Summarytext
https://tradingeconomics.com/germany/exports

Indices
https://live.euronext.com/en/financial-news/german-manufacturing-growth-accelerates-august-orders-surge-pmi-shows
https://tradingeconomics.com/germany/manufacturing-pmi
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