Armenia: Why Has Vladimir Putin Not Intervened So Far and Will He?

Friday, April 27, 2018 - 13:43 (EET) Section: Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs (USA)

Apr 24, 2018The resignation of Armenia’s Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan after more than a week of mass protests in Russia’s backyard begs the question: Why has Moscow not intervened so far? The fist-pumping demonstrators bring to mind “color revolutions” in the post-Soviet neighborhood that the Kremlin seems to abhor, like the ones in Georgia and Ukraine. But even genuine color revolutions (which Armenia has not yet seen—more on that below) are not enough by themselves to prompt Russia to stage either a covert or overt intervention. As I have argued before, for Moscow to intervene in one of its Soviet-era …read more

Source: Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs