Ronak trainee Sona Hovsepyan writes for Novaya Gazeta about Armenia´s struggle to make new allies as it attempts to pivot away from Russia. Exacerbated by a series of diplomatic spats between the two countries, the Armenian public’s trust in Russia has been damaged, even though Russia is often described as a “brotherly nation” and boasts the world’s largest Armenian diaspora. In a December 2023 poll commissioned by the International Republican Institute, 40% of Armenians said they viewed Russia as a political threat, behind only Azerbaijan and Turkey.
