Yerevan has delivered a stinging rebuke to Moscow. Armenia’s pro-Western government has won a decisive election victory, despite sustained Russian interference. This is a major win for British diplomacy, which has quietly cultivated ties with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.
Whitehall sources are buzzing. The result strengthens a key corridor linking Europe to the Caucasus, a region Russia views as its backyard. The Kremlin’s playbook of disinformation and economic coercion failed.
The UK’s deep-state network of soft power, from BBC Persian to quiet backchannel talks, paid off. But don’t pop the champagne yet. The real fight begins now: delivering on reforms while staving off Russian sabotage.
One thing is clear: the game has changed.
