The 2018 Armenian velvet revolution that brought Nikol Pashinyan to power was perceived by the Kremlin as a color revolution similar to those in Georgia and Ukraine, raising Russian suspicions about potential Western influence despite Pashinyan's early efforts to emphasize Armenia would not change its geopolitical orientation.
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“Pashinan was an outsider...His assession to power looked to a lot of people sitting in the Kremlin like a color revolution, like the series of upheavalss that had occurred in places like Georgia and Ukraine...But nevertheless, I think there was a degree of of mistrust towards Pashinan and and his circle on the part of the Russians”
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Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Geopolitics in the South Caucasus— Center for Strategic & International StudiesCreated: 8/11/2026, 5:26:17 AM
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