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The Duran: Episode 2541
Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan is steering his country toward the European Union and NATO in what Alex Christoforou and Alexander Mercouris on The Duran call a near carbon copy of the Maidan playbook that devastated Ukraine, with Russia now cutting Armenian agricultural imports and energy pressure looming over an economy that depends on Moscow for over 80% of its power. While Pashinyan promises his people the best of both worlds and a future referendum on alignment, Mercouris argues Armenia is already retreating on every front, having lost Nagorno Karabakh, alienated its primary security guarantor, and left itself encircled by a hostile Azerbaijan and Turkey with no credible Western replacement in sight. Can the EU and US actually prop up a small landlocked country surrounded by rivals, or is Armenia walking blindly into the same trap that brought Ukraine to the brink?

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00:00:00 Introduction: Armenia and Pashinyan's Western Pivot
00:00:29 Russia's Warnings and Economic Pressure on Armenia
00:01:35 Mercouris: Pashinyan Is Fully Committed to the West
00:02:11 Armenia's Losses: Nagorno Karabakh, Russia, Regional Standing
00:03:19 Armenia's Economy: Reliance on Russia Hiding the Real Risk
00:04:03 The Best of Both Worlds Illusion and the Referendum Promise
00:05:04 NGOs and Media Control: Armenia's Kiev Parallel
00:07:50 What Happens if Russia Cuts All Economic Links?
00:09:04 Georgia's Cautionary Tale: EU Money Cannot Replace Organic Ties<