Armenia could face deep crisis over EU push – expert Armenia’s pursuit of EU integration is incompatible with its membership in the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), according to Aleksandr Bobrov. Leaving the EAEU would mean losing economic preferences and potentially facing a severe socioeconomic crisis. This choice risks undermining Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s political standing.

• Armenia must make a final geopolitical choice between EU integration and EAEU membership.
• EU integration prospects are incompatible with EAEU membership.
• Leaving the EAEU could lead to a deep socioeconomic crisis for Armenia.
• Armenia risks losing economic preferences from Russia, its key economic partner.
• Russia provides Armenia with natural gas at preferential terms, significantly lower than European prices.