The issues of Armenia's membership in the CSTO and the EAEU are interrelated, and the freezing of processes in the security structure may lead to a similar step in the economic union as well. If the current government of Armenia initiated the process of freezing CSTO membership, the EAEU could initiate the process of freezing Armenia's membership within the European Union.
In a conversation with Arman Abubian, author of the Zeman Abubian podcast, economist Nairi Sargsyan mentions that senior Russian officials, including Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Overchuk, have spoken openly about the relationship between these two structures, stating that the CSTO is the strategic depth they are paying for with the EAEU.
"Why should they leave Armenia as part of the members of the same economic union, and Russia, as a country, should direct its financial resources to Armenia, in one case in the form of exports, in the other case, in the form of transfers, in the next case, in the form of fuel and energy, including mineral resources? "It can't just be like that," comments the economist.
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