Chisinau, Yerevan and Astana took steps at the same time, which will certainly be perceived very painfully in Moscow, dialog.ua writes.
At the same time, three countries from the post-Soviet territory have taken steps that the Kremlin is likely to view as a “stab in the back.”
Decisions were taken on Thursday, November 2 by Moldova, Armenia and Kazakhstan.
Moldova’s Ministry of Finance reported that the republic, which has been a member of the CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States) since 1994, is no longer going to pay membership fees to the organization. In addition, Moldovan leader Maia Sandu accused Russia of bribing Moldovan voters.
“Before, the Russian Federation bought the people who ruled Moldova, now it is buying Moldovan citizens,” the president said.
Armenia, on the other hand, expressed a demand that the Kremlin can perceive as a mockery – Yerevan called on the Russian Federation to sign a special agreement so that Russian President Vladimir Putin would not be arrested on the territory of Armenia in accordance with the warrant of the International Criminal Court.
Let us remind you that the ICC arrest warrant for Putin was issued in March of this year in connection with the illegal deportation of Ukrainian children. According to Hakob Arshakyan, the deputy speaker of the Armenian Parliament, Moscow is being offered to sign an additional intergovernmental agreement that is supposed to bypass the status requirements ratified by the republic’s main legislative body in October.
Meanwhile, Kazakhstan, which, by the way, like Armenia, is a military ally of Russia, announced on Thursday that it will receive Ground Master 400 air defense systems from France to strengthen the country’s sovereignty. The relevant agreement was reached after the visit of French leader Emmanuel Macron.
2023-11-03 16:58:29
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