Hard security realities and Russia continue to govern Armenia's destiny despite its recent revolution.
That was the message brought to Brussels, the EU capital, by its new foreign minister, Zohrab Mnatsakanyan, last week for anyone who might have thought that recent events heralded another geopolitical shift in Russia's backyard.
The so-called 'Velvet Revolution' in May peacefully brought down a corrupt regime.
It recalled the 'colour revolutions' that swept through the ...
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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.