Sam Chandler is a Senior Consultant in the PR/public affairs industry and freelance commentator on politics, culture, and global affairs. He is part of the media team which helped launch The South Caucasus Banking and Investment Review 2025.
In response to Armenia’s gradual turn towards Europe, Russia has reached for a familiar page in the old Kremlin playbook. In the run-up to Armenia’s parliamentary election on 7 June, which returned pro-European Nikol Pashinyan to office, Moscow ratcheted up pressure on
