Russia's Ukraine Policy Part of Broader Shift

It was all smiles for the cameras when Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in September and expressed his intention to join the Russian-led Customs Union.   In doing so, Sargsyan abandoned more than two years of negotiations on an association agreement with the European Union. While Russian pressure seemingly worked in that situation, it backfired two months later when Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych did the same thing, sparking months...

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