The Armenian Connection

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Kyiv Post

Armenia’s Pashinyan attended Moscow’s 2025 parade under pressure, watching Azerbaijani troops lead the foreign columns. This year he skipped it entirely, hosting European summits in Yerevan instead. The contrast captures Russia’s shrinking influence. Inside Ukraine, life goes on creatively: from petanque championships in blossoming Uzhhorod to a Khmelnytsky farmer renting out laying hens as a community investment scheme.