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9.9.13

How Russia Pulled Armenia into the Customs Union

Luke Rodeheffer

The European Union’s Eastern Partnership was dealt a major blow as Armenia’s President Serzh Sargsyan made a surprise announcement that his republic will join Russia’s Customs Union during a visit to Moscow in early September. E.U. leaders expressed shock and dismay at the surprise about-face, while members of the Armenian opposition protested the decision outside the presidential palace in Yerevan.