Putin just sent Armenia MiG-29 fighters and military aid. Here are three key reasons why.
In February, the Russian air force announced that MiG-29 fighters and other sophisticated aircraft were headed to Armenia, to a Russian base 25 miles from the Turkish border. Moscow promised Yerevan a $200 million weapons credit and announced talks aimed at making Armenia the host of an essential link in Russia’s regional power grid to Iran. Armenia is a Russian ally and a member of the Russian-led Eurasian Economic Union (EEU). Since the Soviet Union’s collapse, Moscow has funneled substantial military aid to help Armenia support the contested region of Nagorno-Karabakh, where an Armenian majority governs itself as an “island” surrounded by the nation of Azerbaijan. But Russia’s commitment to ...
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