By staying in the CSTO, Armenia has two paths: either satisfy Russia’s (as well as Turkey’s and Azerbaijan’s) demands or oppose them alone. Thus, the price of staying in the CSTO is the implementation of the corridor in Meghri, and later, the demarcation and delimitation between Armenia and Azerbaijan according to the Russian version, naturally to Armenia’s detriment, and most importantly, Armenia’s entry into a union state, which will eventually lead to the loss of independent statehood in Russian integration processes…
…The price of staying in the CSTO is incomparably higher than the price of leaving the CSTO…
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