Armenia Signals a Historic Break From Russia After Landmark Election

Armenia appears ready to press ahead with its geopolitical transition away from Russia toward the West after Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s Civil Contract Party registered a convincing victory in the country’s June 7 parliamentary election. Pre-election polls had pegged Civil Contract’s support at a little over 30 percent. But on election day, the party garnered just under 50 percent of the ballots cast, according to preliminary figures published by the Central Election Commission (CEC). Two pro-Russian parties received the…