Pashinyan is upset: he ordered to “strain every nerve” — media

As is known, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan held a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on June 1, writes the outlet Past.

“Despite the politeness and ‘warmth’ expressed in the official statement, our government sources report that Nikol Pashinyan hung up extremely dissatisfied after the conversation with Putin.

The thing is, on the one hand, the Russian president spoke with him in a very courteous tone and congratulated him on his birthday, which is also reflected in the official statement, but on the other hand, when it came to the EAEU-EU dilemma, Putin returned to the diplomatic but firm language he used in Astana.

According to our source, immediately after the call Pashinyan instructed the minister of economy to ‘strain every nerve’ and come up with something, because the Russians will definitely not lift the restrictions. Moreover, they will only tighten them further. It is no coincidence that over the past two days the minister of economy has spared no effort or energy to demonstrate that problems will be resolved, goods will be shipped to the EU, and that if they remain here it is no disaster, we will make use of cheaper goods.

It is clear that Nikol Pashinyan himself has not stayed on the sidelines of this ‘bluff’, on the one hand promising a pre-election handout at taxpayers’ expense, namely to ‘pay for the peppers,’ and on the other declaring that some goods are already on their way to the EU. It is obvious that this is desperate pre-election propaganda and lies, far removed from actually solving the problem. In other words, it is nothing more than smoke and mirrors ahead of the election,” the outlet writes.