
Putin Ally Says CSTO Rift May Result in Armenia’s Demise
Margarita Simonyan, a pro-Putin editor-in-chief of the Russian state-controlled international news television network RT, has said Armenia's spat with Russia over the Moscow-led security bloc CSTO could see the South Caucasus country cease to exist within half-a-decade.
Newsweek, on March 5, reports that Simonyan predicted the demise of Armenia during a Q&A at the World Youth Festival in Russia’s Krasnodar region.
Simonyan, addressing a panel discussion at the festival, criticized Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan for suspending Armenia’s participation in CSTO.
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"Armenia's youth must understand that Pashinyan is a traitor to the Armenian people and is leading Armenia to complete destruction if he remains in power," Simonyan told festival goers on Monday.
She added, "Let them (Armenian voters) continue to elect Pashinyan if such a suicidal policy is close to them."
Simonyan, in a February RT broadcast clip posted online, boasted that Russia “is the only country in the world that can destroy the United States in one hour.”
Simonyan was born in the southern Russian city of Krasnodar.
Photo: Roman Pimenov / TASS
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