Armenia polls open in test of prime minister's pivot away from Russia

Polls open in Armenia on Sunday in a vote that is set to test the former Soviet republic's ties with Russia. As Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has sought to loosen dependence on Moscow, the Kremlin has been accused of seeking to sway the vote and Armenia's EU ambitions to the same path it claims triggered its 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

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