The 25th Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Bishkek was not only a rich and productive event, but was also notable for some particularly interesting exchanges between heads of state and government. When Russian President Vladimir Putin and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan discussed Armenia’s membership of the Eurasian Economic Union, or, more precisely, whether Armenia should make a “concrete” choice between the Eurasian Economic Union and Europe, the somewhat tense expressions on their faces did not go unnoticed.

When the Armenian Prime Minister raised the issue of a referendum, saying that it should be “the choice of the people”, a........

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