Åslund, Anders, Why Vladimir Putin is unlikely to invade Belarus. atlanticcouncil.org. Atlantic Council (16 augustus 2020). Gearchiveerd op 16 augustus 2020. Geraadpleegd op 3 maart 2021. “Rather than looking to Russia’s policy toward Ukraine in 2014, I think we should turn to its policy on Armenia since 2018. This was the most recent post-Soviet color revolution. Initially, Putin’s position seemed to be hesitant, but now he appears to be quite happy with Armenia’s very popular democratic Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Armenia has stayed in the Eurasian Economic Union and in Moscow’s Collective Security Treaty Organization along with Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan. In addition, large Russian state companies completely dominate the Armenian economy.”
Haddad, Benjamin, "Europe Must Stand Up for Belarus", Foreign Policy, 7 augustus 2020. Gearchiveerd op 7 augustus 2020. Geraadpleegd op 3 maart 2021. “Toward Moscow, the grouping should be clear that it favors the same approach the West took toward the Armenia revolution in spring 2018: It supports democracy, but will not seek to expand either NATO or EU membership toward Belarus.”
Åslund, Anders, Why Vladimir Putin is unlikely to invade Belarus. atlanticcouncil.org. Atlantic Council (16 augustus 2020). Gearchiveerd op 16 augustus 2020. Geraadpleegd op 3 maart 2021. “Rather than looking to Russia’s policy toward Ukraine in 2014, I think we should turn to its policy on Armenia since 2018. This was the most recent post-Soviet color revolution. Initially, Putin’s position seemed to be hesitant, but now he appears to be quite happy with Armenia’s very popular democratic Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Armenia has stayed in the Eurasian Economic Union and in Moscow’s Collective Security Treaty Organization along with Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan. In addition, large Russian state companies completely dominate the Armenian economy.”
Haddad, Benjamin, "Europe Must Stand Up for Belarus", Foreign Policy, 7 augustus 2020. Gearchiveerd op 7 augustus 2020. Geraadpleegd op 3 maart 2021. “Toward Moscow, the grouping should be clear that it favors the same approach the West took toward the Armenia revolution in spring 2018: It supports democracy, but will not seek to expand either NATO or EU membership toward Belarus.”
