Moscow summit tests Russia’s waning grip on former Soviet allies

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The Kremlin’s tense relationship with Armenia will be under the spotlight at a security summit in Moscow. President Vladimir Putin will chair a session of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), the Russia-dominated post-Soviet military bloc, on Wednesday. But since February 2024, Armenia’s participation in the bloc has been frozen. While the membership technically exists, Armenia does not participate in the bloc’s activities, having effectively boycotted it after it lost a war against Azerbaijan. Yerevan blamed the group for failing to offer meaningful support during the conflict. Armenia “de facto doesn’t participate in the CSTO’s operations,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said last week.