Russia has warned Armenia against aligning with the West, expressing concerns that Yerevan might follow a path similar to Ukraine’s after the 2014 overthrow of pro-Russian Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday that while Armenia was free to choose its political direction, Moscow wished to avoid a repeat of the geopolitical shift seen in Ukraine. In response to Yanukovych’s overthrow in 2014, Russia annexed Crimea and supported pro-Moscow forces’ occupation of parts of Donbass. More than two years ago, Russia launched its full-scale war on Ukra…