Bilateral trade between Russia and Armenia has flourished since 2022, prompting suspicions that the Caucasian country helps Moscow avoid sanctions, Euroactiv reported on March 28. Russian-Armenian political relations have deteriorated recently as Russian “peacekeepers” did not prevent Azerbaijan’s offensive into the Nagorno-Karabakh region, primarily populated by ethnic Armenians, in September 2023. Despite the increasingly strained ties between Armenia and Russia, trade between the states has grown more active, as Armenia’s exports to Russia tripled in 2022 and almost doubled in 2023, accordi…