/TASS/. The European Union leadership has been aggressively squeezing the Russian Orthodox Church out of Armenia as it demands that Yerevan cut centuries-long religious ties with Moscow as a prerequisite for integration into the bloc, the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) said in a statement.
The Europeans have engaged in a smear campaign against the Diocese of Yerevan and Armenia of the Russian Orthodox Church to encourage the Armenian authorities to clamp down on its members.
The EU has insisted that Yerevan cut all religious and spiritual ties with Moscow as a prerequisite for integration into the bloc, the SVR noted: “They demand the Armenian authorities cut the country’s centuries-long religious and spiritual ties with Moscow as a prerequisite for European integration.”