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Russia’s squeeze on Armenian goods could open a valuable new trade route for Britain

This OpEd was published in Parliament Politics Magazine on 1st July 2026

In response to Armenia’s gradual turn towards Europe, Russia has reached for a familiar page in the old Kremlin playbook.

In the run-up to Armenia’s parliamentary election on 7 June, which returned pro-European Nikol Pashinyan to office, Moscow ratcheted up pressure on Yerevan by seeking to make its people poorer. Its target was trade. Overnight Russia banned the import of Armenian flowers, apricots, mineral water, wine, brandy and other agricultural goods, and threatened deeper restrictions if Yerevan had the gall to continue its westward drift.

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It’s time for the UK to acknowledge the Armenian genocide

This OpEd was originally published in Reaction on 8th May, 2024

On 24th April, Armenians around the world gathered to observe Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day. At local churches and memorials, they commemorated the 1.5 million Armenians who were systematically killed by Ottoman authorities between 1915 and 1923; to this day one of the worst massacres in human history.

Tragically, their pain will be compounded by the ongoing denial and obfuscation of governments across the world, many of whom still refuse to acknowledge it even took place. The UK, for example, has never formally acknowledged the Armenian genocide — and only 33 countries around the world have. Sadly, even the Armenian government itself is beginning to buckle to international pressure, with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan telling his people to “overcome [their] trauma.”

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