Caucasus: Armenia’s new chapter - The Global Jigsaw podcast, BBC World Service

Will Armenia opt for a “soft divorce” with Russia and realign its foreign policy in a pivotal vote in June? Click here to subscribe to our channel 👉🏽 https://bbc.in/3VyyriM As pro-Western and pro-Russian forces gear up for a showdown, we explore the ideas, the pressures and the political visions that could shape the country’s future - and the wider implications for the South Caucasus. 00:00 Introduction 02:02 Armenia, its history and the Karabakh war 07:31 Current election discourse, the media and the candidates: Pashinyan, Karapetyan, Kocharian 19:45 Dependencies and allies: Russia, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Iran, EU and the US 32:54 Peculiarities of the campaign: Russian and EU influence 38:56 What Next? Contributors: Daria Mosolova, Gayane Alexanyan and Grigor Atanesian Producer: Kriszta Satori Presenter: Krassi Ivanova Twigg Video producer: Suniti Singh Broadcast on 28 May 2026 Watch more episodes of The Global Jigsaw podcast here 👉🏽 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLz_B0PFGIn4fK2XXqsOE-zcX_7R7gOklU Find the whole back catalogue of The Global Jigsaw podcast here 👉🏽https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w13xtvrk Find out more about BBC Monitoring here 👉🏽 https://tinyurl.com/muutc8py ---------------- This is the official BBC World Service YouTube channel. If you like what we do, you can also find us here: Instagram 👉🏽 https://www.instagram.com/bbcworldservice Twitter 👉🏽 https://twitter.com/bbcworldservice Facebook 👉🏽 https://facebook.com/bbcworldservice BBC World Service website 👉🏽 https://www.bbc.co.uk/worldserviceradio Thanks for watching and subscribing! #BBCWorldService #WorldService #Pashinyan #Karapetyan #Kocharian #armenia #karabakh