Thread by @robananyan

1/10 This is shamelessness on the part of #Putin's criminal regime. The #Kremlin openly threatens #Armenia not to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. An information source of the Russian FM told the #Russian state media TASS․

#Russia #Lavrov #Yerevan

2/10 TASS source: "#Moscow considers absolutely unacceptable the plans of official #Yerevan to join the #RomeStatute of the International Criminal Court against the background of the latest illegal orders of the #ICC against the Russian leadership."

3/10 Lavrov's employee also told TASS that the Armenian side was warned about "extremely negative consequences for bilateral relations in case of possible moves by Yerevan".

It is obvious that this news was dictated to TASS by Maria Zakharov, or Lavrov himself.

4/10 You are too primitive. This is an extremely serious threat to the Republic of Armenia, which is a sovereign state. We are not obliged to obey the will of the Russian government when conducting foreign policy. Armenia is not a Russian colony, those times have passed.

5/10 #Lavrov's spokesperson #Zakharova did not dare to voice these threats during her briefing. The world would once again know what kind of evil empire Russia is. This state is left alone in the world. It has no allies except #Azerbaijan and #Belarus.

6/10 What did Lavrov smoke when he called Armenia an occupier, falsifying reality? Even with a small state like Armenia, the Kremlin speaks the language of threats. You are sick. There are already extremely negative consequences for Russia in Armenia.

7/10 You have lost the trust of the Armenian people. You are an enemy. Why? Having ratified the Rome Statute, Armenia is preparing to submit a lawsuit against Aliyev to the Intl Criminal Court. In fact, Moscow is preventing Armenia from filing lawsuits against Azerbaijan. Why?

8/10 Because during the court hearings against Azerbaijan, Moscow's conspiracies against Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia will also be revealed. Putin does not come to Yerevan often. Even if the Rome Statute is ratified, it will be difficult to use it against him.

9/10 No one is waiting for him in Armenia. A significant part of the Armenian people hates Putin. It is better that he never comes. Can you imagine how discredited Russia is in Armenia, that it speaks the language of threats, even regarding the ratification of the Rome Statute?

10/10 The Armenian gov should not be afraid of Russia's threats and should ratify the Rome Statute. Russia, a paper ally, has betrayed its security obligations towards us by forming an alliance with Azerbaijan, Turkey. Yerevan does not have to sacrifice its plans to crazy Putin.