Russian Foreign Ministry: refusal of membership in the EAEC is unprofitable for Armenia. Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Alexander Pankin said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

Earlier, the head of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sergei Lavrov, said that the Russian side had never initiated any cooling of relations with Armenia. Also, the official representative of Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova stated that Moscow supports Yerevan's spirit for fruitful work within the framework of Armenia’s chairmanship in the EAEU.