Armenian vice-premier hopes problems with importing goods to Russia to be resolved soon

ArmInfo. Armenian Deputy Prime  Minister Mher Grigoryan hopes that the problems with importing goods  to Russia are technical in nature and will soon be resolved.

Grigoryan noted that drawing conclusions about trade turnover between  Armenia and Russia is currently pointless. "Accordingly, I simply see  no point in conducting any analysis of trade turnover, and I hope  that the problems currently arising with the movement of goods toward  Russia are technical in nature and will soon disappear," he explained  in an interview with Pavel Zarubin for Vesti.

Grigoryan also said that he agrees with Prime Minister Nikol  Pashinyan's words about plans to make Armenia prosperous. "Of course,  I share the Armenian Prime Minister's opinion. This is by definition  true.  How he gets rich, what will happen, what the flows will  be-that's a long discussion. It would be difficult for me to answer  this question on my feet right now with a simple remark," Grigoryan  said.

At a pre-election rally in the Garni community of the Kotayk region,  the Armenian Prime Minister stated that the country is not concerned  about high raw material prices if ties with Russia deteriorate, as  the republic's authorities expect to get rich.

On May 15, Sergei Dankvert, head of Rosselkhoznadzor, held talks with  Tigran Petrosyan, head of Armenia's Food Safety Inspectorate. The  parties discussed cooperation between the two countries' competent  authorities and compliance with requirements for the supply of  Armenian plant and livestock products to the Russian market. At the  request of the Armenian side, Rosselkhoznadzor inspected the  enterprises whose supplies to Russia were suspended due to the  suspected import of counterfeit fish products, presumably of European  origin. On May 22, Russia imposed restrictions on the import of  Armenian flowers, and on fruit and vegetable products, effective May  20.

According to the RA Statistics Committee, foreign trade turnover  between Armenia and the EAEU countries decreased by 36.9% in 2025,  amounting to just over $8 billion. Export volumes fell by 5% to $3.2  billion, while imports declined by 48.5% to $4.8 billion.

Trade with Russia during the reporting period declined by 38.3%,  amounting to $7.6 billion. Trade with Belarus increased by 22.9% to  $251.4 million in 2025. Trade with Kazakhstan increased by 6.3% to  $115.9 million. Trade with Kyrgyzstan declined by 23.2% to $11.3  million. The EAEU countries accounted for 37.5%.

In the first quarter of 2026, trade turnover between Armenia and the  EAEU countries decreased by 15.6% to $1.4 billion. At the same time,  exports demonstrated a decrease in volume of 6.5%, amounting to  $685.9 million, against the backdrop of a decline in imports by 22.6%  to $722.7 million.