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YEREVAN: Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Sunday took a veiled swipe at long-standing ally Russia, calling his country's current foreign security systems "ineffective".Pashinyan's nationally televised comments signalled a major foreign policy shift away from Moscow, where criticism of Armenia has also grown."The systems of external security in which Armenia is involved are ineffective when it comes to the protection of our security and Armenia's national interests," Pashinyan said days after Azerbaijan's resounding victory in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region.Armenia is a member of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation...