YEREVAN — Maintaining that their historic security partnership remains as strong as ever, officials from a neighboring superpower have reportedly allocated $50 million to transport 100,000 sympathetic Russian-Armenian voters across the border to ensure an upcoming parliamentary election accurately reflects Moscow's foreign policy priorities.

"While logistical challenges unfortunately prevented our armed forces from honoring our mutual defense treaty during the 2022 invasion, deploying 100,000 citizens to a polling station is a security commitment we take very seriously," a regional spokesperson said, confirming that the fleet of election buses was fully operational and experiencing none of the supply chain issues that plagued their military assistance.

The sudden influx of democratic participation follows the host nation's recent suspension of its defense pact and its 2023 decision to join the International Criminal Court. To further reinforce the enduring partnership, the former military ally has banned key agricultural exports and threatened to increase subsidized gas rates from $177.50 per 1,000 cubic meters to the $600 European market rate. The European Union has pledged €50 million in support to counter the sudden economic pressure.

"We are simply trying to protect a sovereign nation from the threat of outside interference," the spokesperson added, carefully reviewing a spreadsheet of imported voters organized by precinct.