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MONEY IN THE MORNING, REVOLUTION IN THE EVENING
Vrezh Aharonyan
Hayots Ashkhar Daily
Published on June 20, 2008
Armenia
There are few people in our reality who still doubt that
L. Ter-Petrosyan returned to active politics due to the great political
and financial support of the West.
Those financial means were invested in the Ter-Petrosyan-led movement
in an indirect manner - in the form of medium-scale grant projects
allocated to public, political and human rights organizations which,
behind the false slogan of democracy and human rights, used them with
political considerations. And the process has continued up to date.
As confirmed by the document that has come to hand, the
Ter-Petrosyan-led opposition has financial ties with foreign
forces. And this is just one of the numerous examples.
According to the document, certain Western circles make large-scale
financial allocations to different organizations operating under their
control. And the goal is to destabilize the situation in Armenia -
something that has periodically continued even after the March 1
developments.
This is one of the reasons that the situation here remains tense:
the West provides the funding, and L. Ter-Petrosyan's team carries
out the tasks.
And thus, the document confirming the fact of the "Armenian colored
revolution's" being funded by abroad is a kind of agreement signed
between the "Assistance Foundation of the Open Society Institute"
(Soros Foundation) and the "Helsinki Committee of Armenia". In other
words, the parties to the above-mentioned ill-famed agreement are
the "Soros Foundation" (which, as we know, has funded the colored
revolutions in Georgia and Ukraine) and the "Helsinki Committee of
Armenia", an organization headed by Avetik Ishkhanyan.
And what does George Soros's office in Budapest offer Mr. A. Ishkhanyan
under the agreement? It offers him a grant project aimed at "Providing
Legal Assistance to the Individuals Arrested in the Post-electoral
Period", and the sum makes up around 32.5 thousand US Dollars. The
project implementation period is from May 14, 2008 till May 14, 2009,
and the report on the accomplishments is due in June 2009.
The amount has already been debited to the bank account opened in
"Converse Bank" for the "Helsinki Foundation of Armenia" (account
No. 00466910101,), and the transfer was made by "Deutche Bank Trust
Company Americas, New York" (account No. 04418885).
In this regard, there is the following noteworthy consideration:
the "Soros Foundation", otherwise known as "Open Society Institute",
is registered in Budapest as a charity foundation (address: Akademia
u. 6, Budapest, H-1054), but the grant, for some reason, is provided
by the New York branch of "Deutche Bank".
And here is the most important thing: what should the allocated sums
be spent on? According to the customer, the grant aims to assist the
"Helsinki Committee of Armenia" in covering the legal costs of the
individuals arrested after the presidential elections (February-March
2008).
These sums should be mainly directed at paying off all the court
expenses (including the sums spent on applying the Constitutional
Court and the European Court of Human Rights).
In fact, even if the arrested individuals and their relatives do
not want to apply to courts of different instances, the "Helsinki
Committee of Armenia" has to "persuade" them to make that step
so as the clauses prescribed by the agreement will be fulfilled,
and A. Ishkhanyan will be able to spend the amounts received under
a grant project. And the "Soros Foundation" will get what it wants,
i.e. destabilization of the internal political situation in Armenia
and decrease of the country's international reputation.
As we know, this is one of the compulsory attributes of a "colored
revolution".
In accordance with another noteworthy clause of the "agreement", the
project will be managed by some Council of Experts responsible for the
decisions concerning the issues of the legal defense. The committee
will also elaborate the main strategic approach of the legal defense.
As to the "Helsinki Committee of Armenia", it is to coordinate the
activities of the legal defense and coordinate and assist in the
activities of the group of lawyers based on the decisions of the
Council of Experts.
Upon necessity, the Council will mobilize the experts of the human
rights organizations.
Well, he who pays the piper calls the tune. By this, "Soros" will see
to it that the money it sends serves its purpose. And the purpose,
as we mentioned above, is to destabilize the situation, preparing a
breeding ground for a colored revolution.
There are quite supported arguments testifying to the fact
that certain circles have been spending millions of sums on the
Ter-Petrosyan-led movement since the autumn of 2007, and they are
not going to discontinue the process unless they realize that they
have eventually suffered a defeat in Armenia. We have no doubt that
they will finally realize that.
Vrezh Aharonyan
Hayots Ashkhar Daily
Published on June 20, 2008
Armenia
There are few people in our reality who still doubt that
L. Ter-Petrosyan returned to active politics due to the great political
and financial support of the West.
Those financial means were invested in the Ter-Petrosyan-led movement
in an indirect manner - in the form of medium-scale grant projects
allocated to public, political and human rights organizations which,
behind the false slogan of democracy and human rights, used them with
political considerations. And the process has continued up to date.
As confirmed by the document that has come to hand, the
Ter-Petrosyan-led opposition has financial ties with foreign
forces. And this is just one of the numerous examples.
According to the document, certain Western circles make large-scale
financial allocations to different organizations operating under their
control. And the goal is to destabilize the situation in Armenia -
something that has periodically continued even after the March 1
developments.
This is one of the reasons that the situation here remains tense:
the West provides the funding, and L. Ter-Petrosyan's team carries
out the tasks.
And thus, the document confirming the fact of the "Armenian colored
revolution's" being funded by abroad is a kind of agreement signed
between the "Assistance Foundation of the Open Society Institute"
(Soros Foundation) and the "Helsinki Committee of Armenia". In other
words, the parties to the above-mentioned ill-famed agreement are
the "Soros Foundation" (which, as we know, has funded the colored
revolutions in Georgia and Ukraine) and the "Helsinki Committee of
Armenia", an organization headed by Avetik Ishkhanyan.
And what does George Soros's office in Budapest offer Mr. A. Ishkhanyan
under the agreement? It offers him a grant project aimed at "Providing
Legal Assistance to the Individuals Arrested in the Post-electoral
Period", and the sum makes up around 32.5 thousand US Dollars. The
project implementation period is from May 14, 2008 till May 14, 2009,
and the report on the accomplishments is due in June 2009.
The amount has already been debited to the bank account opened in
"Converse Bank" for the "Helsinki Foundation of Armenia" (account
No. 00466910101,), and the transfer was made by "Deutche Bank Trust
Company Americas, New York" (account No. 04418885).
In this regard, there is the following noteworthy consideration:
the "Soros Foundation", otherwise known as "Open Society Institute",
is registered in Budapest as a charity foundation (address: Akademia
u. 6, Budapest, H-1054), but the grant, for some reason, is provided
by the New York branch of "Deutche Bank".
And here is the most important thing: what should the allocated sums
be spent on? According to the customer, the grant aims to assist the
"Helsinki Committee of Armenia" in covering the legal costs of the
individuals arrested after the presidential elections (February-March
2008).
These sums should be mainly directed at paying off all the court
expenses (including the sums spent on applying the Constitutional
Court and the European Court of Human Rights).
In fact, even if the arrested individuals and their relatives do
not want to apply to courts of different instances, the "Helsinki
Committee of Armenia" has to "persuade" them to make that step
so as the clauses prescribed by the agreement will be fulfilled,
and A. Ishkhanyan will be able to spend the amounts received under
a grant project. And the "Soros Foundation" will get what it wants,
i.e. destabilization of the internal political situation in Armenia
and decrease of the country's international reputation.
As we know, this is one of the compulsory attributes of a "colored
revolution".
In accordance with another noteworthy clause of the "agreement", the
project will be managed by some Council of Experts responsible for the
decisions concerning the issues of the legal defense. The committee
will also elaborate the main strategic approach of the legal defense.
As to the "Helsinki Committee of Armenia", it is to coordinate the
activities of the legal defense and coordinate and assist in the
activities of the group of lawyers based on the decisions of the
Council of Experts.
Upon necessity, the Council will mobilize the experts of the human
rights organizations.
Well, he who pays the piper calls the tune. By this, "Soros" will see
to it that the money it sends serves its purpose. And the purpose,
as we mentioned above, is to destabilize the situation, preparing a
breeding ground for a colored revolution.
There are quite supported arguments testifying to the fact
that certain circles have been spending millions of sums on the
Ter-Petrosyan-led movement since the autumn of 2007, and they are
not going to discontinue the process unless they realize that they
have eventually suffered a defeat in Armenia. We have no doubt that
they will finally realize that.