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RUSSIANS GUILTY OF INTER-ETHNIC CLASHES IN JAVAKHK?
news.am
Dec 7 2010
Armenia
It is natural that some people in Javakhk had contacts with the Russian
military base, but they were personal contacts, the political scientist
Sergey Minasyan, Deputy Director of the Institute of Caucasus, told
NEWS.am, commenting on the WikiLeaks-published the message John Tefft,
the then U.S. Ambassador to Georgia, addressed in July 2007. In that
message he accused Russia of provoking interethnic clashes in Javakhk,
a Georgian region densely populated by Armenians.
As regards the part of the message about the heads of local communities
and political activists confirming the information on the Russian
Government's sponsorship of Armenian nationalists, Minasyan pointed
out that the Virk ?Party (an Armenian party not officially registered
in Georgia) was not in question. "Moreover, due to official Yerevan's
serious political influence on public and political movements in
Javakhk, no serious actions took place in Javakhk.
Although no such information is available, official Yerevan would
prevent any attempts by Russian special services to influence the
local population," he said.
On the other hand, if any provocations by Russian special service took
place in Javakhk, they must have been aimed at individual political
movements rather than at United Javakhk or Virk.
"Obviously, the Russian military base in Javakhk was an importance
political and economic factor in the region - it was the principal
employer for the local population. Therefore, it was quite easy for
Russian special services to find individuals for provoking interethnic
clashes," Minasyan said.
From: A. Papazian
news.am
Dec 7 2010
Armenia
It is natural that some people in Javakhk had contacts with the Russian
military base, but they were personal contacts, the political scientist
Sergey Minasyan, Deputy Director of the Institute of Caucasus, told
NEWS.am, commenting on the WikiLeaks-published the message John Tefft,
the then U.S. Ambassador to Georgia, addressed in July 2007. In that
message he accused Russia of provoking interethnic clashes in Javakhk,
a Georgian region densely populated by Armenians.
As regards the part of the message about the heads of local communities
and political activists confirming the information on the Russian
Government's sponsorship of Armenian nationalists, Minasyan pointed
out that the Virk ?Party (an Armenian party not officially registered
in Georgia) was not in question. "Moreover, due to official Yerevan's
serious political influence on public and political movements in
Javakhk, no serious actions took place in Javakhk.
Although no such information is available, official Yerevan would
prevent any attempts by Russian special services to influence the
local population," he said.
On the other hand, if any provocations by Russian special service took
place in Javakhk, they must have been aimed at individual political
movements rather than at United Javakhk or Virk.
"Obviously, the Russian military base in Javakhk was an importance
political and economic factor in the region - it was the principal
employer for the local population. Therefore, it was quite easy for
Russian special services to find individuals for provoking interethnic
clashes," Minasyan said.
From: A. Papazian