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DON'T CHASE "COMPATRIOTS" OUT
Naira Hayrumyan
Story From Lragir.Am News:
http://Www.Lragir.Am/Index.Php/Eng/0/Comments/View/28212
12:59 30/11/2012
Regnum Agency Director Modest Kolerov Addressing The Forum In The
Baltics Said That "the Russian Compatriots Abroad Need Mobilization
Against Assimilation".
The Word "compatriot" In Armenia Is Now Associated With Russia. Russia
Is Trying To Attract Citizens Of Post-Soviet Countries To Itself With
The Help Of This Word. It Aims To Solve Its Demographic Issues And
To Have A Permanent Level Of Influence On These Republics.
For This Russia Uses A Number Of Instruments, Such As The Absence
Of Visa Regime. Today, Russian Expert Sergey Markedonov Stated That
people would not leave for Russia, if they didn't find better life
and working conditions there. In reality, Armenians leave for Russia
for two reasons: it is easy to get there, unlike Western countries,
and because it is easier to work in shadow, i.e. illegally in Russia,
not to pay the taxes, not to register and solve all issues just
bribing the police.
But in order to implement such a huge project, Russian needs
ideological components too, and Kolerov proposes an interesting
option. It turns out the compatriots out of Russia are subject to
assimilation, and they need to be saved. The notion of compatriots
in Russia is not clear: they are either considered only Russians
who carry out projects to preserve the Russian culture abroad, or
they speak about Russian peoples, though the program does not fund
the opening of Tatar or Chechen schools abroad. But for simplicity,
compatriots are considered all post-soviet peoples and countries.
So according to Kolerov, Armenians are subject to assimilation in
Armenia and they need to be saved. So they are "mobilized" and called
to Russia.
It is impossible to think of anything more absurd and cynical in
order to justify the ordinary colonization. The most important is
that it is loyally accepted in Armenia, where everyone agrees that
Armenians are "Russia's compatriots". With the same logic, we may
consider ourselves compatriots of Turks and Persians, because we were
in the same empire for long years. While Armenia lived in the Soviet
Union only for 70 years.
Even the prime minister of Armenia spoke against the Compatriots
program, but it is still operating. But Armenians leave Russia, not
only for this project, and the Prime Minister has never asked those
who leave to return, he has never offered them jobs. The government
obviously does not want to put obstacles to its citizens who emigrate
to avoid "assimilation", otherwise they could have come up with
bureaucratic obstacles, as in the case of exports of many goods.
The devastation in Armenia must be stopped, and first of all it is
necessary to let people know that the government does not want them
to leave. Most of the people leave to earn money, but a large part
simply runs away because it is chased out.
Naira Hayrumyan
Story From Lragir.Am News:
http://Www.Lragir.Am/Index.Php/Eng/0/Comments/View/28212
12:59 30/11/2012
Regnum Agency Director Modest Kolerov Addressing The Forum In The
Baltics Said That "the Russian Compatriots Abroad Need Mobilization
Against Assimilation".
The Word "compatriot" In Armenia Is Now Associated With Russia. Russia
Is Trying To Attract Citizens Of Post-Soviet Countries To Itself With
The Help Of This Word. It Aims To Solve Its Demographic Issues And
To Have A Permanent Level Of Influence On These Republics.
For This Russia Uses A Number Of Instruments, Such As The Absence
Of Visa Regime. Today, Russian Expert Sergey Markedonov Stated That
people would not leave for Russia, if they didn't find better life
and working conditions there. In reality, Armenians leave for Russia
for two reasons: it is easy to get there, unlike Western countries,
and because it is easier to work in shadow, i.e. illegally in Russia,
not to pay the taxes, not to register and solve all issues just
bribing the police.
But in order to implement such a huge project, Russian needs
ideological components too, and Kolerov proposes an interesting
option. It turns out the compatriots out of Russia are subject to
assimilation, and they need to be saved. The notion of compatriots
in Russia is not clear: they are either considered only Russians
who carry out projects to preserve the Russian culture abroad, or
they speak about Russian peoples, though the program does not fund
the opening of Tatar or Chechen schools abroad. But for simplicity,
compatriots are considered all post-soviet peoples and countries.
So according to Kolerov, Armenians are subject to assimilation in
Armenia and they need to be saved. So they are "mobilized" and called
to Russia.
It is impossible to think of anything more absurd and cynical in
order to justify the ordinary colonization. The most important is
that it is loyally accepted in Armenia, where everyone agrees that
Armenians are "Russia's compatriots". With the same logic, we may
consider ourselves compatriots of Turks and Persians, because we were
in the same empire for long years. While Armenia lived in the Soviet
Union only for 70 years.
Even the prime minister of Armenia spoke against the Compatriots
program, but it is still operating. But Armenians leave Russia, not
only for this project, and the Prime Minister has never asked those
who leave to return, he has never offered them jobs. The government
obviously does not want to put obstacles to its citizens who emigrate
to avoid "assimilation", otherwise they could have come up with
bureaucratic obstacles, as in the case of exports of many goods.
The devastation in Armenia must be stopped, and first of all it is
necessary to let people know that the government does not want them
to leave. Most of the people leave to earn money, but a large part
simply runs away because it is chased out.