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WILL PUTIN ARRIVE?
Naira Hayrumyan
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/politics27399.html
Published: 10:57:57 - 17/09/2012
Russia's president Vladimir Putin will attend on Monday the first
round of Caucasus 2012 exercise at the Rayevski military polygon in
Krasnodar. The CSTO CRRF is underway in Armenia in the same period.
The minister of defense of Russia Anatoly Serdyukov was said to arrive
in Armenia to attend this event.
It will take only a few hours to fly to Armenia on a glider from
Krasnodar. Will Putin arrive in Armenia or has he given up this idea
for some reason?
Experts expected certain "reference points" from this visit. If Putin
arrives in Armenia, he might insist on proposals to join the Eurasian
Union and indirectly call to support in the upcoming presidential
elections the candidate which will advocate Armenia's integration
with Russia. If Putin does not come, this may be a sign that he sees
no meaning and no hope to persuade Armenia to leave the European path
and Serzh Sargsyan's election. Nothing is so simple, but obviously
there are some expectations from the visit or refusal. Moreover, the
"national" Eurasian movement is growing in Russia. Tajikistan will
apparently agree to keep the Russian military base in its territory
for free for another 20 years, while in Armenia there are rumors on
the deployment of "military units of other countries", though there
is an act banning such a possibility without consulting the CSTO.
Naira Hayrumyan
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/politics27399.html
Published: 10:57:57 - 17/09/2012
Russia's president Vladimir Putin will attend on Monday the first
round of Caucasus 2012 exercise at the Rayevski military polygon in
Krasnodar. The CSTO CRRF is underway in Armenia in the same period.
The minister of defense of Russia Anatoly Serdyukov was said to arrive
in Armenia to attend this event.
It will take only a few hours to fly to Armenia on a glider from
Krasnodar. Will Putin arrive in Armenia or has he given up this idea
for some reason?
Experts expected certain "reference points" from this visit. If Putin
arrives in Armenia, he might insist on proposals to join the Eurasian
Union and indirectly call to support in the upcoming presidential
elections the candidate which will advocate Armenia's integration
with Russia. If Putin does not come, this may be a sign that he sees
no meaning and no hope to persuade Armenia to leave the European path
and Serzh Sargsyan's election. Nothing is so simple, but obviously
there are some expectations from the visit or refusal. Moreover, the
"national" Eurasian movement is growing in Russia. Tajikistan will
apparently agree to keep the Russian military base in its territory
for free for another 20 years, while in Armenia there are rumors on
the deployment of "military units of other countries", though there
is an act banning such a possibility without consulting the CSTO.