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Russia and Genocide of Armenians
The genocide of the Armenians in 1915 was a political instrument for
the Soviet Union. The politics of the USSR supposed total control over
this problem, prevention of consideration of this issue by other
countries and international organizations, manipulation of different
situations about the respective discussions.
However, the main ground of consideration of this issue was the
Soviet-Turkish relations. Russia recognized the genocide but Russian
officials confessed in backstage talks that this step was a mistake
and Moscow will not do anything further.
The Turkish politics and diplomacy has always been mysterious and
closed, including the aspect of Turkish-Russian relations but the
friends of Armenia in Moscow noted that Ankara is trying to trade this
problem with Moscow. In addition, the Turkish politicians think that
if the United States continues to play a role in this issue, only
Russia could help close the chapter of the genocide internationally.
Moscow never gave up this opportunity understanding that it is
possible to reach an agreement on this with highly dependent Armenia
integrated in a certain interstate system. Ankara understands that if
closely related to the United States and NATO, Armenia will be more
dangerous from the point of view of the carrier of the idea of
recognition of the genocide than while being dependent on Russia. This
could be a paradox, not quite fair towards Russia which recognized the
genocide but politics is understood in dynamics.
Turkey and Russia were unable to reach an agreement on a number of
issues, including concessions in the region, the South Caucasus and
the Black Sea. The Turkish-Russian relations will encounter trouble,
and in most cases, making significant concessions, Turkey did not
carry out its commitments to Russia. The classic example is the
Kurdish issue where Russia, conceding all, received nothing not only
in Anatolia but also the Caucasus.
There are not many hopes for a plot on the `Armenian issue' and other
issues but there are still hopes. Turkey and Azerbaijan have launched
a furious activity in Moscow to prevent reanimation of the `Armenian
issue' and have achieved considerable success not only with the mass
media but also different levels of the authorities. The Russian
authorities will not even dare erect a monument to the Armenian issue
without watching the reaction of the Turks.
What can Turkey and Azerbaijan hope for in this controversial
situation? The main issue is to silence the issue of the genocide by
2015. It is not little. Russia is always ready for it because there
are no Armenian organizations there. Turkey and Azerbaijan are worried
about resolutions by provinces and states, not nations because the
former are harder to control. In Russia everything is fine.
Igor Muradyan
18:08 13/04/2013
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/index.php/eng/0/comments/view/29621
The genocide of the Armenians in 1915 was a political instrument for
the Soviet Union. The politics of the USSR supposed total control over
this problem, prevention of consideration of this issue by other
countries and international organizations, manipulation of different
situations about the respective discussions.
However, the main ground of consideration of this issue was the
Soviet-Turkish relations. Russia recognized the genocide but Russian
officials confessed in backstage talks that this step was a mistake
and Moscow will not do anything further.
The Turkish politics and diplomacy has always been mysterious and
closed, including the aspect of Turkish-Russian relations but the
friends of Armenia in Moscow noted that Ankara is trying to trade this
problem with Moscow. In addition, the Turkish politicians think that
if the United States continues to play a role in this issue, only
Russia could help close the chapter of the genocide internationally.
Moscow never gave up this opportunity understanding that it is
possible to reach an agreement on this with highly dependent Armenia
integrated in a certain interstate system. Ankara understands that if
closely related to the United States and NATO, Armenia will be more
dangerous from the point of view of the carrier of the idea of
recognition of the genocide than while being dependent on Russia. This
could be a paradox, not quite fair towards Russia which recognized the
genocide but politics is understood in dynamics.
Turkey and Russia were unable to reach an agreement on a number of
issues, including concessions in the region, the South Caucasus and
the Black Sea. The Turkish-Russian relations will encounter trouble,
and in most cases, making significant concessions, Turkey did not
carry out its commitments to Russia. The classic example is the
Kurdish issue where Russia, conceding all, received nothing not only
in Anatolia but also the Caucasus.
There are not many hopes for a plot on the `Armenian issue' and other
issues but there are still hopes. Turkey and Azerbaijan have launched
a furious activity in Moscow to prevent reanimation of the `Armenian
issue' and have achieved considerable success not only with the mass
media but also different levels of the authorities. The Russian
authorities will not even dare erect a monument to the Armenian issue
without watching the reaction of the Turks.
What can Turkey and Azerbaijan hope for in this controversial
situation? The main issue is to silence the issue of the genocide by
2015. It is not little. Russia is always ready for it because there
are no Armenian organizations there. Turkey and Azerbaijan are worried
about resolutions by provinces and states, not nations because the
former are harder to control. In Russia everything is fine.
Igor Muradyan
18:08 13/04/2013
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/index.php/eng/0/comments/view/29621