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RUSSIA JILTED ARMENIA
It's been a few days Armenia cannot figure out on the basis of
what "paper" the gas price went up in Armenia and whose pocket the
"additional income" flows to. It turns out to be no agreement between
Armenia and Russia. There may be some agreement between ARG and
Gazprom but even Galust Sahakyan is unaware of its existence.
What is happening? Aram Manukyan of the ANC thinks that something
exists on paper that the authorities are reluctant to make known to
the public. It may be the agreement of the Armenian government to
give 20% of ARG to Gazprom. This was Russia's stipulation for not
raising the prices too high. And Armenia offered the shares of ARG
in return for subsidy.
When Serzh Sargsyan agreed voluntarily in early September to join
the Customs Union, the minister of energy Armen Movsisyan announced
that Russia has agreed to subsidize the gas price. However, either
he hurried or lied because Russia never pays to Armenia, it only
deceives and grabs.
Although Serzh Sargsyan says that everything is OK with documents,
it is not exactly true. Apparently, Russia has claimed a "voluntary"
clause in the agreement on giving 20% of ARG shares to Russia and
disclaimed the clause on subsidy. All Armenia will do is believe
Moscow but Moscow has jilted Armenia, as always.
On September 3 the Kremlin made promises of multi-billion rubles for
the railway, nuclear power plant and gas subsidy. However, recently
Armenia and Russia have signed an agreement on economic cooperation for
20 years which states nothing about billions, including the gas price.
Armenian high-ranking officials prefer silence on how many times
Moscow has deceived Armenia, perhaps because they only sustain the
moral damage while the Armenian people experience the material damage.
People will pay more for gas, people will suffer because Russia does
not invest anything in Armenia and hinders other investors.
Instead of looking for the guilty the Armenian opposition and civil
society must initiate boycott of the new price of gas. There is already
such experience. The City Hall could not present the documents that
prove the rise in fare so it had to repeal the decision. There are
no documents proving that the gas price has gone up, so the Armenian
consumers have no reason to pay more for gas.
Naira Hayrumyan 12:16 05/10/2013 Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/comments/view/31030
It's been a few days Armenia cannot figure out on the basis of
what "paper" the gas price went up in Armenia and whose pocket the
"additional income" flows to. It turns out to be no agreement between
Armenia and Russia. There may be some agreement between ARG and
Gazprom but even Galust Sahakyan is unaware of its existence.
What is happening? Aram Manukyan of the ANC thinks that something
exists on paper that the authorities are reluctant to make known to
the public. It may be the agreement of the Armenian government to
give 20% of ARG to Gazprom. This was Russia's stipulation for not
raising the prices too high. And Armenia offered the shares of ARG
in return for subsidy.
When Serzh Sargsyan agreed voluntarily in early September to join
the Customs Union, the minister of energy Armen Movsisyan announced
that Russia has agreed to subsidize the gas price. However, either
he hurried or lied because Russia never pays to Armenia, it only
deceives and grabs.
Although Serzh Sargsyan says that everything is OK with documents,
it is not exactly true. Apparently, Russia has claimed a "voluntary"
clause in the agreement on giving 20% of ARG shares to Russia and
disclaimed the clause on subsidy. All Armenia will do is believe
Moscow but Moscow has jilted Armenia, as always.
On September 3 the Kremlin made promises of multi-billion rubles for
the railway, nuclear power plant and gas subsidy. However, recently
Armenia and Russia have signed an agreement on economic cooperation for
20 years which states nothing about billions, including the gas price.
Armenian high-ranking officials prefer silence on how many times
Moscow has deceived Armenia, perhaps because they only sustain the
moral damage while the Armenian people experience the material damage.
People will pay more for gas, people will suffer because Russia does
not invest anything in Armenia and hinders other investors.
Instead of looking for the guilty the Armenian opposition and civil
society must initiate boycott of the new price of gas. There is already
such experience. The City Hall could not present the documents that
prove the rise in fare so it had to repeal the decision. There are
no documents proving that the gas price has gone up, so the Armenian
consumers have no reason to pay more for gas.
Naira Hayrumyan 12:16 05/10/2013 Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/comments/view/31030