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    Nail of Blackmail: Serzh Sargsyan Preferred Victimizing Armenia
    Instead of Himself

    Interview with Arthur Sakunts, head of Helsinki Citizens' Assembly
    Vanadzor Office

    Armenia's membership to the Customs Union is on the agenda today. What
    should the civil society be doing?

    Today a challenge to independence is on our agenda. Serzh Sargsyan's
    challenge of joining the Customs Union eventually puts forth political
    demands. Now a goal is set which has a political importance and will
    impart our disobedience with a political nature.

    What implications does membership to the Customs Union have for the
    development of Armenia?

    I will tell you something interesting. Let's try to figure it out. It
    is nevertheless clear what the CU is, judging by the quality of the
    current government and governance of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan.
    In the case of Armenia, considering the closed borders, the only
    visible model is isolation. This is a situation similar to North Korea
    where the regime feeds people on ideas on international imperialism
    and enemies. The Armenian government will lead the country to
    isolation, while isolation results in stagnation. As soon as
    membership to the Customs Union is established, we will end up so very
    soon. And in this case, while we were moving towards the solution of
    problems with difficulty but at least there was a vector of
    opportunities to resolve problems, now these opportunities disappear.
    Moreover, regress replaces opportunities, and these problems become
    deciding.

    Will Europe change the format of cooperation?

    Certainly Europe cannot be indifferent in any case, it is not
    indifferent to Belarus, Kazakhstan. Unlike Belarus, however, which is
    integrated with Russia, Armenia will also be called a member but it
    will be an isolated territory rather than an integrated territory.
    Without resolving our problems we will become Russia's lever in the
    hands of the so-called Customs Union in its relationship with the EU.
    The European countries will keep us in focus, under monitoring by way
    of reports on the state of human rights. Certainly, without
    opportunities for development there will be no development programs,
    which means the minimum level of relations not to allow Armenia to be
    used as a threat relating to Armenian-Turkish and Armenian-Azerbaijani
    relations.

    The rule in Europe is to help those who want to help themselves. And
    if we do not want to help, Europe cannot withdraw us from this
    situation dragging by the hair. This is not the way in politics. It
    works with you patiently until you understand how you can resolve the
    problems and it cannot fish for you all the time. In fact, Serzh
    Sargsyan chose to have someone else to fish for him. And Putin said I
    will fish for you. This is misery. Now Europe is in a difficult
    situation because the expectations that were formed in at least seven
    years were different.

    This situation proves that the decision was subjective and stemmed
    from individual interests. This means that a person is so detached
    from the reality in Armenia that he made a decision that stems from
    his own personal interest. It is nonsense to refer to the Karabakh
    issue to explain membership to the Customs Union as a guarantee of
    security. How can one be a guarantee of our security if one speaks the
    language of threat? Serzh Sargsyan saved himself because Putin and the
    Armenian elite in the face of Serzh Sargsyan and Robert Kocharyan are
    accomplices to the crime of March 1. In other words, the nail of the
    blackmail which they cannot speak about openly was their link to the
    crime and if this crime is revealed, Serzh Sargsyan and Robert
    Kocharyan should be the first to be convicted for committing a state
    crime. Serzh Sargsyan preferred to victimize the country instead of
    him. Now is a critical moment. Common sense is that the issue is
    serious, and Europe acknowledges its mistake because it should have
    made an adequate evaluation on 1 March 2008. Europe's softness
    resulted in such a situation because if a crime is not evaluated in
    principle, the criminals get away with impunity and they are ready to
    repeat the crime, which Serzh Sargsyan did during his meeting with
    Putin. If Serzh Sargsyan thinks that he keeps fire under control by
    kindling it, he is badly mistaken. This is very much similar to the
    last years of the Soviet Union.

    The government does not enjoy confidence, and Serzh Sargsyan is making
    a mistake after another because he is anxious, he has run out of
    opportunities and resources to cover up the crime. Meanwhile, Europe
    may have a huge influence on revealing the crime. Problems have
    occurred and there are opportunities for their solution, and one needs
    a real battle of Sardarapat, not a Sardarapat Initiative or a
    pre-parliament.

    14:09 11/09/2013
    Story from Lragir.am News:
    http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/interview/view/30864

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