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WILL ARMENIA GRANT ASYLUM TO YANUKOVYCH?
Haikazn Ghahriyan, Editor-in-Chief
Politics - Monday, 24 February 2014, 12:45
President of Ukraine Victor Yanukovych is a fugitive. He has lost
power, his regime has collapsed, his party and parliamentary group
have left him. The best way out for him would be resignation with
certain guarantees.
Yanukovych is responsible for the bloodshed and violence in Ukraine.
Besides, he is one of the richest people of Ukraine, and the disclosed
"shaded bookkeeping" allows to judge about his wealth.
However, Moscow has apparently decided to "squeeze" Yanukovych. He
is not permitted to resign, and one of the proofs is that he is
not allowed to leave Ukraine. Currently he is rambling in the
Russian-speaking regions in the east of the country.
Moscow does not let him resign because it has apparently decided to
stake it all, including a military intervention. In case the issue
of dividing Ukraine and drawing new borders occurs. In that case,
the only way out for Russia will be a military intervention which
requires a "legitimate invitation" from Ukraine.
Currently Rada, the government, the other bodies of the central
government are outside Moscow's control, and the only one who can send
a "legitimate invitation" to Moscow is Yanukovych. Then Yanukovych
will be thrown to the wolves. Moscow has already relayed through
Medvedev and Zhirinovsky that he is a "doormat".
One may have compassion for Yanukovych, of course. He is cornered
by both the West and Russia, he has no public support. On the other
hand, all the corrupt leaders who place their own interests above
the national interests end up in such a vulnerable situation, and
the situation of Yanukovych is the price he had to pay one day.
Do the political leadership of Armenia, the ruling and "alternative"
forces understand this prospect and are they aware that they also are
to blame for Yanukovych's destiny? The point is that the outrageous act
of September 3 marked by the solidarity of the ruling and non-ruling
systems of Armenia harmed Ukraine where the bloodshed and violence
took place.
It is interesting whether the ruling and non-governmental or
alternative forces will host Yanukovych and grant him political
asylum. All the more so they have warm relations with him and, besides,
they harmed him by their decision of September 3. It is not nice to
leave friends in need.
If Moscow allows, of course.
- See more at:
http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/politics/view/31969#sthash.tqvlfILx.dpuf
Haikazn Ghahriyan, Editor-in-Chief
Politics - Monday, 24 February 2014, 12:45
President of Ukraine Victor Yanukovych is a fugitive. He has lost
power, his regime has collapsed, his party and parliamentary group
have left him. The best way out for him would be resignation with
certain guarantees.
Yanukovych is responsible for the bloodshed and violence in Ukraine.
Besides, he is one of the richest people of Ukraine, and the disclosed
"shaded bookkeeping" allows to judge about his wealth.
However, Moscow has apparently decided to "squeeze" Yanukovych. He
is not permitted to resign, and one of the proofs is that he is
not allowed to leave Ukraine. Currently he is rambling in the
Russian-speaking regions in the east of the country.
Moscow does not let him resign because it has apparently decided to
stake it all, including a military intervention. In case the issue
of dividing Ukraine and drawing new borders occurs. In that case,
the only way out for Russia will be a military intervention which
requires a "legitimate invitation" from Ukraine.
Currently Rada, the government, the other bodies of the central
government are outside Moscow's control, and the only one who can send
a "legitimate invitation" to Moscow is Yanukovych. Then Yanukovych
will be thrown to the wolves. Moscow has already relayed through
Medvedev and Zhirinovsky that he is a "doormat".
One may have compassion for Yanukovych, of course. He is cornered
by both the West and Russia, he has no public support. On the other
hand, all the corrupt leaders who place their own interests above
the national interests end up in such a vulnerable situation, and
the situation of Yanukovych is the price he had to pay one day.
Do the political leadership of Armenia, the ruling and "alternative"
forces understand this prospect and are they aware that they also are
to blame for Yanukovych's destiny? The point is that the outrageous act
of September 3 marked by the solidarity of the ruling and non-ruling
systems of Armenia harmed Ukraine where the bloodshed and violence
took place.
It is interesting whether the ruling and non-governmental or
alternative forces will host Yanukovych and grant him political
asylum. All the more so they have warm relations with him and, besides,
they harmed him by their decision of September 3. It is not nice to
leave friends in need.
If Moscow allows, of course.
- See more at:
http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/politics/view/31969#sthash.tqvlfILx.dpuf