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PREFERENCE OF EMPTYING ARMENIA HAS BEEN APPROVED
Hakob Badalyan, Political Commentator
Comments - Thursday, 27 February 2014, 14:29
Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan announced in parliament that during
his meeting with Medvedev in Sochi an important agreement was reached
on the citizens of Armenia who migrate to Russia for employment.
According to Tigran Sargsyan, Armenia and Russia will sign agreements
defining preferences for migrant workers of Armenia as Russia restricts
regulations for migrant workers.
The Armenian government immediately set to resolve this problem.
Secretary of the National Security Council Arthur Baghdasaryan wrote a
letter to his Russian counterpart requesting preferences for Armenian
citizens.
Armenian migrant workers are the hostage of the Armenian-Russian
relations. The independence of Armenia is the hostage of these
citizens. The point is that every time Russia blackmails Armenia with
complications for migrant workers, and the migrant workers and their
families are loyal to the current level of Armenian-Russian relations,
finding them satisfactory as long as it does not hinder them to find
a job in Russia to earn a living and support their families in Armenia
or take their families to Russia and live there.
Hence, a peculiar two-step system has been formed which plays a
significant role in terms of Russian influence on Armenia thanks to
which Armenia is the only post-Soviet state where Russia does not
encounter hindrances in promoting its imperial plans.
It is not known yet why Russia agreed to make an exception for the
citizens of Armenia. It is clear that Russia would not do it for free.
If Russia did not need anything, Moscow would make the exceptions
without having the Armenian government ask first.
Perhaps soon it will be found out what this preference cost Armenia.
There is no doubt, though, that it will mean that more families
will leave Armenia. The point is that so far due to concessions of
the Armenian government to Russia the oligarchic system, corruption,
social polarization have been strengthened in Armenia. It is symbolic
that the deeper the Russian-Armenian relations, the higher the rate
of migration.
Many people think that the reason is not these relations but the
nature of the Armenian government. Who encourages such nature?
Criminalists say one should look for the one who benefits from the
crime. So, who benefits from a government weakened by crime against
its own people? The answer is the one who benefits the most from
the existence of that government economically and politically. The
Russian government benefits more than any other subject which has
intensively set to restore the empire.
Armenia interests Russia as a territory, a shooting ground, as well
as an area of geopolitical trading. The population living in this
territory is needed as support staff so very little population is
needed there. The others are supposed to join the Russian labor market,
helping resolve the grave demographic issues.
The Armenian government does not have the required potential, as well
as inherent qualities to resist. They agree to export Armenian labor
to Russia. One thinks that they must worry about losing consumers
but they do not need to because Russia has generously exempted them
of customs duties in the Russian market.
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From: A. Papazian
Hakob Badalyan, Political Commentator
Comments - Thursday, 27 February 2014, 14:29
Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan announced in parliament that during
his meeting with Medvedev in Sochi an important agreement was reached
on the citizens of Armenia who migrate to Russia for employment.
According to Tigran Sargsyan, Armenia and Russia will sign agreements
defining preferences for migrant workers of Armenia as Russia restricts
regulations for migrant workers.
The Armenian government immediately set to resolve this problem.
Secretary of the National Security Council Arthur Baghdasaryan wrote a
letter to his Russian counterpart requesting preferences for Armenian
citizens.
Armenian migrant workers are the hostage of the Armenian-Russian
relations. The independence of Armenia is the hostage of these
citizens. The point is that every time Russia blackmails Armenia with
complications for migrant workers, and the migrant workers and their
families are loyal to the current level of Armenian-Russian relations,
finding them satisfactory as long as it does not hinder them to find
a job in Russia to earn a living and support their families in Armenia
or take their families to Russia and live there.
Hence, a peculiar two-step system has been formed which plays a
significant role in terms of Russian influence on Armenia thanks to
which Armenia is the only post-Soviet state where Russia does not
encounter hindrances in promoting its imperial plans.
It is not known yet why Russia agreed to make an exception for the
citizens of Armenia. It is clear that Russia would not do it for free.
If Russia did not need anything, Moscow would make the exceptions
without having the Armenian government ask first.
Perhaps soon it will be found out what this preference cost Armenia.
There is no doubt, though, that it will mean that more families
will leave Armenia. The point is that so far due to concessions of
the Armenian government to Russia the oligarchic system, corruption,
social polarization have been strengthened in Armenia. It is symbolic
that the deeper the Russian-Armenian relations, the higher the rate
of migration.
Many people think that the reason is not these relations but the
nature of the Armenian government. Who encourages such nature?
Criminalists say one should look for the one who benefits from the
crime. So, who benefits from a government weakened by crime against
its own people? The answer is the one who benefits the most from
the existence of that government economically and politically. The
Russian government benefits more than any other subject which has
intensively set to restore the empire.
Armenia interests Russia as a territory, a shooting ground, as well
as an area of geopolitical trading. The population living in this
territory is needed as support staff so very little population is
needed there. The others are supposed to join the Russian labor market,
helping resolve the grave demographic issues.
The Armenian government does not have the required potential, as well
as inherent qualities to resist. They agree to export Armenian labor
to Russia. One thinks that they must worry about losing consumers
but they do not need to because Russia has generously exempted them
of customs duties in the Russian market.
- See more at:
http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/comments/view/31993#sthash.LWD5oITu.dpuf
From: A. Papazian