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WHAT PUTIN OFFERS TO ARMENIA
The Russian president Putin has announced that 214 billion rubles spent
on Sochi Winter Games is not his personal ambitions but an intention
to boost up morale in the Russian people. He announced that people
have been pessimistic since Perestroika and the Caucasian wars and
the Olympics will help cheer them up.
Decades have passed since Perestroika and the Caucasian wars, and
Putin has been the head of Russia over that period, both directly
or indirectly. And pessimism was caused during the years of his
government, not Perestroika or wars. In fact, Putin confesses that.
However, all remedy he offers is circus, not real solutions. In
addition, he follows the rules of the times of the Cold War.
Russians are pessimistic despite Putin's efforts to increase Russia's
international reputation and to build the Eurasian empire. Perhaps
because Putin does not offer anything new for building the empire,
using the method "circus instead of bread".
All the empires were based on innovations offered by the metropolis.
Rome, for example, offered civil law and a new structure of army.
Byzantium offered freedom of religion and creativity, Great Britain
offered technical advancement and globalization of capital. Even in
this way did the metropolises find it hard to enslave local peoples,
and they had to use force but innovations allowed concentrating
passive energy and moving forward.
Putin does not offer anything new to its own people and those with
whom he is trying to form the Eurasian empire. So far the "common
enemy" and "victory is important of all" were offered as a uniting
idea. These ideas, however, cannot bolster the Russians.
The Russians were upset on the day when Medvedev announced that they
had agreed with Putin on their rotation beforehand. It was the last
nail planted in the coffin of the Russian "sovereign democracy". And
the Russians will not get over their pessimism unless Putin returns
the "right to rotation" to people.
Attempts at introduction of "positive expectations" are made in
Armenia as well. Serzh Sargsyan and Tigran Sargsyan speak about it
who criticize people for "pessimism". However, there are "positive
expectations" and they were expressed during the previous elections
when one third of the population of the country voted for the
opposition candidate with hope and expectations. There were "positive
expectations" when Serzh Sargsyan announced at the CSTO summit that
Russia must not supply arms to Azerbaijan. There were such expectations
when the government suspended some arrangements under civil pressure.
However, the government with its decisions is killing those
expectations, like Putin kills the optimism of Russian people with
his ambitions.
Naira Hayrumyan,Political Commentator 14:25 27/01/2014 Story from
Lragir.am News: http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/comments/view/31805
The Russian president Putin has announced that 214 billion rubles spent
on Sochi Winter Games is not his personal ambitions but an intention
to boost up morale in the Russian people. He announced that people
have been pessimistic since Perestroika and the Caucasian wars and
the Olympics will help cheer them up.
Decades have passed since Perestroika and the Caucasian wars, and
Putin has been the head of Russia over that period, both directly
or indirectly. And pessimism was caused during the years of his
government, not Perestroika or wars. In fact, Putin confesses that.
However, all remedy he offers is circus, not real solutions. In
addition, he follows the rules of the times of the Cold War.
Russians are pessimistic despite Putin's efforts to increase Russia's
international reputation and to build the Eurasian empire. Perhaps
because Putin does not offer anything new for building the empire,
using the method "circus instead of bread".
All the empires were based on innovations offered by the metropolis.
Rome, for example, offered civil law and a new structure of army.
Byzantium offered freedom of religion and creativity, Great Britain
offered technical advancement and globalization of capital. Even in
this way did the metropolises find it hard to enslave local peoples,
and they had to use force but innovations allowed concentrating
passive energy and moving forward.
Putin does not offer anything new to its own people and those with
whom he is trying to form the Eurasian empire. So far the "common
enemy" and "victory is important of all" were offered as a uniting
idea. These ideas, however, cannot bolster the Russians.
The Russians were upset on the day when Medvedev announced that they
had agreed with Putin on their rotation beforehand. It was the last
nail planted in the coffin of the Russian "sovereign democracy". And
the Russians will not get over their pessimism unless Putin returns
the "right to rotation" to people.
Attempts at introduction of "positive expectations" are made in
Armenia as well. Serzh Sargsyan and Tigran Sargsyan speak about it
who criticize people for "pessimism". However, there are "positive
expectations" and they were expressed during the previous elections
when one third of the population of the country voted for the
opposition candidate with hope and expectations. There were "positive
expectations" when Serzh Sargsyan announced at the CSTO summit that
Russia must not supply arms to Azerbaijan. There were such expectations
when the government suspended some arrangements under civil pressure.
However, the government with its decisions is killing those
expectations, like Putin kills the optimism of Russian people with
his ambitions.
Naira Hayrumyan,Political Commentator 14:25 27/01/2014 Story from
Lragir.am News: http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/comments/view/31805