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MOVSES SHAHVERDYAN. "YOU CANNOT INTIMIDATE RUSSIANS BY WAR."
March 10 2014
The current geopolitical processes, according to the President
of Labor Socialist Party of Armenia, Movses Shahverdyan, are the
logical continuation of the events of 300 years ago, when Peter the
Great opened a window to Europe by the Baltic Sea, and Russia tried
to enter the maelstrom of European events and to tell its word, and
met with serious resistance of Anglo-Saxons. Today, according to
our interlocutor, the United States takes the role of the latter,
with its European countries. "This conflict of interest has always
been. In the existence of the Russian Empire, it was expressed in the
Balkans and the Middle East by the then Russo-Turkish wars, but Russia
was always given counterblow by England through its European allies,"
said our interlocutor. Since the Crimea problem is on the agenda,
Movses Shahverdyan, referring to the ongoing act of war in the Crimea
in 1853-55, recalls that although the war was between Russia and
the Ottoman Empire, but the European countries intervened headed by
England, the heroic defense of Sevastopol happened, and notes, "Today,
it seems that conditions are created for the second war of Crimea.
Again, the problem of conflict of interest arises. Regardless of
what they say that the world is unipolar, today, the existence of
bipolar world is clearly outlined, on the one hand, the Russian
Federation with its supporters, on the other hand, the United States
with European countries. No one can say that the matter will reach
the World War III, or not, however, no one can deny the existence of
serious danger. Anyway, you cannot intimidate Russians by war. They
are the people and the state that feel like fish in the water during
the wartime. That is the very danger that always scared the West and
the United States. Remember the event of September 11, when only two
buildings exploded, but what kind of panic had begun in the U.S. I
do not like to make predictions, but I have no doubt that Russia will
not retreat and will solve the problem of Crimea exactly as it finds
convenient." Movses Shahverdyan, again with historical references,
came to the conclusion that the West should not make great program
with Ukraine, as there had been wrinkles in the Russian-Ukrainian
relations, there had been complex historical situations, which were
smoothed out. Now, he is convinced that the Ukrainian and Russian
relations will be normalized, since the Ukrainian people have generated
from the same Slavic roots, and there cannot be major conflicts
between them. The evidence of it, according to our interlocutor,
is also the recent polls conducted in Ukraine, according to which,
the leaders of this movement have negligible percent in presidential
elections. But under this geopolitical situation, our interlocutor is
mostly concerned about the events in Armenia, since "they will solve
their problems without our intervention," however, these developments
will directly affect Armenia, especially when in recent years our
country's "Achilles' heel" has been and remains our authorities, with
their illegitimacy and the consequences thereof. In this context,
at the request of Aravot.am, referring to the parallels drawn by
Levon Ter-Petrosyan at the March 1 rally between Gagik Tsarukyan and
Bidzina Ivanishvili, Movses Shahverdyan said, "A long time has been
elapsed since Levon Ter-Petrosyan's statement. Everyone is talking
about this matter, positive or negative evaluations are made, except
Gagik Tsarukyan. Each person takes on a role and he decides to what
extent and how he is going to implement it. However, Gagik Tsarukyan
is silent." Generally, our interlocutor finds that a new government
should be formed in Armenia as soon as possible, whose educational and
governance qualification is substantially different from the current
one, in the sense of increasing the benchmark. "This government has
neither legitimacy supply, nor the support of the people behind
it, and the outer forces know it very well, which makes both the
authorities and the state vulnerable, moreover, under the existence
of our problems. It's an unforgivable luxury for us." And, if this
issue is not resolved, according to conviction of Moses Shahverdyan,
it is not due to the lack of solution rather than the inefficiency of
those solving this issue. Shahverdyan even sees several options for
the regulation of the matter, one of which is political. However, as
Ter-Petrosyan said the "wonderful quartet", non-government forces of
the parliament do not inspire faith in our interlocutor, since it is
not clear on what problems are put forward in their agenda. According
to his assessment, the parliament is just "a place for entertainment"
for these forces. Meanwhile, proper cooperation of political forces,
according to LSPA President, can provide serious results, the
examples of which they have. Recalling Gagik Tsarukyan's statement
made at the last PAP congress that there should be a broad political
and social consolidation, Shahverdyan is concerned that still no
moves are followed, yet there are no arrangements for meetings and
consultations. The next option is to change the situation by the
government initiative. "I am just amazed at not serious statements made
by some RPA members saying about upcoming 2017-18 elections. And who
can say what the situation will be on the Earth planet at that time,
when the world situation is changing by hours?" Movses Shahverdyan
is confident that soon serious political processes will commence in
Armenia instigated by the West or Russia.
RPA members also urge not to be naive, because even the decision
to join the Customs Union will not make Russia forget about "their
genealogy." As for the CU accession process, he characterizes it
by Avetik Isahakyan's famous phrase, again we went and stood under
collapsing walls, and God forbid that these walls fell on our heads.
Movses Shahverdyan is not against the CU accession, he is against
the form how it was done, unconditioned capitulation act was signed
without gaining anything. "Armenia needs a government that will rule
as demanded by our national-state interests, which, unfortunately,
have not been formulated so far."
Nelly Grigoryan
Read more at: http://en.aravot.am/2014/03/10/164141/
March 10 2014
The current geopolitical processes, according to the President
of Labor Socialist Party of Armenia, Movses Shahverdyan, are the
logical continuation of the events of 300 years ago, when Peter the
Great opened a window to Europe by the Baltic Sea, and Russia tried
to enter the maelstrom of European events and to tell its word, and
met with serious resistance of Anglo-Saxons. Today, according to
our interlocutor, the United States takes the role of the latter,
with its European countries. "This conflict of interest has always
been. In the existence of the Russian Empire, it was expressed in the
Balkans and the Middle East by the then Russo-Turkish wars, but Russia
was always given counterblow by England through its European allies,"
said our interlocutor. Since the Crimea problem is on the agenda,
Movses Shahverdyan, referring to the ongoing act of war in the Crimea
in 1853-55, recalls that although the war was between Russia and
the Ottoman Empire, but the European countries intervened headed by
England, the heroic defense of Sevastopol happened, and notes, "Today,
it seems that conditions are created for the second war of Crimea.
Again, the problem of conflict of interest arises. Regardless of
what they say that the world is unipolar, today, the existence of
bipolar world is clearly outlined, on the one hand, the Russian
Federation with its supporters, on the other hand, the United States
with European countries. No one can say that the matter will reach
the World War III, or not, however, no one can deny the existence of
serious danger. Anyway, you cannot intimidate Russians by war. They
are the people and the state that feel like fish in the water during
the wartime. That is the very danger that always scared the West and
the United States. Remember the event of September 11, when only two
buildings exploded, but what kind of panic had begun in the U.S. I
do not like to make predictions, but I have no doubt that Russia will
not retreat and will solve the problem of Crimea exactly as it finds
convenient." Movses Shahverdyan, again with historical references,
came to the conclusion that the West should not make great program
with Ukraine, as there had been wrinkles in the Russian-Ukrainian
relations, there had been complex historical situations, which were
smoothed out. Now, he is convinced that the Ukrainian and Russian
relations will be normalized, since the Ukrainian people have generated
from the same Slavic roots, and there cannot be major conflicts
between them. The evidence of it, according to our interlocutor,
is also the recent polls conducted in Ukraine, according to which,
the leaders of this movement have negligible percent in presidential
elections. But under this geopolitical situation, our interlocutor is
mostly concerned about the events in Armenia, since "they will solve
their problems without our intervention," however, these developments
will directly affect Armenia, especially when in recent years our
country's "Achilles' heel" has been and remains our authorities, with
their illegitimacy and the consequences thereof. In this context,
at the request of Aravot.am, referring to the parallels drawn by
Levon Ter-Petrosyan at the March 1 rally between Gagik Tsarukyan and
Bidzina Ivanishvili, Movses Shahverdyan said, "A long time has been
elapsed since Levon Ter-Petrosyan's statement. Everyone is talking
about this matter, positive or negative evaluations are made, except
Gagik Tsarukyan. Each person takes on a role and he decides to what
extent and how he is going to implement it. However, Gagik Tsarukyan
is silent." Generally, our interlocutor finds that a new government
should be formed in Armenia as soon as possible, whose educational and
governance qualification is substantially different from the current
one, in the sense of increasing the benchmark. "This government has
neither legitimacy supply, nor the support of the people behind
it, and the outer forces know it very well, which makes both the
authorities and the state vulnerable, moreover, under the existence
of our problems. It's an unforgivable luxury for us." And, if this
issue is not resolved, according to conviction of Moses Shahverdyan,
it is not due to the lack of solution rather than the inefficiency of
those solving this issue. Shahverdyan even sees several options for
the regulation of the matter, one of which is political. However, as
Ter-Petrosyan said the "wonderful quartet", non-government forces of
the parliament do not inspire faith in our interlocutor, since it is
not clear on what problems are put forward in their agenda. According
to his assessment, the parliament is just "a place for entertainment"
for these forces. Meanwhile, proper cooperation of political forces,
according to LSPA President, can provide serious results, the
examples of which they have. Recalling Gagik Tsarukyan's statement
made at the last PAP congress that there should be a broad political
and social consolidation, Shahverdyan is concerned that still no
moves are followed, yet there are no arrangements for meetings and
consultations. The next option is to change the situation by the
government initiative. "I am just amazed at not serious statements made
by some RPA members saying about upcoming 2017-18 elections. And who
can say what the situation will be on the Earth planet at that time,
when the world situation is changing by hours?" Movses Shahverdyan
is confident that soon serious political processes will commence in
Armenia instigated by the West or Russia.
RPA members also urge not to be naive, because even the decision
to join the Customs Union will not make Russia forget about "their
genealogy." As for the CU accession process, he characterizes it
by Avetik Isahakyan's famous phrase, again we went and stood under
collapsing walls, and God forbid that these walls fell on our heads.
Movses Shahverdyan is not against the CU accession, he is against
the form how it was done, unconditioned capitulation act was signed
without gaining anything. "Armenia needs a government that will rule
as demanded by our national-state interests, which, unfortunately,
have not been formulated so far."
Nelly Grigoryan
Read more at: http://en.aravot.am/2014/03/10/164141/