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A NEW SUDDEN PROBLEM IN ARMENIA FOR RUSSIA
Naira Hayrumyan, Political Commentator
Comments - 31 October 2014, 21:03
Yerevan's complaints about Russia's attempts to take over Armenia
fully are growing into "tacit resistance" and disgust, which is
already expressed at the political level.
Over the past few months a lot of Russian emissaries, officials and
experts have met a tough welcome in different Armenian institutions.
One can list several incidents that happened at the parliament which
is a more public institution.
The first victim of this "resistance" was Sergey Kurghinyan who said
that Armenia does not need independence. Kurghinyan was publicly
executed by the parliamentary, expert and media circles.
Next was Dmitri Kiselyov who tried to declare Russia the second
official language of Armenia. There were calls to declare Kiselyov
persona non grata in Armenia, and the deputy speaker responded toughly.
Everything began with Zori Balayan's letter. Afterwards, it was a
shame to speak about a pro-Russian orientation, and the supporters of
the Eurasian Integration even mentioned the threat of "ukrainization".
Though almost all the political forces have supported the Eurasian
line of the government, the moods in Armenia can hardly be called
pro-Russian.
Kiselyov was followed by Shvidkoy, then Andranik Mihranyan and
Nikolay Rizhkov. They were all nervous in Yerevan and were saying that
Armenia does not welcome Russian initiatives. Rizhkov even had to call
Armenian counterparts and warned them - "don't isolate yourselves,
it's not the right time".
Apparently, the "tacit resistance" of Armenia is becoming an issue
for Moscow. They understand here that it is maturing and is waiting
to burst. Now they are sending emissaries to feel the pulse, try to
figure out how low the Armenians can be bent and stand humiliation
when they are already reaching the sacred things for Armenians.
The Russian experts are complaining in the Azerbaijani press that the
Armenian government refuses to make concessions about the BCP between
Armenia and Karabakh. Armenia has also clearly expressed its opinion
on the language, announcing that it is not going to declare Russian
as a second state language.
Russia, however, always has a plan B for such ultimate cases as
"high-level" visits. The issues of extending the term of deployment of
Russian forces in Armenia and issues of handing Armenia's security to
Russia were resolved by the visit of Dmitri Medvedev. And on December
2 Vladimir Putin came to Armenia to sign the notorious agreements.
In this respect, it is interesting that Medvedev's visit planned in
September of this year was cancelled.
http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/comments/view/33158#sthash.OAg0vjiL.dpuf
From: A. Papazian
Naira Hayrumyan, Political Commentator
Comments - 31 October 2014, 21:03
Yerevan's complaints about Russia's attempts to take over Armenia
fully are growing into "tacit resistance" and disgust, which is
already expressed at the political level.
Over the past few months a lot of Russian emissaries, officials and
experts have met a tough welcome in different Armenian institutions.
One can list several incidents that happened at the parliament which
is a more public institution.
The first victim of this "resistance" was Sergey Kurghinyan who said
that Armenia does not need independence. Kurghinyan was publicly
executed by the parliamentary, expert and media circles.
Next was Dmitri Kiselyov who tried to declare Russia the second
official language of Armenia. There were calls to declare Kiselyov
persona non grata in Armenia, and the deputy speaker responded toughly.
Everything began with Zori Balayan's letter. Afterwards, it was a
shame to speak about a pro-Russian orientation, and the supporters of
the Eurasian Integration even mentioned the threat of "ukrainization".
Though almost all the political forces have supported the Eurasian
line of the government, the moods in Armenia can hardly be called
pro-Russian.
Kiselyov was followed by Shvidkoy, then Andranik Mihranyan and
Nikolay Rizhkov. They were all nervous in Yerevan and were saying that
Armenia does not welcome Russian initiatives. Rizhkov even had to call
Armenian counterparts and warned them - "don't isolate yourselves,
it's not the right time".
Apparently, the "tacit resistance" of Armenia is becoming an issue
for Moscow. They understand here that it is maturing and is waiting
to burst. Now they are sending emissaries to feel the pulse, try to
figure out how low the Armenians can be bent and stand humiliation
when they are already reaching the sacred things for Armenians.
The Russian experts are complaining in the Azerbaijani press that the
Armenian government refuses to make concessions about the BCP between
Armenia and Karabakh. Armenia has also clearly expressed its opinion
on the language, announcing that it is not going to declare Russian
as a second state language.
Russia, however, always has a plan B for such ultimate cases as
"high-level" visits. The issues of extending the term of deployment of
Russian forces in Armenia and issues of handing Armenia's security to
Russia were resolved by the visit of Dmitri Medvedev. And on December
2 Vladimir Putin came to Armenia to sign the notorious agreements.
In this respect, it is interesting that Medvedev's visit planned in
September of this year was cancelled.
http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/comments/view/33158#sthash.OAg0vjiL.dpuf
From: A. Papazian