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International Corruption Through Russian Pipes
Hakob Badalyan, Political Commentator
Comments - 08 November 2014, 16:22
The minister of energy has evaluated the financial and economic state
of his sector as bad. If the minister says the state of the sector is
bad, one can only imagine how bad it is. In addition, bad is the state
of a sector the line minister of which was the longest-serving
minister during the history of the Republic of Armenia. Armen
Movsisyan who left at the time of the April reshuffle was minister for
about a decade and a half.
Now it has become known that the financial and economic situation in
this sphere is bad. And who ever cared about it during the years when
the sector was headed by Armen Movsisyan? How could the minister who
has led the energy sector into a financial and economic crisis be the
most long-served minister?
On the other hand, the position of a minister of energy was created
for the sake of the signature that were needed under the documents on
transfer of most facilities of the sector to Russia, including the 2
December 2014 gas deal with Gazprom. All the other decisions are made
by Russia, or rather the Russian companies which handle the strategic
sector of Armenia.
Of course, Armen Movsisyan alone would not be able to carry out this
mission unless Robert Kocharyan, then Serzh Sargsyan approved it.
Robert Kocharyan and Serzh Sargsyan are responsible for the current
state of the energy sector for which Robert Nazaryan's Public Services
Regulatory Commission forced the citizens to pay. Robert Kocharyan and
Serzh Sargsyan who made the political decision for Armen Movsisyan to
transfer this strategic sector to Russia step by step.
In fact, there is international corruption in Armenia's energy sector
because only in this case could the sector face financial and economic
crisis for which eventually the ordinary consumers of Armenia have to
pay as electricity prices soar, not the Armenian and Russian companies
and state regulators who are responsible for the gap in the sector.
Since the energy sector is one of the strategic poles of Armenia,
international corruption in the sector is, in fact, one of the
important pillars of systemic corruption in Armenia without which the
Armenian systemic corruption will face complications in general with
its international, or rather Russian feeding pipes.
Besides, this is one of the reasons why a systemic offensive was
launched on Armenia against selling the Cascade of Vorotan to the
American Contour Global. The point is that this deal, involvement of
American capital and operator in this sector may disrupt the
corruption chain because irrespective of the technological type, water
power plant, thermal power plant or nuclear power plant, the energy
sector is a whole which is integrated. Hence, the presence of alien
capital, especially from an environment where corruption is not a
normal way, may slow down the systemic corruption mechanism.
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Hakob Badalyan, Political Commentator
Comments - 08 November 2014, 16:22
The minister of energy has evaluated the financial and economic state
of his sector as bad. If the minister says the state of the sector is
bad, one can only imagine how bad it is. In addition, bad is the state
of a sector the line minister of which was the longest-serving
minister during the history of the Republic of Armenia. Armen
Movsisyan who left at the time of the April reshuffle was minister for
about a decade and a half.
Now it has become known that the financial and economic situation in
this sphere is bad. And who ever cared about it during the years when
the sector was headed by Armen Movsisyan? How could the minister who
has led the energy sector into a financial and economic crisis be the
most long-served minister?
On the other hand, the position of a minister of energy was created
for the sake of the signature that were needed under the documents on
transfer of most facilities of the sector to Russia, including the 2
December 2014 gas deal with Gazprom. All the other decisions are made
by Russia, or rather the Russian companies which handle the strategic
sector of Armenia.
Of course, Armen Movsisyan alone would not be able to carry out this
mission unless Robert Kocharyan, then Serzh Sargsyan approved it.
Robert Kocharyan and Serzh Sargsyan are responsible for the current
state of the energy sector for which Robert Nazaryan's Public Services
Regulatory Commission forced the citizens to pay. Robert Kocharyan and
Serzh Sargsyan who made the political decision for Armen Movsisyan to
transfer this strategic sector to Russia step by step.
In fact, there is international corruption in Armenia's energy sector
because only in this case could the sector face financial and economic
crisis for which eventually the ordinary consumers of Armenia have to
pay as electricity prices soar, not the Armenian and Russian companies
and state regulators who are responsible for the gap in the sector.
Since the energy sector is one of the strategic poles of Armenia,
international corruption in the sector is, in fact, one of the
important pillars of systemic corruption in Armenia without which the
Armenian systemic corruption will face complications in general with
its international, or rather Russian feeding pipes.
Besides, this is one of the reasons why a systemic offensive was
launched on Armenia against selling the Cascade of Vorotan to the
American Contour Global. The point is that this deal, involvement of
American capital and operator in this sector may disrupt the
corruption chain because irrespective of the technological type, water
power plant, thermal power plant or nuclear power plant, the energy
sector is a whole which is integrated. Hence, the presence of alien
capital, especially from an environment where corruption is not a
normal way, may slow down the systemic corruption mechanism.
http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/comments/view/33188#sthash.WFTyTGl0.dpuf