Politician Sergey Kurghinyan either is outraged by something at this moment or some instances from Russia instructed him to be indignant. Otherwise, two months later after his “historic” trip to Yerevan why he would refer to it and come up with harsh judgments. The meaning is as follows: I had gone to Armenia and told right thing, in response to my wise thoughts, I heard ‘roars’ and ‘bacchanalia’ (although different opinions were expressed, both positive and negative), and it turned out that the national bourgeoisie and anti-popular power is bad, because, according to Mr. Kurghinyan, many of them want Armenia to be an independent state, while 80 percent of people dream of the restoration of the Soviet Union, without which Armenia will be destructed. But our intellectuals, in the opinion of the politician, is so scared that it is not fighting for the Eurasian (or “neo-soviet”) Union.
It is not important whether the Russians are so worried about the EU association agreement or maybe Mr. Kurghinyan suddenly with two months delay decided to become angry with Armenians. The most important thing is the essence of the politician’s allegations. I doubt that 80 percent of Armenians believe that we do not need independence (who has done this kind of sociological research), but I am sure that the majority of people over 50 years have some nostalgic illusions that during the period of the ‘new Soviet Union’ the plants will be opened, the price for gas was go down, the minimum wage will be enough to go every year to Pitsunda for vacation. But this is the only allegation of the politician that is somehow connected with the reality.
As for the remaining issues, the politician is mistaken, and it might be due to our not in depth awareness of reality in Armenia. First, the “national bourgeoisie” (if any) and the government do not absolutely worry whether we are an independent country, or in the composition of any state. They are, so to speak, the owners of their belly and wallet. And for the intellectuals, it is much easier to speak against the independence than pro. For the second case, it requires some courage, because whenever you say that it is good to have an independent state, at the same time, from different sides you will hear: “Hey brother, what independence are you talking about, this nation needs a Russian king, only this way the country will become a country.”
As for the threat to destruction, yes, Armenia may disappear as a state. There is really a risk. But it has nothing to do with geopolitical choice.
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ARAM ABRAHAMYAN
