At the joint press conference with the President of the Republic of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan, the statements of Vladimir Putin were not so interesting with regard to Armenia. To the point, I do not agree that the RF President’s behavior was humiliating or contemptuous, some of our opponents, here, accept the reality as they want. The entire “custom” situation, yes, is unpleasant and dangerous, but Putin’s (so as Serzh Sargsyan’s) behavior during the visit fits into the diplomatic etiquette; there is no need to invent things that allegedly are conveying additional drama to the situation.
If I were present at the conference and I had the opportunity to ask a question, I would have asked, “Is it true that there will be a single ruble zone in the Customs Union, as it is claimed by our Prime Minister?” Naturally, like all political figures, the RF President would not definitely give a positive or negative answer. However, it would be clear from the intonation of the answer whether there is such a thing in his mind, or not. I am also wondering whether there would be a certain ideology in the Eurasian Union initiated by Putin, to which we are all obliged to obey. It is clear that Putin would give even more indefinite answer to this question, though his Armenian adepts claim that it would happen like that.
However, of course, it is better to be guided by what the Russian President said rather than by the hypothetical answers that Putin might give to my concerned questions. To this respect, the last response of our guest related to Ukraine was the most interesting. According to the RF President, a/ the events taking place in Kiev have nothing to do with European integration; these are the scenarios that were prepared for the presidential elections scheduled for next spring, but, due to whatever circumstances, they were introduced earlier, b/ among others, specially trained gunmen were participating in the demonstrations in Ukraine.
I have no doubt that the RF President has comprehensive information about what is happening in Ukraine through his former department. And if the protest of citizens in Ukraine is truly organized, so to speak, to implement “the second orange revolution”, then it might make sense to treat Viktor Yanukovich milder, whom they wanted to dismiss through this plot. Maybe they shouldn’t exert so hard pressure on Ukraine’s President regarding the EU Association Agreement.
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Otherwise, on one side, they are playing with the reputation of the man, on the other hand, they want him to resist various plots.
ARAM ABRAHAMYAN
