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 Movses Shahverdyan, again with historical references, came to the conclusion that the West should not make great program with Ukraine, as there had been wrinkles in the Russian-Ukrainian relations, there had been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.
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“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
