“Russian agents have already given some things to Russia, not to say for consolation, but we have a lot to stay calm, because not much time has elapsed since the times when not only a few number of major companies were in the hand of Russia, but Armenia as a whole. We managed to overcome it. This is a mere nothing. We just need to substitute some 25 people of the government with 25 people participating in this campaign. All of this will be duly resolved just in a few months”, said the leader of NSDU party Paruyr Hayrikyan in the conversation with Aravot.am during the launching of noputinizm campaign, in response to the question about whether it will be able to fight against Russia in the event when we have handed over Armenia’s strategic objectives to Russia. Today, the participants of the campaign declared the Russian Ambassador to Armenia, Ivan Volinkin, persona non grata. In this regard Mr. Hayrikyan said, “He is not someone worthy of special attention, he is just one of the representatives of putinism. Most importantly, Russian democrats are organizing rallies in Russia, and a great mass of the Russian people already understand that what Putin is doing is a crime.” With regard to the purpose of against the Kremlin anti-human and occupant policy and the campaign of Armenia’s annexation to the Customs Union, to our question that some analysts are of the opinion that the Crimean option is possible in Karabakh in the result of not joining the CU or going against Putin, Mr. Hayrikyan said, “They were saying still in the Soviet times that should they want independence, they would be destroyed.”
Nelly BABAYAN
