One of the admirers of Russian Ambassador Pyotr Volinkin published an article, in which he proves that a “campaign” has been conducted against the ambassador by the mass media and NGOs, which are supported by the West and are the “agents of influence” thereof. According to Volinkin’s like-mind person, these agents are washing the brains of the Armenians, by presenting Russia as an enemy and the West as a paradise. The article also contains a “traditional” intimidation that without Russia we, Armenians, will stay all by ourselves before Turkey.
I do not know whether there are mental patients who think that Russia is our enemy. Perhaps there are, but most of them, I hope, are in the Salt mine. Apparently, there are also ignorant people who are convinced that the western states represent a paradise. However, today, the Internet at least enables the observant person, more or less, to conclude that there is no paradise in any corner of the world.
There are various mass media and NGOs in Armenia, some of which may or may not be like by Volinkin or me. We must not “give up” any public person on these mass media or NGOs, that, you know, since this or that one is not to our liking, please take action against them. Let them write and say what they want, and we, if necessary, will tell our opinion.
Thus, I cannot respond in the place of the mass media, moreover, the NGOs, but personally, my complaints are not of Russia, but our government policy. Does Russia today contribute to our security? Does Russia bring with it civilization, cultural, and technological standards, which are necessary to Armenia in the 21st century? Would the Customs and the Eurasian Unions help to resolve our national problems? The authorities of Armenia answer to all these questions, yes. I do not agree just with them, and not with Russia, which I still consider a friendly state. Simply not all you friends can give you what you need today.
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As to what kind of regime is now in Russia, I’m interested only in that perspective. If Putin’s established procedures are accepted by 90 percent of Russians, according to polls, God bless them. Simply, it is known that the foreign policy is the continuation of the domestic one. The regimes in the Customs or Eurasian states can only be authoritarian and corrupt. Both in domestic life and foreign relations, we are guided not by the laws written on paper (good or bad), not by the red-green lights, but, as our drivers are saying, by “understanding each other.” In Russian, they say, попонятиям (to live by the rules of the underworld).
Our enemy is just this ideation rather than this or that state.
ARAM ABRAHAMYAN
