Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, speaking at the UN 69th General Assembly, proposed to adopt a declaration on non-recognition of the coup d’état. The idea is good, but it require a clear definition of what is meant by “coup d’état”. To obtain or maintain a power without elections? Well, then, almost in all post-Soviet countries, and particularly in Armenia, coups d’états occur already in the course of 20 years. Russia recognizes these coups unreservedly, the West slightly reproaches the coup perpetrators (“fair but not free”, “free but not fair”), but, ultimately, they do not represent a serious objections against these coups.
Maybe it is a coup the way with which Boris Yeltsin, in the last day of 1999, transferred the government to Putin, please, dear Russians, enjoy. They enjoyed it for 14 years, and perhaps, this “enjoyment” would last so long too. My perception is that coups d’état is when the country’s prime minister and force ministers submit “a request for resignation” to the president of the country, and the latter meets the request.
But by saying “coup”, Sergey Lavrov was referring to the one-year events in Ukraine, when as a result of long-lasting fight in the streets, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych escaped from the country, which stemmed from the interests of Russia, by ceding his place to the figures who are not in the benefit of Russia, who, it should be noted for the sake of justice, are not notable with their great political skills and commitments. It is, of course, also a coup, but to recognize all the other coups but not this one, to put it mildly, is not so consistent.
Recently, the advocators of Russia’s official position quite often speak about the matters that the United States is also preparing a type of “Maidan” coup in Armenia. Frankly speaking, I do not understand what grounds they have for claiming such a thing. Those who are willing to change Armenia’s pro-Russian stance are individuals and are unable to carry out a coup. And those who are organizing rallies are fighting not against the policy adopted by current government, but only for the redistribution of property. And theoretically, it is possible that this fight be ended successfully.
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ARAM ABRAHAMYAN
