“I see promising things in the policy of the current authorities. One of the reasons for their stability was Moscow’s passivity, so what this guy is doing does not hurt us, at least. But now, for example, if Pashinyan himself always says that Russia is our friend and we have wonderful relations with Putin, today the whole field is buried in anti-Russian statements. And what is the main idea? What happened to Armenia during the war and post-war periods is a Russian-Turkish conspiracy against Armenians.
Moscow cannot ignore it. In fact, Russia is not considered a good neighbor, an ally, but all pro-government bloggers and websites put Russia and Turkey on the same level. This is first a conspiracy against Armenia. If the reports that exist now are true, we should wait for Moscow’s reaction,” said Andranik Mihranyan, a Russian political scientist, at the Hayeli press club, speaking about the situation in our country.
He pointed out Erdogan’s words that Pashinyan asked to meet with him through the Georgian Prime Minister. “What does it mean when Armenia is ready to reach an agreement with Azerbaijan and Turkey? This means that these are no longer talks. This will be followed by what the Pashinyan supporters said, but it is already official. They are already moving from words to deeds. If you sign some documents with Aliyev, you sign some documents with Erdogan, and it brings a drastic change in the whole region. First, the need for Russian peacekeeping forces disappears here, and so does Russia’s presence in the South Caucasus.
It means that the Caucasus is opening up for the influence of the Turkish world. If you tell your people that you are concluding peace treaties with Turkey and Azerbaijan, why do we need a Russian base in Armenia? Especially since we all know that these authorities have always been pro-Western for many years. They say, well, then our way is to NATO. This can not help but cause great anxiety. In case the Russian side tried to stay neutral by saying, ‘How the Armenian crisis will be resolved is the Armenians’ business,’ here, when there is a serious threat to Russia’s crucial interests in this region, it seems to me that this will force Moscow to take more active steps.”
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