Russia has declared that the four regions of Ukraine are henceforth “its territory.” Based on what? It is said to be a referendum. When were the lists of citizens participating in referendums published? How and where were the electoral precincts formed? Who were the members of the election commissions at different levels? When and how were the results of the “referendums” summarized? That and a number of other important legal questions, in fact, have no answer. “It’s mine and that’s it” – no argument is needed for the annexation of the territory of another country. All that is needed is propaganda: “Americans and Europeans are perverted and unbelieving, lacking moral values.” But like any propaganda, they are just slogans that need no justification.
“Insolence is the second happiness” – the famous Russian saying applies both to large dictatorships and small autocracies. And tragedies, accordingly, are of different scales. For example, when the Prime Minister of Armenia wants to appoint his former subordinate and a deputy of his own party as the chairman of the CEC, it is, of course, insolent, but it will not lead to tragic consequences. It’s just a show of strength and impunity: I’ll do whatever I want, no one can resist my whims. By the way, this speaks of certain fears of the government: who knows what problems the CEC will have to solve during the upcoming elections?
And here, removing the son of an opposition deputy who was detained on suspicious grounds from YSU is not mere insolence. Taking political revenge on children takes us back to the 1930s.
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Aram Abrahamyan
