In Republic Square, people are expressing their anger regarding the massacre in Artsakh and the inaction of the Armenian authorities. “Red berets,” showing unprecedented brutality and cruelty, protect the authorities conducting this inaction. “Public organizations” tacitly welcome these atrocities because they are “pro-Western” and the protesters, in their opinion, are “Kremlin agents.” The fairy tale about the “Agency” is the primary propaganda thesis of the government today.
Protests are largely spontaneous. But some politicians try to take control of these spontaneous uprisings. They are not my ideologues. I see very well that sometimes they say and do wrong things. But what is the alternative? Suppose the society does not respond to this situation in any way. In that case, the inevitable consequence will be that Azerbaijan will complete the slaughter of the Artsakh people because the Prime Minister of Armenia expresses that “there is no direct threat to the population of Nagorno-Karabakh at the moment.” I’m just amazed that a person (I’m not saying the head of the country, I’m not even saying the Armenian) can tell such a conscious and monstrous lie based on some political calculations but, in reality, trembling for his seat and fearing that the wave of immigrants for his government will cause problems.
But everything will not end with the massacre of Artsakh residents. It will be followed by the “peace agreement,” the surrender of “enclaves,” the “resettlement” of Azerbaijanis, the “Zangezur Corridor,” a new war and a new, even more terrible massacre, and ultimately the loss of statehood. That is what the continuation of Pashinyan’s tenure means. The police smashing protesters’ heads contribute to that scenario (without realizing it, of course).
Some people in Armenia (I hope they are less than 680 thousand today) either do not believe in the possibility of that scenario or are utterly indifferent to what will happen in the coming months and years. I understand that most of them are bona fide misguided; many people’s souls have been clouded by years of hatred for the people of Karabakh and myths about the “5th column”. But I must admit that it is hard for me to see and hear them. Let our brothers and sisters reach Armenia safely; after that, I hope I can overcome that psychological barrier.
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Aram ABRAHAMYAN
