The goal of the movement that started in the 90s was to protect the people of Artsakh from expulsion and destruction from their homeland. Today, ANC Vice-Chairman, Prime Minister candidate Levon Zurabyan told journalists in “Haghtanak” park, congratulating all on the occasion of Victory Day.

“We were not fighting to occupy some territories or against Azerbaijan, we were fighting for our freedom, independence and the right to manage our own destiny. Nikol Pashinyan dragged us into 2020 and 2023 with his criminal policy. in the wars, a whole part of our people was subjected to genocide and expulsion, but we must keep those victories alive, because they first of all symbolize our will to freedom, independence, and sovereignty,” Zurabyan said.

Commenting on Pashinyan’s statements yesterday regarding the Artsakh movement, that it was a “fatal mistake”, “the Republic of Armenia was trapped from the first day of its creation”, Zurabyan noted that Pashinyan is trying to present that we had territorial ambitions towards Azerbaijan, committed aggression, while we only protected the people of Artsakh.

“So that we don’t let those people be driven from their historical land, from their cradle. And Nikol Pashinyan left, at some stage he encouraged that same genocide,” said Zurabyan.

ANC vice-president also reminded that in 2008 Pashinyan supported Levon Ter-Petrosyan, the first president of RA, praised his policy on the Artsakh issue, but now he says it is a “fatal mistake” and a “trap”. According to Zurabyan, the reason is that Pashinyan destroyed Artsakh, he knows that this historical guilt is on his shoulders, he is trying to lighten the burden by putting it on his predecessors.

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in Russia of Armenia Republic Ambassador Gurgen Arsenyan, according to 168.am–in:` RA: external affairs to the Ministry approx standing sources, consultations purposekwho coming back is Armenia.

To remind, after the 8th summit of the European Political Community platform held in Yerevan on May 4, Ambassador Gurgen Arsenyan was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry on May 7. He met with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin.

“The head of the diplomatic mission was informed about the categorical inadmissibility of providing a pulpit to Vladimir Zelensky, the leader of the Nazi regime in Armenia, to issue terrorist threats against Russia, within the framework of the latest events under the auspices of the EU,” said the message of the Russian Foreign Ministry.

The statement issued by the Russian Foreign Ministry also stated that during the meeting with the RA ambassador, it was emphasized that Moscow is justly upset in this regard and considers the lack of a proper negative assessment by the official Yerevan to be inconsistent with the partnership nature of Russian-Armenian relations.

According to the report, the ambassador promised to report to Yerevan about the complaint presented by the Russian side.

168․am-in: sources by transfer, Gurgen Արսենյանի՝ Russia: MFA from the visit after, of consultations purpose It is RA to come  ambassador Gurgen Arsenyanthe։

RA: MFA speaker Ani Badalyan 168․am-in: with in the conversation said, that this moment as of that the news  no match to reality.

However, if he receives such a diplomatic formulation during this upcoming visit, from the same diplomatic sources let us know, that active to the ambassador the capital city calling diplomatic in practice considered is on that country of pressure serious means. It traditionally perceived is՝ as hospitable of the state certain of actions towards extreme dissatisfaction to express form. Consultations for to the ambassador calling bilateral of relations leveln: for the time being to lower an excuse is. 

So, ambassador Arsenyan coming back is Yerevan` MFA to management or exactly Nicole Pashinyan of the situation about to report and: of Armenia further the steps to discuss purpose. This case, no excluded, that of the ambassador responsibilities be put temporary fiduciary on. Probably, in the near future witness we will be Armenian and Russian parties further skirmish to heating.

Let’s remind that the leader of Ukraine, which is at war with Russia, Vladimir Zelensky, announced in Yerevan that Ukrainian drones can “visit” the military parade in Moscow.

“This year, on May 9, Russia does not plan to show military equipment during the parade. However, Ukrainian drones can “visit” it. This summer, Putin will decide what to do next: whether to expand the war or to follow the diplomatic path. We should push him to diplomacy,” said the President of Ukraine.

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The annual Victory Day parade, dedicated to the 81st anniversary of the victory in World War II, was held in Moscow’s Red Square, which lasted about 45 minutes, and during which there were no columns of military equipment due to the current operational situation, also taking into account the risk factor of terrorism.

However, there were demonstration flights with the participation of the Russian “Strizhi” and “Ruskie Vityaz” aviation groups.

Note that this is official was famous became still at the end of April.

And it was only after this decision that President of Ukraine Zelensky threatened, stating:

“Russia will hold a parade with military equipment on May 9 in Moscow. If this happens, it will be the first time that they will not be able to show their military equipment, fear-mongering UAVs will be buzzing over Red Square. This shows that they are not strong and we must continue our sanctions against them.”

In other words, Zelensky lied in Yerevan when he announced that Moscow was going to hold a festive parade with a display of military equipment, in fact, to create the impression that such a decision was made after his Yerevan threat, which is not the case.

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These days, RA Minister of Defense Suren Papikyan was on an official visit to Poland, during which he participated in the “Defence24 Days” conference, toured the forum’s pavilions and got acquainted with the displayed samples of military equipment and weapons.

In addition, he met with the Deputy Prime Minister of Slovakia, Minister of Defense Robert Kaliniak in Warsaw, to which we have touched on.

Later, RA Minister of Defense Suren Papikyan also had a private meeting with Poland’s Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of National Defense Władysław Kośniak-Kamiś, during which the importance of implementing military-technical cooperation within the framework of the agreement on military-technical cooperation signed in February of this year was discussed, and military education, exchange of experience and together to the exercises participation.

In addition, an agreement was reached regarding the opening of an attaché office for defense issues at the RA Embassy in Warsaw in the near future. This is according to the official statement of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Armenia.

And after the negotiations, Władysław Kosyniak-Kamish and Suren Papikyan announced from the Polish side that Poland and Armenia have agreed to conduct joint military exercises.

“Countries striving for stability, security and cooperation are our dialogue partners. That’s why we’re interested with joint military exercises, with the cooperation between military universities and the exchange of experience between the Polish and Armenian defense industries,” the Polish Defense Minister said during a joint press conference, according to Polish sources.

The involvement of the RA armed forces in international and joint military exercises certainly contributes to the increase of the combat capability of our army, in general, we should work to cooperate with everyone.

He is also of this opinion Shiraz Khachatryan, expert of “Henaket” analytical center, but, according to him, it is important in what format and with what tone, that is, it should be taken into account to what extent it contains a geopolitical component, in this case it refers to Poland.

“It is important to understand what is on the ground and how risky the information tone is, taking into account the rhetoric of global actors towards Russia. In other words, we need to understand whether we are getting involved in something more than what will be the result on the real ground.

Accordingly, it is better to cooperate silently in such cases, as in many cases with India, with France, of course, not counting the leakages related to the purchase of weapons, but this does not happen from the Armenian side either. And the deepening of Armenia-Poland cooperation, especially the subject of joint military exercises, is not only a bilateral defense agenda, but it has a wider geopolitical context.

It is no secret that Poland is a hostile country for Russia, which is one of NATO’s toughest anti-Russian positions, moreover, it actively participates in the process of military support to Ukraine, so Moscow will not perceive this only as a stage or step of reorientation of the RA security system in the western direction, but against the background of active military cooperation with the USA, India, France, this will lead to a new deterioration of Armenian-Russian relations, which may turn into a more considerate policy towards Yerevan in the region.

I am sure that Turkey and Azerbaijan are closely following such processes, that Armenia wants to create a new military partnership network with the Western Pole, they will advance their agenda in parallel, intensifying the pressure so that such ties do not become institutionalized. What I am saying is that if something is done, at least silence should be maintained, even in the conditions of active military exercises against the Russian Federation in various places,” explained our interlocutor.

It should be noted that in his speech within the framework of Defense 24 Days, Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Władysław Kosyniak-Kamisz proposed to NATO to accelerate the growth of defense expenditures, taking into account security threats. In particular, according to him, the NATO member countries should reach the level of defense expenditures of 5 percent of the GDP 5 years earlier than planned (until 2030).

And in the context of Armenia-Poland relations, let’s remind that after the change of power in 2018, the company “Lyubava-Armenia” stopped its activities. in 2019 from the Ministry of High-tech Industry 168.amto had reported that “the decision to stop the activity of “Lyubava-Armenia” in the Republic of Armenia is determined solely by economic circumstances.”

Later NEWS.amIn a conversation with the former Ambassador of Poland to Armenia Jerzy Nowakowski presented other reasons for the liquidation of the Armenian enterprise of the Polish company Lubawa SA.

“The Armenian revolution of 2018 inspired hope for activation of “Lyubava” and strengthening of business cooperation.

In the end, “Lyubavan” decided to leave Armenia after a meeting with Pashinyan, during which he accused the company of cooperating with the previous government, and said that the company cannot expect the trust of the new, “revolutionary” team,” Yezhi Nowakovsky told the media.

It should be noted that “Lyubava-Armenia”, the first joint Armenian-Polish military-industrial enterprise, has been operating in Armenia since 2014 and was engaged in the production of modern multifunctional camouflage technologies, producing such products of military and technical significance as: fake targets, technical and other tents, helmets, body armor, camouflage nets, etc., and all this according to NATO standards.

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6 years ago today, May 9, 2020, Nikol Pashinyan and Anna Hakobyan had left Artsakh to celebrate the Triathlon.

“Shushi gives us greater confidence in our strengths, our future, our present. We all have a collective and united debt to our martyrs. We have to fulfill that debt with honor and return that debt tenfold to their descendants,” declared Pashinyan at that time, who had managed to say before that, “Artsakh is Armenia, and that’s it.”

And then, in the 44-day war of 2020, Shush was lost or surrendered in a planned manner, although Nikol Pashinyan rejected Russian President Putin’s proposal to stop the war on October 19, 2020, because the Azerbaijani refugees would return there, but the fortress city would remain under the control of the Armenian side. Or, as if Pashinyan was very affected by receiving the news of losing Shush on November 7, 2020, and at that time he instructed Onik Gasparyan, the head of the General Staff of the RA Armed Forces, to take actions to take it back.

“On the afternoon of November 7, the head of the General Directorate of Security, Onik Gasparyan, reported to me about Shushi’s fall… Upon hearing the news of Shushi’s fall, my first reaction was the demand to do what you promised: to keep Shushi, to take him back. After all, I was informed about the countermeasures…” he said on June 20, 2023 at the Investigative Committee.

Another question is that, as on one occasion we wroteIn what capacity did Pashinyan give the order to take Shushi back with a counterattack?՝ as the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia or as the supreme commander?

It is also a fact that for not properly organizing the defense of Shushi, only the former commander of the Armed Forces, General Mikael Arzumanyan, is accused, whose accusation ends on November 7, and the countermeasures were carried out after November 7 on the order of Pashinyan.

RA Investigative Committee in 2024 168.amto had reported that in 2020 The events that took place in the direction of Shushi after November 7 became the subject of investigation.

And Mikael Arzumanyan published in July 2023 statement referring to the organization of Shushi’s defense, in particular, he noted:

“I assumed the command of the Defense Army of the Republic of Artsakh on October 27, 2020, in such an extremely difficult situation, when the enemy had already crossed several defense zones and approached the Shushi border, a chaotic situation reigned in the army, the enemy had unconditional superiority both in the air and on the ground. In the current situation, I did my best to confront the enemy, who was numerous times superior in number and weaponry, and in some cases we had serious successes.

However, the enemy has concentrated more forces and resources, which the Armenian side did not have sufficient human or weapon resources to resist, which the political leadership was well aware of.

And the accusations brought against me are directly related to the political situations prevailing in Armenia at specific moments, to the chronology of accusations against each other by different people regarding Shushi’s handover.

It was for this purpose that I was chosen as a target, so that some people would try to wrap their accusations against me.

Those who know me are well aware that since the age of 18 I have been fighting for my Motherland with a weapon in my hand, and I am one of the first people to enter Shushi after the liberation of Shushi.

Therefore, I do not consider it a coincidence that I was chosen as a target.”

By the way, the CC stated in its message that it is based on the period starting from October 30.

2020 on October 29 168.amArkady Karapetyan, the first commander of the NKR Self-Defense Army (Ago) in a conversation with alarm was that the war has reached under the walls of Shushi, and Azerbaijan wants to take Shushi, and not only that, but the President of Artsakh, Arayik Harutyunyan, on the same day had reported՝ “The enemy is at most 5 kilometers from Shushi.”

Recently, in the context of the mentioned and related to the former head of the General Directorate of Internal Affairs Onik Gasparyan, the rumors became active again, and he proposed to organize a closed meeting, that is, he is not ready to speak publicly about the actions stemming from Nikol Pashinyan’s order to take Shushi back, although the same authorities and Nikol Pashinyan have said a lot publicly, how logical is it to base everything on the principle of secrecy?

However, the former military leadership will have to answer many questions related to the 44-day war.

And before that, we talked about the Shushi operation carried out 34 years ago and the loss of the fortified city in the 44-day war with Tigran Abrahamyan, secretary of the NA “I have honor” faction, and Gegham Manukyan, deputy of the NA “Armenia” faction, where did we go wrong, why did we lose Shushi, did we really value it when it existed?

Tigran Abrahamyan in my opinion, Nikol Pashinyan’s statement that Artsakh was never ours actually conveys a lot of information about his “efforts” and priorities in the 44-day war.

“And this is not only related to Shushi, that is, there is one main responsible for the defeat in the war and the surrender of Artsakh: it is the current government and its leader Pashinyan. And charging Mikayel Arzumanyan and others and depriving them of their freedom has only one purpose: to shift the responsibility from themselves and to put it on others. As for the advice of the day, the Shushi operation that took place in May 1992, it is about the political will, struggle, aspirations and victory of the Armenian people. Armenian history, with its victorious pages, cannot be corrected by any authority or figure, and containing Pashinyan’s Azeri theses. The announcements, which serve exclusively the interests of the Turkish-Azerbaijani tandem, aim to neutralize in a certain way the government’s surrender policy and its severe consequences.168.amhe said in a conversation with

And to what extent did the loss of Hadrut lead to the loss of Shushi, and when were the “foundations” laid for losing the fortress city during the 44-day war? Gegham Manukyan noticed.

“Actually, the loss of Shushi did not begin during his defense, but much earlier, when in 2018, Nikol Pashinyan decided to head the Artsakh Defense Army live in an unbalanced state, when the government had just taken over, attacks began against the military, the participants and heroes of the Artsakh Liberation War, criminal cases were initiated, when the content of the army began to be questioned at every step.

What’s more, when the morale of the army turned into a big party of eating and drinking only bananas and Coca-Cola in military canteens. As for why Shushi fell during the actual 44-day military operations, it needs a complex analysis.

The RA political leadership and the ruling circles completely failed the actions to put the country, the state on the war tracks from the very beginning of the war, and successive mistakes led to the defeat of the war. And the Armenian people missed the greatest Artsakh victory because of the apikars. And looking from the distance of years, today, on the day of Shushi’s liberation, the biggest wish is to ask for forgiveness…”.

168.amthe wrote that the “trial” of the former military-political leadership of Artsakh in Baku on the agenda there was also the successful Shushi operation carried out by the Armenian side in May 1992. In particular, during the “court” sessions, videos related to the Shushi operation were presented, where, for example, Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan tells about the liberation of Shushi or the capture from a military point of view.

In the Baku military court, other videos were also published, where it was mentioned that “the capture of Shushi was carried out in 4 directions, which were led by Samvel Babayan, Seyran Ohanyan, Valery Chitchyan and Arkadi Karapetyan”, and that “General Gurgen Dalibaltayan also played an important role in the offensive operation of Shushi”, referring to whose words, they also claimed in the Azerbaijani court that they were involved in the operation. former RA presidents Robert Kocharyan and Serzh Sargsyan had.

In other words, Azerbaijan tried to prove that the order to take Shushi was given by the military-political leadership of Armenia, so multi-faceted preparatory work was done.

Moreover, a video was put to study in the court of Baku, where the former president of RA Serzh Sargsyan talks about the importance of the Shushi operation, and where, in particular, according to the Azerbaijani media, Serzh Sargsyan says: “The significance of the Shushi operation was so great that Robert Kocharian also personally participated in it.”

And in the multi-part film about Shushi’s liberation, Serzh Sargsyan’s interview was also included, where he  tells. “In April 1992, a desperate situation was created, not to attack Shushi, not to capture Shushi, meant to sentence the population of Karabakh, and first of all, to Stepanakert, to a slow death, because at least 300-350 rockets were coming from Shushi to Stepanakert every day, it got to the point that an ordinary small-arms ball from Shushi was available to Stepanakert residents.”

Naturally, they did not talk about these and other reasons in the Baku court.

And now, when Nikol Pashinyan constantly repeats that Artsakh was never ours, it is, in fact, nothing more than the current leadership of Armenia accusing Armenia of being an “occupier”.

In other words, what they tried to prove during the “trial” against the former military-political leadership of Artsakh, which, as we have written many times, is against Armenia globally, not individuals, even if there are such episodes.

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On the occasion of the 81st anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War, Moscow is not as crowded this year as last year, in the case of events dedicated to the 80th anniversary.

Last year, the President of the People’s Republic of China, Xi Jinping, the leaders of the CIS countries, the leaders of almost all of Russia’s traditional partner countries, including Nikol Pashinyan, were in Moscow’s Red Square. This year, many people are not in Red Square, including Pashinyan. Nikol Pashinyan will not participate in the Victory Parade to be held in Moscow on May 9 this year. During his last briefing, Pashinyan stated that during his previous visit to Moscow, in April, he told Putin that he would not be in Red Square.

“During my visit to the Russian Federation, I informed the President of the Russian Federation that I will not be able to participate in the May 9 events due to the campaign,” he said. Pashinyan did not specify whether another Armenian official would go to Moscow instead of him or not. However, as the Russian Ambassador to Armenia Sergey Kopirkin announced the other day, Nikol Pashinyan, “among other friendly countries of the Russian Federation”, was invited to the parade in Moscow. Pashinyan participated in the Moscow parade in 2025 and 2023, but missed the 2024 one.

However, yesterday, during the meeting with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that Moscow had not officially invited anyone to the May 9 celebrations, but announced that it would welcome all potential guests. “We have not officially invited anyone,” Putin said. Lukashenko also emphasized that he was disgusted to see how some neighboring states “threw the Victory under their feet”. He reminded that the Soviet people saved the whole world from the “plague” and that this is “our great treasure”. Lukashenko expressed confidence that world leaders “will ask to come here” soon. “To be in this square,” he added. The President of Belarus arrived in Moscow on the evening of May 8 to participate in the Victory Day celebrations.

According to the Russian media, the presidents of Abkhazia, Badra Gunba of Laos, Tonglun Sisulit of Kazakhstan, Kasim-Jomart Tokayev, Supreme Ruler of Malaysia Sultan Ibrahim, the leadership of the Republic of Serbia headed by President Sinisha Karan, Prime Minister of Slovakia Robert Fitzo, President of South Ossetia Alan Gagloev and others.

Pashinyan’s absence from the Red Square comes to complete the chain that has emerged in the Armenian-Russian diplomatic-expert-information domain in recent days. The 8th European Political Community Summit held in Armenia, the participation of Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky and his anti-Russian speech were met with great displeasure in the Russian Federation and the Foreign Ministry summoned the RA Ambassador to the Russian Federation, Gurgen Arsenyan, conveying Russia’s displeasure.

“The head of the diplomatic mission was informed about the categorical inadmissibility of providing a pulpit to Vladimir Zelensky, the leader of the Nazi regime in Armenia, to issue terrorist threats against Russia, within the framework of the latest events under the auspices of the EU,” said the message of the Russian Foreign Ministry.

The statement issued by the Russian Foreign Ministry also stated that during the meeting with the RA ambassador, it was emphasized that Moscow is justly upset in this regard and considers the lack of a proper negative assessment by the official Yerevan to be inconsistent with the partnership nature of Russian-Armenian relations.

And although the gap in Armenian-Russian relations is deepening, approaching the crisis point, the RA authorities declare that they maintain strong ties with the Russian Federation.

During the “Yerevan Dialogue” international forum, RA Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan announced that for decades, if not centuries, RA thought that in a hostile environment, RA needs one main friend, a “big brother” who can protect.

“Now this perception has changed, including because when the moment came and we really needed the protection of that bigger friend, it didn’t come, and that greatly changed the perception of foreign policy among ordinary Armenians. I am not even talking about the political elite.

And now we somehow succeeded, and this is exactly what we want, the direction we want to go. we somehow managed to reduce our dependence, be it politically, economically or energetically, we managed to reduce our dependence on one center, our ties to one center, and diversify our list of friends. As you rightly mentioned, we have established a strategic partnership with the United States.

The United States plays a key role in establishing peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan. The United States plays a key role in the opening of transport infrastructure and communications in the South Caucasus. I’m sure you’ve heard of the TRIPP project, the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity, which includes railroads, power grids, internet cables, and perhaps oil and gas pipelines in the future.

It’s all about connectivity, connectivity between Armenia and Azerbaijan, connectivity between Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Georgia and beyond this region: Europe, Central Asia, the Far East. We have established a strategic partnership with the European Union. We have very close relations with India, strategic partnership with China and Kazakhstan, and we still maintain our strong ties with Russia,” commented Mirzoyan.

Thus, Armenian-Russian relations have entered a stage where the usual norms of diplomatic etiquette have been replaced by open demarches and public manifestations of mutual mistrust.

Nikol Pashinyan’s absence from Red Square, citing a “campaign campaign”, and Vladimir Putin’s statement about the lack of official invitations, indicate that the parties are no longer trying to maintain the illusion of a “strategic alliance”. The political gap formed between Moscow and Yerevan today is manifested not only at the ceremonial level, but also by the fundamental clash of geopolitical vectors, where Armenia’s “diversification” policy and the emphasis on Western projects are considered as a direct challenge to Russia’s influence.

The catalyst for deepening the crisis was the summit held in Yerevan with the participation of the President of Ukraine, which became a “red line” for the Kremlin, leading to the summoning of the RA ambassador to the Foreign Ministry and harsh warnings about “categorical inadmissibility”. The ruling elite of Armenia is radically reshaping the security and economic architecture of the country, relying on the Western centers, which, it is not yet known, how they will support Armenia in this transitional phase, if this foreign policy of Armenia continues.

As a result, Armenian-Russian relations today have reached a point where assurances about maintaining “strong ties” simply contradict real political processes. When once-allied countries begin to communicate in the language of “summoning ambassadors”, with diplomatic skirmishes, and the meetings of the top management become a platform for recording differences rather than cooperation, it becomes obvious that the former model no longer exists.

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The Armenian people should remember that in May 1994, they defeated Azerbaijan, which unleashed a war against us, and forced it to sign a ceasefire document on our terms, which means that we had and have the potential to speak with Azerbaijan in the victorious language of force if necessary. About this 168 TVof Revue mentioned on the air of the program Colonel of the reserve forces of the RA Armed Forces, military expert Hayk Nahapetyantalking about the May trinity.

The colonel emphasizes that we did not lose the war, but the big battle, which actually started on September 27, 2020 and ended on September 19-20, 2023, when Azerbaijan completely occupied and depopulated Artsakh.

Speaking about the European summits that took place in Yerevan at the beginning of the week, the military expert expressed the opinion that within the framework of the summit of the European Political Community, the heads of states allied to Nazi Germany, which launched a war against the Soviet Union in 1941 and were defeated in 1945, gathered in Armenia.

“And since the leaders of the states that launched a war against the USSR gathered here in Armenia, the authorities of the day felt like they were on a plate. Perhaps there are reasons that this gathering was consistent from that point of view as well, including the warm meeting with Zelensky, and if our grandfathers played an irrevocably big role against that victory, the victory of the Soviet Union was also important for us Armenians, that if the Soviet army was defeated in the Battle of Stalingrad, the Turkish divisions standing on the Armenian-Turkish border would not ask anyone’s opinion to cross the Soviet border and enter the territory of Armenia.

And Turkey was Germany’s ally. And we remember that the vice president of Turkey also came to Yerevan. That’s why I say, the allied states of Nazi Germany were gathering… From here, my next conclusion is that the warmth that Zelensky received in Yerevan may have other grounds and ground, which the Russian media reported the day before that the person holding the position of the Prime Minister of Armenia… so it was implicitly said that he had a moral perception to feel very good at that gathering, considering that his grandfather was captured in the war and then served Nazi Germany. to the penal units, and was killed in 1943.

In other words, it is possible that Pashinyan has motivation, moreover, I consider that motivation to be natural, and in that sense, for example, he can say: “If my grandfather found that the Germans were right, now the time has come for my country to be in an alliance with that country, and I am the leader of the country.” In principle, the context of that program that was broadcast was that. By the way, this fact was mentioned earlier, but why was it remembered now, because it involves the idea that Pashinyan is the successor of his grandfather, that is, Armenia should be in an alliance with the states that are at war with Russia.”

Hayk Nahapetyan lists those countries: Germany, France, Ukraine, Great Britain, Turkey, Azerbaijan, which, according to his prediction, are preparing for war against Russia.  Moreover, the military expert believes that Pashinyan does not decide the policy, and he is forced to enter this game.

“There are many things that are not even asked to him. They tell him that it should be done like this, and he has to do it. For example, Azerbaijan says it should be done like this, Turkey says it should be done like this, European countries say it should be done like this, the United States says it should be done like this, Russia says it should be done like this. It speaks about the extent of your independence.

In the past, Armenia was not viewed as a colony or a vassal, but now, unfortunately, Nikol Pashinyan is viewed in that status, that is, Armenia is in the field of those states, and this is the consequence of the created geopolitical situation. As the world is now being re-divided and a new multi-polar world management system is being created, the approaches of the powers that have to make decisions are more strict…

Before, Russia did not say: I am waging an existential war, but now it does. The US president didn’t say: I should be a hegemon in the world, but now he says… The British prime minister and the French president, yes, they forced him. Maybe he wanted to combine the useful with the pleasant,” the military expert thinks.

Hayk Nahapetyan also adds that in the predicted war against Russia, Armenia will become a “sacrificial tool” like the Ukrainian army.

The military expert also noted that during this last meeting between Pashinyan and Putin, the Russian president raised the topic of Artsakh and showed the map of Nagorno Karabakh separately a few days ago on the Russian First channel, is an obvious message, first of all, to the Armenian people.

Hayk Nahapetyan adds to this topic: the four tripartite documents on the Artsakh issue have legal force and mean one thing: the Artsakh issue is open.

“The situation may be such that Turkey’s activity against Russia will rise as a NATO member country, in other words, the Russian-Turkish flirtation remains in the past, real politics is coming, and in that sense, Russia needs a strong, well-armed ally in the south.” Let’s say, as the West armed Belarus with nuclear warheads and “Oreshnik” type missiles, Armenia can become a nuclear power very quickly with the same success, if Russia finds that it is the moment to protect the southern borders with nuclear weapons,” the military expert added.

Full interview in the video.

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Armenia’s plans to join the EU require “special consideration”, and Yerevan receives “significant advantages” within the framework of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), President Vladimir Putin said, RBC reported.

“This applies to agriculture, this applies to the processing industry, this applies to customs and other fees, etc., etc., this applies to the migration sector,” he clarified.

In his opinion, Armenia should decide as soon as possible whether to participate in the EU or the EAEU, then the path of “soft and intelligent divorce” will be possible.

Putin did not rule out the discussion of the republic’s plans for joining the European Union at the EAEU summit.

“We just need to say in time that we will do this and that. There is nothing special here. Everything must be calculated. And the Armenian side must calculate, and we must calculate,” he said.

The head of state noted that Russians and Armenians have had special relations for centuries, “and if this or that decision is beneficial to the Armenian people, please, we will not be against it.”

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