The lion must eat every day, it is a beast: A representative of
Armenian opposition about Russia
arminfo
2007-08-25 08:56:00
` To support Armenian Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan’s candidacy at the
presidential election in Armenia, Russia apparently can’t be satisfied
with the things it has already received. The lion must eat every day.
It is a beast,’ Ruzan Khachatryan, the press-secretary and a member of
the People’s Party of Armenia (PPA), told ArmInfo correspondent,
commenting upon the rumors about possible selling of VivaCell mobile
operator to the MTS company (Russia).
According to her, `the possible implementation of this transaction is a
logic continuation of the policy conducted by the ruling clan since
1998′. She recalled that as early as 2000 the PPA came out against the
evil policy of privatizing the strategic spheres of economy. `For this
very reason we left the Unity bloc, which was ruling at that time, and
joined the opposition,’ R.Khachatryan said.
She qualified `Property for Debt’ as the ugliest of similar
transactions. According to `Property for Debt’, Armenia handed over 5
large industrial enterprises to Russia instead of paying 100 mln USD
debt. Touching upon the prospects of support of Serzh Sargsyan’s
candidacy by Russia, Ruzan Khachatryan emphasized: `One should support
a big political figure whose victory will contribute to development of
relations between the two countries. As it is hard to see such a
political figure in this case, it remains for Russia to take away more
from the small country’.