Author: Baghdasarian Karlen

AN INTERESTING EPISODE, ON ARMY DAY

The first prime minister of the First Armenian Republic Hovhannes
Kajaznuni’s son was killed in the battle of Gharakilisa in May 1918.

The second son died in the fights at Zangibasar, in the summer of 1920.

The third son was taken hostage during the surrender of Kars in October
1020. Kazim Karabekir took him as his driver because he was literate
and good at mechanics. He tried to run away in his car. They caught
him and sentenced him for life. When after the trial Karabekir learned
that his driver was the son of the first prime minister of Armenia,
he told him: “Your father was such a great person that he did not
make any difference between his son and other Armenian soldiers and
never did anything to relieve the situation of his son. I respect
that person and I set his son free.”

Kajaznuni’s fourth son lived in Moscow and though he had tuberculosis
he volunteered in the fall of 1941 together with thousands of
intellectuals and was killed in the fights.

Kajaznuni was an engineer architect. In 1024 he returned to Soviet
Armenia and taught at the University. In 1938 he was executed.

By the way, the son of the other prime minister of the First Republic
was killed in the battle at Gharakilisa.

The founder of the First Republic Aram Manukyan died of a disease,
he refused to take medicine and gave it away to the poor, he wore
old shoes and clothes.

In extreme difficulty the founders and heads of the First Republic
were able to build a state serving an example. They were aware of
simple things – if we rely on ourselves, we will win. And they built
the state. If they did not succeed, Armenia would not exist now.

The science of history, first under the Bolshevists, then
the All-Armenian Movement, tried to show the “foolishness and
short-sightedness” of these people and so on. The fact is that the
First Republic was destroyed from inside, through different political
groups and commanders hired by Moscow who disorganized the state
institutions for the sake of the world revolution and friendship
of peoples.

In other words, something similar to the ongoing situation was
taking place then. In addition, the ARF currently also supports the
“friendship of peoples”.

Haikazn Ghahriyan, Editor-in-Chief 12:00 28/01/2014 Story from
Lragir.am News:

From: Baghdasarian

LES ECHANGES ENTRE KOTCHARIAN ET SARKISSIAN NE SONT PAS PERTINENTS

ARMENIE

Un homme politique de l’opposition de premier plan s’est moque vendredi
des tensions croissantes entre le president Serge Sarkissian et son
predecesseur Robert Kotcharian disant qu’ils n’ont aucune incidence
sur la vie des gens ordinaires.

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Aram Sarkissian, qui a brièvement servi comme Premier ministre en
1999-2000 avant de devenir l’un des ennemis les plus acharnes de
Kotcharian, semblait d’accord avec les suggestions que l’ex-president
est desireux de revenir au pouvoir. Mais il a affirme que Kotcharian
n’a aucune chance de reussir parce qu’il est maintenant > pour les acteurs politiques a la fois internes et externes.

Certains commentateurs ont emis l’hypothèse que la cible immediate de
Kotcharian est le poste de Premier ministre, qu’il avait deja occupe
pendant un an avant de devenir president de l’Armenie en 1998.

>, a declare Aram Sarkissian. Le president est conscient et
ne prendra jamais un tel risque a-t-il ajoute.

mardi 28 janvier 2014, Stephane (c)armenews.com

From: Baghdasarian

LES FRANCAIS SERONT CONSULTES PAR REFERENDUM SUR L’ADHESION DE LA TURQUIE A L’UE

TURQUIE

L’UE a decide en octobre de relancer les negociations d’adhesion
d’Ankara, paralysees depuis trois ans. En visite en Turquie, Francois
Hollande assure que les Francais seront interroges sur la question.

Le president turc Abdullah Gul a declare lundi 27 janvier qu’il
attendait de la France qu’elle ne bloque pas le processus d’adhesion
de la Turquie a l’Union europeenne (UE), au premier jour de la visite
d’Etat du president francais Francois Hollande.

“Nous attendons de la France qu’elle n’apporte pas de blocage
politique” a ce processus, a declare Abdullah Gul lors d’une conference
de presse conjointe avec Francois Hollande, dont le predecesseur
Nicolas Sarkozy s’etait oppose a la candidature turque a l’UE.

Francois Hollande a de son côte repondu que les Francais seraient
consultes sur la question par referendum. Une decision conforme
a la Constitution qui prevoit que “tout projet de loi autorisant
la ratification d’un traite relatif a l’adhesion d’un Etat a
l’Union europeenne est soumis au referendum par le president de la
Republique”. Le president aurait toutefois pu eviter le referendum
par “le vote d’une motion adoptee en termes identiques par chaque
assemblee a la majorite des trois cinquièmes”.

L’UE a decide en octobre de relancer ses negociations d’adhesion
avec la Turquie, paralysees depuis trois ans, en ouvrant un nouveau
chapitre de discussion avec Ankara. Paris a leve son veto a l’ouverture
de ce chapitre, consacre aux politiques regionales, en octobre 2013,
rechauffant le climat entre les deux pays.

La Turquie est officiellement candidate depuis 1999, mais le processus
de negociations, engage en 2005, s’avère le plus lent jamais mene par
l’UE avec un aspirant a l’adhesion. Il se heurte aux fortes reserves
de Paris et Berlin a l’entree d’un pays de 76 millions d’habitants
a majorite musulmane, et a l’absence de règlement du cas de Chypre,
dont la partie nord est occupee depuis 1974 par les troupes turques.

Depuis son election en 2012, Francois Hollande s’est borne a
constater que la question de l’entree de la Turquie dans l’UE ne se
poserait pas pendant son quinquennat puisque les Europeens ont exclu
cette perspective avant 2020. “Un nouvel elan pour les relations
franco-turques”

Le president francais Francois Hollande est arrive lundi en Turquie
où il tente de tourner la page de relations bilaterales houleuses
et de relancer des echanges economiques tout juste renaissants, en
depit de la crise de regime qui ebranle le pays. Ce deplacement est
le premier de Francois Hollande depuis l’annonce samedi de sa rupture
avec sa compagne Valerie Trierweiler, arrivee elle-meme dans la nuit
de dimanche a lundi en Inde où elle doit apporter son soutien a l’ONG
Action contre la faim (ACF).

Ankara a deroule le tapis rouge pour cette visite d’Etat de deux jours,
sans precedent pour un president francais depuis celle de Francois
Mitterrand en 1992. “Nous attendons de cette visite un nouvel elan pour
les relations franco-turques et avec l’Union europeenne”, a souligne le
porte-parole du ministère turc des Affaires etrangères Levent Gumrukcu.

Au premier jour de sa visite, le president francais a cependant ete
amene a reagir a l’annonce d’une statistique franco-francaise très
attendue : les chiffres du chômage pour le mois de decembre. Francois
Hollande s’etait solennellement engage a inverser la courbe ascendante
du chômage fin 2013 mais l’embellie constatee en octobre avait ete
pratiquement effacee par une rechute le mois suivant. Les chiffres de
decembre seront donc decisifs. Et ils pourraient etre decevants. Le
ministre du Travail Michel Sapin a deja evoque dimanche une simple
“stabilisation”.

Pour le reste, sa visite intervient dans une periode de grande
tension politique en Turquie. Ces dernières semaines, le regime
du Premier ministre Recep Tayyip Erdogan a durement replique aux
poursuites engagees contre plusieurs dizaines de proches du pouvoir
islamo-conservateur, soupconnes de corruption, par des purges sans
precedent dans les milieux judiciaires et policiers. Dans ce contexte,
Francois Hollande devrait veiller scrupuleusement a ne pas cautionner
le regime par sa visite, programmee de longue date. Les très longues
negociations pour l’adhesion a l’U.E.

Il devrait plutôt inscrire ses pas dans ceux du president de la
Commission europeenne, Jose Manuel Barroso, qui appelait encore mardi
le Premier ministre turc, de passage a Bruxelles, a “poursuivre les
reformes necessaires” en vue de garantir le respect de l’Etat de
droit en Turquie.

Bruxelles en fait une condition sine qua non d’une eventuelle adhesion
de la Turquie a l’U.E. Mais il y a encore loin de la coupe aux lèvres.

Les negociations ouvertes en 1999 s’annoncent encore très longues.

L’hostilite de Nicolas Sarkozy a cette perspective avait ete vecue
comme un affront par Recep Tayyip Erdogan, encore aggrave par le vote
de lois francaises reconnaissant le genocide armenien ou reprimant
sa negation.

Les declarations de Francois Hollande seront donc scrutees avec une
attention particulière par les dirigeants turcs, d’autant qu’il s’est
borne jusqu’a present a constater que cette question ne se poserait
pas pendant son quinquennat puisque les Europeens ont exclu cette
perspective avant 2020. Sept ministres accompagnent Hollande

La position francaise pourrait avoir de lourdes consequences sur
les echanges commerciaux, au coeur de la deuxième journee de ce
deplacement qui sera marquee par une serie de rencontres avec les
milieux d’affaires turcs a Istanbul.

Consequence du refroidissement des relations sous l’ère Sarkozy,
la part de marche francaise en Turquie a chute de 6 a 3% entre 2009
et 2012 alors que cette puissance emergente a vu son PIB par habitant
tripler entre 2002 et 2012. Paris entend donc se livrer a “un travail
de rattrapage”.

En temoigne la presence dans la delegation de Francois Hollande de sept
ministres, parmi lesquels Laurent Fabius (Affaires etrangères), Arnaud
Montebourg (Redressement productif) ou Jean-Yves Le Drian (Defense),
et d’une quarantaine de responsables economiques et d’entreprises.

Après une annee 2013 plutôt fructueuse pour les entreprises francaises
avec la conclusion de 15 milliards d’euros de contrats enTurquie, une
serie d’accords seront signes dans les domaines du nucleaire civil,
des infrastructures ou de la lutte contre les contrefacons.

mardi 28 janvier 2014, Stephane (c)armenews.com

From: Baghdasarian

PRESS DISTRIBUTION
Date: January 24, 2014
Contact: Linda Yepoyan
[email protected]

ARMENIAN VOLUNTEER CORPS EXPANDS VOLUNTEER POSSIBILITIES

For fourteen years, Armenian Volunteer Corps (AVC) has been the premiere
volunteer organization based in Armenia, customizing job placements for some
550 global volunteers aged 21 and up. AVC volunteers have hailed from the
four corners of the world – 34 countries to date! – with the oldest so far a
dynamic 72 years old!

What you might not know, is that AVC and Birthright Armenia are sister
organizations, housed within the same office suite in downtown Yerevan, both
steadfast on casting a wide net to attract as many volunteers to Armenia as
possible. Whereas Birthright Armenia’s mission is designed for the 20-32 age
bracket and only those of Armenian heritage, the eligibility criteria to
volunteer through AVC is much broader. In fact, AVC runs three distinct
programs, none of which require you to be Armenian:

. AVC’s Volunteer Corps invites volunteers 21 years of age and older,
of all backgrounds from across the globe, to volunteer in Armenia for a
minimum stay of one month up to a maximum of one year, to serve in a job
placement of their own choosing. Internships are available in a wide
variety of sectors and organizations, including business, education,
environment, arts and culture, finance, health, governmental and
non-governmental agencies. In addition to internship placements, AVC
provides all logistical support from airport pick-up, to host-family living
arrangements, Armenian language classes, and more.

. AVC’s Professional Corps program is designed for more mature,
working professionals, over the age of 32, with a minimum of five years’
work experience and a keen desire to share their expertise and make a
difference in Armenia. Professional Corps allows for a minimum stay of two
weeks accommodating those with tight vacation schedules, with the option to
stay on for up to one year. Volunteers work in their designated field of
expertise for 20 hours per week, which allows time for in-country
exploration, excursions, and socializing during their stay.

. For the more adventurous traveler looking for a great alternative to
yet another beach vacation, AVC is set to launch a Voluntourism program, a
new initiative designed to attract more international tourists to experience
the hidden Armenia. Starting this summer, AVC will offer a 10-14 day,
all-inclusive, packaged trip to Armenia that combines unique tourism
activities with rewarding volunteer community service projects. There are so
many still untouched areas in Armenia that offer great ecotourism within
walking distance to historic sites, in rural areas with unique opportunities
to do rewarding volunteer work. Please stay tuned, as the combo packages
will be advertised later this winter on global internet sites and the AVC
web site.

To learn more about Armenian Volunteer Corp visit

From: Baghdasarian

YOUNG JOURNALIST SCHOOL TO VISIT YEREVAN

Vestnik Kavkaza, Russia
Jan 27 2014

27 January 2014 – 12:46pm

The Young Journalist School organized by the North South Center for
Political Analysis will visit Yerevan on January 29-31 to discuss
Eurasian mass media and technologies for promotion and formation of
content, News Georgia reports.

Journalists, media specialists, political analysts from Russia,
Kazakhstan and Ukraine will organize professional training and lectures
for Armenia. Two round-table conferences will be held. One will be
organized at the Russian-Armenian Parliamentary Club, entitled the
Parliamentary Dimension and Public Support of Eurasian Integration for
Russian and Armenian experts. The other one will be entitled Problems
and Prospects in Formation of Common Eurasian Information Space.

A contest of journalist essays will be announced on the final day
of the Journalism School. The winners will have special training and
attend the regional School of Young Journalists of the South Caucasus
in Sochi.

The Young Journalist School organized by the North South Center for
Political Analysis will visit Yerevan on January 29-31 to discuss
Eurasian mass media and technologies for promotion and formation of
content, News Georgia reports.

Journalists, media specialists, political analysts from Russia,
Kazakhstan and Ukraine will organize professional training and lectures
for Armenia. Two round-table conferences will be held. One will be
organized at the Russian-Armenian Parliamentary Club, entitled the
Parliamentary Dimension and Public Support of Eurasian Integration for
Russian and Armenian experts. The other one will be entitled Problems
and Prospects in Formation of Common Eurasian Information Space.

A contest of journalist essays will be announced on the final day
of the Journalism School. The winners will have special training and
attend the regional School of Young Journalists of the South Caucasus
in Sochi.

From: Baghdasarian

PAVEL ZARIFULLIN: “TURKEY WILL NEVER BE PART OF THE EU”

Vestnik Kavkaza, Russia
Jan 27 2014

27 January 2014 – 9:14am

Yesterday, in his interview to CNBC at the World Economic Forum in
Davos, Irakli Garibashvili, Georgian Prime Minister, commented on
the events in Ukraine. He related the Euromaidan with the political
pressure of Russia and emphasized that Georgia is expecting a
provocation from Russia. Pavel Zarifullin, Director of the Lev Gumilev
Center, told Vestnik Kavkaza about the European aspirations of Georgia,
Armenia and Turkey.

What is the European view on efforts by the new Georgian government
to meet democratic standards of the European Union?

The view has been being formed for decades. It didn’t come from
nowhere; Georgia is perceived as a freedom-loving, fair state which
resists the mammoth from the north, a David against the awful Russian
Goliath. Of course, it is idealized in Europeans’ eyes that everything
is wonderful there, that the people have accepted true values of
freedom and democracy and finally will be an example for all nations
of Asia in building a state without corruption and totalitarianism.

The views on Georgia are very idealistic. In fact I believe European
citizens don’t really know what happens there, how deep the Georgian
conscience is, how patriarchal it is, it is a kind of a thing in
itself. If Georgians read the principles which they are going to sign
in the association with the EU, I think they would never agree to
this. At the same time, the policies are too thin. There is an item
which says that the rights of sexual minorities should be welcomed in
Georgia. Neither Patriarch Ilia II nor patriarchal Georgian families
will agree to this. Therefore, we can see another cognitive dissonance
here, when there are idealized views of Western society and these views
are imposed on a different culture, a different social mentality,
and sooner or later it will break up. At the moment nobody demands
from Georgians to hold a love parade in Tbilisi, but they will demand
it tomorrow, and it will cause a painful reaction in Georgian society
and reconsideration of European illusions which have been a disease
of the Georgian nation in the last few decades.

How do you think will develop the relations of Armenia with the EU
after its decision to join the Customs Union?

There will be trade relations, it will all be suggestions that
Armenia had better give up on the Eurasian Union, that Europe is
better and more interesting for Armenia, Armenian opposition parties
will get financed by different foundations, as well as any Armenian
organizations that propagandize European identity, European culture,
European rights and freedoms. So it certainly is a great challenge
for Armenia, but then, they have no alternative, because Europe will
never give them any guarantees. The EU can declare they include Armenia
in whatever unions, organizations, Eastern partnerships, but Europe
can never guarantee security and sovereignty to Armenia. Only Russia,
OSCE, the Eurasian Union can do it. And the Armenian authorities and
people are perfectly aware of it.

How has the attitude of the EU to Turkey changed after the big
corruption scandal in the government?

The relations between Turkey and the EU are another story, they have
been singing different songs for 50 years. The main goal of the EU
is to work with Turkey and use it for its economic and geopolitical
issues, but never include it in the EU. So anything related to a
certain demonization of Turkey in the eyes of the European community
will be encouraged by European media. They will keep emphasizing
and proving that the Turks are corrupt. The Turks are indigestible
for Europe, allegedly because they are like this, because corruption
blossoms there. And if you say they have reversed values, that in some
respect they might be more European than the Czechs or the Hungarians –
if we talk about rationality, about economic progress, they will never
agree. Here we face again some double standards of European society
towards other regions, other cultures. We shouldn’t blame them for it,
for we also are like that, because Europe is a different civilization,
with its own cultural code, Russia is different and also has its
unique cultural code, and Turkey is not like any of us. We – experts,
journalists, political researchers – should stop watching the world
through all those telescopes, rose-colored spectacles, just realize
that all the negative information on Turkey in the European press
(including the German press) will have the sole goal of never letting
Turkey join the EU.

From: Baghdasarian

PACE PRESIDENT EXPLAINS WHY SUBCOMMITTEE ON NAGORNO-KARABAKH DISSOLVED

21:30 ~U 27.01.14

Outgoing President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council
of Europe (PACE) Jean-Claude Mignon has today held his last press
conference.

Answering APA’s question concerning the results he achieved in the
Nagorno-Karabakh peace process as the initiator of the meetings
between Azerbaijani and Armenian delegations during his presidency,
Mignon said: “During my presidency I tried to make contribution to
the solution of frozen conflicts. Negotiations on Armenia-Azerbaijan
conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh conducted through parliamentary
diplomacy are one of the examples. Though we have not achieved
serious results, I am satisfied with the restoration of dialogue
between the parties. The heads of the two countries’ delegations
take constructive position on this issue. The number of accusations
between the two sides against each other at the plenary sessions of
the Assembly is gradually reducing and it means that the members of
delegations received some positive messages at these meetings.”

Mignon noted that after he was elected as PACE President, the
subcommittee on Nagorno-Karabakh did not continue its activity,
he opposed to the resolution of the conflict in this format.

“OSCE Minsk Group is dealing with this issue and, as a representative
of another organization, I do not support interference in this
organization’s activity. Chairmanship at OSCE is also based on the
principle of rotation. Switzerland has taken over chairmanship from
Ukraine, Serbia will take over chairmanship from Switzerland. These
countries are also doing great job within the organization towards
the resolution of the conflict. Moreover, during my presidency I
met with Minsk Group co-chairs, especially with the French co-chair
Jacques Faure. We had very productive meetings. We also held important
meetings in Baku and Yerevan with the foreign ministers, presidents
of the two countries, discussed Madrid principles proposed by OSCE
Minsk Group. I think there is progress, though less than expected,
in these issues. At least there is a dialogue within the Assembly
and I think these meetings should be continued,” he said.

Armenian News – Tert.am

From: Baghdasarian

JEWISH COMMUNITY OF ARMENIA MARKED HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL DAY

January 27, 2014 | 21:08

YEREVAN. – The Jewish community of Armenia on Monday marked
International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Members of the community and representatives of other organizations
laid flowers at the memorial to the victims of Armenian Genocide and
Holocaust installed in the center of Yerevan.

Another event will be held together with Israel’s Embassy in Armenia
at 6:30p.m. on February 4 in the Chamber Music Hall, head of the
community Rimma Varzhapetyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.

International Holocaust Remembrance Day is marked all over the
globe on January 27 when in 1945, the largest Nazi death camp,
Auschwitz-Birkenau, was liberated by Soviet troops. The Holocaust
resulted in annihilation of 6 million Jews.

News from Armenia – NEWS.am

From: Baghdasarian

ARMENIAN VICTIM OF KYIV CLASHES BURIED IN UKRAINE

15:52 ~U 27.01.14

Sergey Nikoyan, the Ukrainian-Armenian mankilled in the Kyiv clashes
last week, was buried Sunday in Bereznavotka, a village in the
Dnepropetrovsk region, Obozrevatel.com reported.

“Seryozha was consigned to earth. Hundreds of people had come to the
village where it was very difficult to get. They had queued up for
laying flowers. As his coffin was lowered, people started singing the
Ukrainian anthem,” a Facebook user, Boris Fiatov, said in a post on
the social networking site.

According to the Russian Komsomolskaya Pravda, hundreds had come to
the funeral ceremony to bid their last farewell to the activist.

Nikoyan, whose family is said to have moved to Ukraine from
Nagorno-Karabakh in 1990, was the only son of his parents, says
the publication.

“The Nikoyan’s family was very friendly; they always lived in peace.

Sergey easily learned Ukrainian at school. He knew the language so
well, that Taras Shevchenko become one of his favorite writers,”
Vladimir Khren, the mayor of Bereznavotka, was quoted as saying.

From: Baghdasarian

LACK OF STRATEGY IN RUSSIA

Throughout the history of the Islamic Republic in Iran, that is
since the Islamic revolution in 1979, the Soviet Union and then
Russia tried to pursue a policy of rude and cynical disregard towards
Iran. The purpose was to use the hard international situation of Iran,
subordinate its interests to Russia and sell up such “dependence”
to one of its dubious partners.

Any deal on supply of arms and technologies to Iran was accompanied
by staged performances, undue delays, speculative prices, and
most importantly, by political conditions which were, as a rule,
unacceptable for such a large and influential state. In the Soviet
political and historical literature one could read evaluations by
prominent diplomats and party leaders about the consequences of the
submission style in the foreign policy of the Soviet Union which
tried to treat fairly large states as its vassals.

In Tehran, not only the political circles but also intellectuals,
the scientific and technical corps, the military, journalists and
academics believed that Russia was acting towards Iran as a “senior
partner” without any reason for that, and it will end up in failure.

However, Iran demonstrated calm and restraint, getting sufficient
exhaustive information about Russia’s attempts to use the vulnerability
of Iran’s situation in its relations with not only the U.S. but also
Israel and Turkey.

Of course, most Iranians were annoyed by the influence Israel’s
political circles on Russia and attempts to block not only the
development of Russian-Iranian relations but also the Russian policy on
Iran on the international arena. Perhaps, in Moscow the current state
of Iran, that is the Islamic republic, was considered as something
interim; there may have been some knowledge about the new political
reality in the region but most probably there was a glaring omission
in the strategy that reflected the lack of long-term foreign political
interests of Russia’s ruling elite. But is this a basic condition
for such a short-sighted policy towards Iran?

Now when new relationships are forming in the region that will have an
impact not only on the situation in the Middle East but also in a huge
space, Russia is trying to correct its deplorable and rather awkward
situation, trying to rebuild its relationship with Iran. Attempts are
made to agree with Iran on some unimportant issues, such as the barter
of oil with aircraft (which is possible in a blocked state only).

However, even these ordinary attempts ran into a furious reaction
of Israel’s friends in Russia who mobilized the most respectable
media, realizing that Russia was facing the prospect of forced
“equal” relations with Iran. Not only political scientists and
politicians, but also economists, sociologists and cultural scientists,
religious leaders and clairvoyants have been mobilized. Moscow-based
propagandists went as far as to declare Shi’a as the ideological
basis of fascism. Moreover, Russia is assigned to the role of the
main responsible for the fate and the security of Israel.

Israel’s friends have very serious concerns about the loss of Russia
as the most comfortable living space and habitat. This would be
a breakthrough in a lasting policy of Israel which bid on Russia’s
strife for maintaining its status of a “senior partner” to Iran. This
breakthrough means removal of restrictions on supply of materials and
technology to Iran, which will lead to a solution of many problems
in this country in terms of defense and security.

However, it is not even a matter of supplies but the possibility of
Israel’s loss of its influence on Russia, which is considered by Israel
not only as a strategic partner but also a country of likely “return”
in the event of a catastrophe. Moscow is at a loss, primarily because
Russia “services” do not interest anyone e in the West, on which
Russia heavily relied not only in the West but also in the Middle East.

The most appropriate way to ensure Israel’s national security
is reconciliation and normalization of relations with Iran, not
confrontation with him. This policy of confrontation has spoiled
relations with the United States, and now, apparently , deterioration
of relations with Russia. Iran was not created in 1934 like the Jewish
Autonomous Region, and like Israel, it has a millennial history,
and the two countries will understand each other better than with the
assistance of all kinds of mediators who have fallen from the moon. In
this case, however, the question occurs who controls Russia? It is
said that the FSB does. And who controls the FSB?

Thus, we may state with confidence that strategic relations have
developed between Russia and Israel, which will, of course, lead to
shifts not only in the Middle East, but also in Eastern Europe and the
South Caucasus. Russia has already demonstrated its loyalty to Israel,
playing a major role in the withdrawal of chemical weapons from Syria,
pumping out money from this country that had been provided by Iran,
delivering Russian weapons to Damascus.

It is absolutely clear that such a nature of interests of Russia
and Israel will lead to big problems for Armenia, given its special
interests in Iran and problems with Turkey and Azerbaijan. It would be
interesting to find out (or rather, confirm the versions on) the role
of Israel and Israel’s friends in Russia to promote the interests of
Azerbaijan in Moscow. Friendship of peoples is great but what price
will other people have to pay for the friendship of Russia and Israel?

Armenian circles in Moscow (certainly not the ridiculous leaders
of controlled public and other organizations) are well-aware
of the problems and vicissitudes of various attempts to set up
Russian-Iranian strategic relationship in which they had the most
direct and largely productive participation. An example of different
efforts and initiatives of Armenians in Moscow in this aspect was,
for example, th well-known and widely discussed trips of the Russian
Foreign Minister Yevgeny Primakov to Tehran in 1997, which resulted
in a U-turn in this relationship but nonsense in Moscow’s policy was
not overcome. At the same time, well-known are the results of the
various influence on Russia’s policy on Iran, which had a negative
impact on Armenia.

Arguing about who controls Russia, one can assume that it is run
by Russians but Russia is a highly dependent state, experiencing a
strong deficit strategy.

As you know, the same expression has essentially different contents
if one changes just one dash.

Igor Muradyan,Political Analyst 12:12 27/01/2014 Story from Lragir.am
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