Երկրի այլասերվածները, ջեբգիրները, արեւմտամետ և թուրքամետ վարձկանները, բոշաները և գեղցիները թող հաչեն ինչ քան որ ուզում են, միևնույն է, փաստը մնում է փաստ. Հայաստանի ամենա կայուն, ամենա խաղաղ, ամենա ապահով և որոշ չափով ամենա բարգավաճ ժամանակաշրջանը եղել է Նախագահ Ռոբերտ Քոչարյանի օրոք, 1998 թվականից մինչև 2008։ Այդ ժամանակ էր երբ ես որոշեցի իմ ճակատագիրը կապեմ երկրի հետ: Մարդը մի անքամ երկիրը անդունդից հանեց, ամենայն հավանականությամբ կրկին կ'կարողանա անել այն: Այս առումով համոզված եմ, որովհետեւ Ռոբերտ Քոչարյանը, ի տարբերություն Հայաստանի բոլոր մյուս ղեկավարներից, սերտ կապեր ունի Մոսկվայում և սերտ հարաբերությունների մեջ է Մեծն Նախագահ Վլադիմիր Պուտինի հետ: Հետևաբար, երկրի փրկության միակ հույսը այսօր նախկին նախագահ Ռոբերտ Քոչարյանն է: Այլընտրանք չկա: Հայաստանը նաև Ռուսաստանի կողքին է մնալու բոլոր դեպքերում և բոլոր հանգամանքներում: Դրա այլընտրանքն էլ չկա: Նրանք ովքեր ասում են կա, պարզապես խաբում եմ:
Մի խոսքով, Քոչարյան և Ռուսաստան, դա է Հայաստանի ապագան:
Ռուսաստանի Դաշնության հետ կապված մի քանի խոսք ևս եմ ուզում ավելացնեմ քանի որ հայերիս համար միշտ դրա կարիքը կա իմ կարծիքով:
Մեր պրոֆեսիոնալ ռուսատյածները, օրինակ «Սասնա Ծռեր» կոչված վարձովի հոգեկան հիվանդները, անխնա և անդադար տարածում են հակառուսական ապատեղեկատվություն մեր հասարակության մեջ: Փորձում են համոզել մեզ, որ ռուսները հայերի մեջքին խփեցին, Արցախը ադրբեջանցիներին ծախեցին, և այսօր էլ Հայաստանը հանձնում են Ադրբեջանին և Թուրքիային: Մի խոսքով, այս անգլո-ամերիկյան-հրեա դաշինքին ծառայող վարձկանները, փորցում են համոզել մեզ որ ռուսը ավելի մեծ թշնամի է հայերին քան ադրբեջանցին կամ թուրքը: Չգիտեմ եթե իսկապես գիտակցում են թե ոչ, բայց այս հոգեկան հիվանդների նպատակը շատ բարզ է. խորը սեպ խրել ռուս-հայկական հարաբերությունների մեջ, դրանից հետո էլ Հայաստանը դարձնել Թուրքիայի հպատակ: Իրականում այս մարդկանց քարոզչությունը ավելի շատ հակահայկական բնույթ է կրում քան հակառուսական: Սակայն, ինչ քան էլ անհեթեթ հնչի նրանց հռետորաբանությունը նորմալ կամ պարզապես մտածող մարդու համար, քանի որ մեր ազգի մեջ այսօր կան շատ մեծ թվով անգրագետ ու առհասարակ ցածր մակարդակի մարդիկ, մեր պրոֆեսիոնալ Ռուսաֆոբները զգալի թվով հետեւորդներ և համակիրներ ունեն:
Ինչքան շատանա երկրում այս տեսակի մարդկանց թիվը մեր հասարակության մեջ, այդքան շատանալու է երկրի ողբերգությունների և դժբախտությունների թիվը: Ձեր ականջներին օղ արեք այս խոսքս:
Այնուամենայնիվ, ասեմ հետևյալը. Ռուսը երբեք և ոչ մի կերպով պարտավորված չէր մեր օգնության հասնելու Արցախում: Այս կարգի հարցեր մեր պրոֆեսիոնալ ռուսատյացներն են բարցրացնում մեր արդեն մոլորվաց հասարակությունը ավելի մորլորեցնելու համար: Արցախը միայն-ու-միայն մեր հայերիս պարտականությունն եր: Ռուսական բանակը Հայաստանում է պարզապես Հայաստանը Թուրքիայից և տարածաշրջանի այլ գիշատիչներից պաշտպանելու համար: Հայաստանը այսօր Թուրքիայի մաս չի կազմում զուտ Ռուսաստանի շնորհիվ: Մենք իմանում էինք այսքանը: Ռուսը նաև ամբողջությամբ չէր կիսում մեր պահանջները Արցախի նկատմամբ: Մենք իմանում էինք այս բոլորը: Ուստի, կանխարգելիչ քայլերի պիտի դիմեինք Մոսկվայում: Ավելի սերտ հարաբերություններ պիտի հաստատեինք պաշտոնական Մոսկվայի հետ: Մենք դա չարեցինք: Մենք իրականում արեցինք հակառակը: Մենք փորձեցինք մոտենալ արեւմտյան տերություններին: Հետեւաբար, մենք դարձանք այսպես կոչված միջազգային հանրության զոհը և խաղալիքը:
Մենք պիտի հասկանայինք որ Հայաստանի անվտանգությունը միայն-ու-միայն Մոսկվան կարող էր երաշխավորել: Մենք պիտի հասկանայինք որ Հայաստանի գոյությունը հարավային Կովկասի նման վայրում միայն Ռուսաստանին է հետաքրքրում: Մենք պիտի հասկանայինք որ Արցախի հակամարտության լուծման բանալին գտնվում էր Մոսկվայում, այլ ոչ թե Վաշինգտոնում, Փարիզում կամ Բրյուսելում:
Եթե տարիներ առաջ Հայաստանի ղեկավարությունը և երկրի բոլոր խոշոր կուսակցությունները հայտարարեին որ հայկական զորքը դուրս էր բերվելու Արցախի միջազգայնորեն ճանաչված սահմաններից դուրս գտնվող գոնե հինգ վիճելի տարածքներից (ինչպես առաջարկում էր Մոսկվան), եթե պաշտոնապես հրավիրեին ռուս խաղաղապահների տեղակայումը Արցախում (ինչպես հուշում էր Մոսկվան), եթե վտարեին Հայաստանից բոլոր արեւմուտքից ֆինանսավորվող դիվերսիոն հասարակական կազմակերպություններին (ինչպես ցանկանում էր Մոսկվան), եթե վերջ տային Կոմպլեմենտար Քաղաքականությանը (ինչպես ակնարկում էր Մոսկվան), եթե ռուս-հայկական կապերը սերտ, առողջ, համագործակցական և արդյունավետ պահվեր (ինչպես ուզում էր Մոսկվան), և ամենա կարևորը - եթե 2018 թվականին մեր ազգը մերժեր նաև Նիկոլին և իր Սորոսական և ԿՀՎ-ական անձնակազմին, անցյալ տարվա պատմական ողբերգությունը չէր տեղի ունենա: Ամենայն հավանականությամբ, նույնիսկ պատերազմ չէր լինի: Եթե նույնիսկ պատերազմ լիներ, չեինք ունենա այսպիսի ցավալի արդյունք:
Թույլ տվեք ավելացնել ևս մեկ կարևոր քաղաքական նրբերանգ. Պաշտոնական Մոսկվայի ցանկությունների և առաջարկների հետ լուրջ վերաբերվելը և համաձայնվելը անհրաժեհտ դարձավ 2008-ի ամռանից հետո, երբ Ռուսաստանը իր բանակը ուղարկեց Վրաստան: Եւ 2014-ի գարնանից հետո, երբ Ռուսաստանը իր բանակը ուղարկեց Ուկրաինա, դա արդեն դարձել եր պարտադիր: Հետևաբար, Սերժ Սարգսյանը և Նիկոլը կրում են Արցախի դեմ գործված մեղքերի ամենա մեծ բաժինը: Պաշտոնական Երևանի վարած Կոմպլեմենտար Քաղաքականությունը կարելի էր մի կերբ բացատրել, մի կերբ հասկանալ կամ արդարացնել մինչև 2008 թվականը: 2008 թվականից հետո, հատկապես 2014-ից հետո, այդ քաղաքական մոտեցումը լուրջ խնդիր դարձավ Հայաստանի համար: Ժողովուրդը ինչպես նաև մեր երկրի առաջնորդները չհասկացան կամ բարզապես արհամարհեցին այն: Իսկ որոշ դեպքերում էլ կտրուկ ձևով մերժեցին Ռուսաստանի կողմից առաջ դրված նախաձեռնությունները Արցախի և այլ հարցերի վերաբերյալ: Ինչո՞ւ դա եղավ, որովհետև մենք ազգովի չափազանց շատ զբաղված էինք հետևյալ աննորմալություններով -
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Երեսուն տարի մենք մեր երկիրը մեր սեփական ձերքերով քար-առ-քար քանդեցինք: Երկրի անկման և դեգրադացման տեմպը կտրուկորեն արագացավ անցած երեք տարիների ընթացքում, երբ Նիկոլի իշխանության գալուց հետո երկիր վարձկանները, սորոսականները, բոշաները և գեղցիները ջրի երես բարձրացան: Նման գործընթացներ տեղի ունեցան նաև Արցախում, որտեղ Արայիկ Հարությունյանի և Մասիս Մայիլյանի նմանները իշխանության եկան Ստեփանակերտում: Հետևաբար, այն ինչ որ կատարվում է այսօր (և կատարվել է վերջին երեսուն տարիների ընթացքում) վերոհիշյալների արդյունքն է: Մենք ողբերգության ճանապարհին էինք երկար ժամանակ բայց չուզեցինք դա գիտակցել: Իմ կարծիքով, գլխավոր մեղավորները այստեղ երկրի առաջին, Արցախի գերեզմանի փոսը փորող և վերջին, Արցախը թաղող ղեկավարներն են, այսինքն Լևոնը և Նիկոլը: Ամեն դեպքում, մեր քաղաքական գործիչները միակ մեղավորները չէն: Երկրի չափից դուրս հասարակ հասարակությունը հավասարապես մեղավոր է երկրի դեգրադացման ու անկման մեջ, եթե ոչ ավելի:
Ասվում է, ժողովուրդները արժանի են իրենց կառավարությանը: Նաև ասվում է, ցանկացած երկրի կառավարությունը այդ երկրի բնակչության արտացոլումն է: Հետեւաբար կարող եմ ասեմ որ Հայաստանի անցած երեսուն տարիների պատկերը (իր բոլոր լավ և վատ կողմերով) մեր ազգի արտացոլումն է: Այնուամենայնիվ այս ամենը հասցրեց մեզ հետևյալ պատկերին -
Նիկոլի այլասերվածների, արեւմտամետների, թուրքամետների և սորոսականների իշխանության գալուց հետո երկիրը սկսեց արագ անկում ապրել: Նիկոլի «Նոր Հայաստան» կոչված աննորմալությունը երեք տարիներ շարունակ ահրելի մեծ վնաս հասցրեց մեր երկրին: Բոլոր ազգային արժեքները - հոգեւորականությունից մինչեւ զինվորականություն - համակարգված և կանխամտածված ձևով հարձակման ենթարկվեցին: Հայաստանը և Արցախ նկատելիորեն խոցելի էին դարձել վերջին երեք տարիների ընթացքում: Նիկոլի ռեժիմի կողմից նաև արվեց ամեն ինչ որ Արցախյան երկրորդ պատերազմը անխուսափելի դառնա: Որպես կանոն, երկիրներ պատերազմի են գնում իրենց թշնամիների դեմ միայն երբ համոզված են լինում որ թշնամին թույլ է և խոցելի: Դրա համար Բաքուն համարձակվեց իր երեսուն տարվա Արցախյան խնդիրը լուծել ռազմական ուժով: Այդ պատճառով էլ հաղթեցին: Եթե Հայաստանի ներքին քաղաքական առողջությունը պինդ լիներ, եթե երկրի բնակչության գոնե մի շոշափելի մասը հայրենասեր կամ պետականամետ լիներ, եթե երկրում Նիկոլի և Լևոնի նման դավաճանների թիվ քիչ լիներ, եթե երկրում բոշաների հետամնաց ջեբգիրների չտեսների մուրացկանների և գեղցիների թիվ քիչ լիներ, եթե Երևանի հարաբերությունները Մոսկվաի հետ ամենա բարծր մակարդակի վրա լիներ, ադրբեջանցիք երբեք չէին համարձակվի պատերազի գնալու մեր դեմ: Կրկնում եմ. եթե նույնիսկ պատերազմ լիներ, այնպիսի ավարտ չէր լինի:
Նիկոլի «Նոր Հայաստանը» հասցրեց մեզ միլիարդավոր դոլարների վնասներ, խլեց մեզանից շուրջ հինգ հազար կյանք (մեծամասնությամբ երիտասարդներ), տվեց մեզ ավելի քան տասը հազար վիրավոր (շատերը ծանր վիրավոր), ստեղծեց տասնյակ հազարավոր փախստականներ, կոտորեց ամբողջ ազգի ոգին, և իհարկե նվիրեց մեզ պատմական Արցախի կորուստը: Բարեբախտաբար, Արցախի մի մասը փրկվեց Ռուսաստանի շնորհիվ: Երկար տարիներ արհամարհելով մեր պետականությունը, չկարեւորելով երկրի շահերը, չգնահատելով Արցախը, խաղեր խաղալով մեր ռուս դաշնակիցների հետ և Նիկոլի նման մի փողոցային սրիկաի հետևից գնալով, անցյալ տարվա ողբերգությունը մենք մեր գլխին բերինք: Մեղավորները մենք ենք: Ամեն դեպքում, և չնայած ամեն ինչ, ռուսը չլիներ, Հայաստանը և Արցախը շատ վաղուց քարտեզից ամբողջությամբ ջնջված կլինեին: Հետեվյալ լուսանկարը իմ ասածի խորհրդանիշն է -
Ուստի, մինչ օրս ես չեմ հասկանում մեր Քաջ Նազարները ինչի վրա էին նրանց հույսերը դնում: Արեւմուտք՞ի վրա: Իծաղելի է: Հայը երբև՞է դասեր քաղել իր անցյալից: Ի վերջո, մեր արևմտամետ և եվրոպամետ հայրենակիցների պատճառով է որ տասնամյակներ շարունակ Հայաստանը փոթորկոտ ծովի վրա գտնվող մի առանց ղեկի և առանց առագաստի նավի նման իր բնական տեղը չի գտնում աշխարհի քաղաքականության և քաղաքակրթության մեջ: Երկու հարյուր տարի առաջ ռուսը մեր երկրին հարություն տվեց հարավային Կովկասում։ Մենք հայերս իրականում Արջի հարավային Կովկասի նկատմամբ ունեցած աշխարհաքաղաքական տեսլականի և ցանկությունի արդյունքն ենք: Սա պետք է մենք լուրջորեն գիտակցենք և մեր հետևյալ քայլերը խելացիորեն ու հեռատեսությամբ վերլուծենք: Երկու հարյուր տարի ռուսը մեր երկիրը պաշտպանել է մեր տարածաշրջանի բոլոր գիշատիչներից: Ընթացքում իհարկե նաև սխալներ են թույլ տվել և բաց թողումներ են տեղի ունեցել, որի արդյունքում մենք էլ, նրանք էլ տուժել ենք: Սակայն, մենք չենք կարող ուրանալ որ Հայաստանը Ռուսաստանից նաև մեծ օգուտներ է քաղել: Այնուամենայնիվ, և անկախ ամեն ինչից, մեր երկու ազգերի ճակատագիրները կապված են և կապված են մնալու:
Ազգովի պետք է գիտակցենք որ հարավային Կովկասը, որտեղ թուրքերը և մահմեդականները գերակշռում են, աշխարհի ամենավտանգավոր տեղերից մեկն է: Պետք է անել ամեն ինչ որպեսզի Հայաստանը ամբողջությամբ մնա Ռուսաստանի ազդեցության ոլորտում և պաշտպանության տակ: Հայաստանում կան հայրենասեր ու հեռատես մարդիկ որ գիտակցում են սա: Լսեք Մենուա Հարությունյանի և լուսահոգի Գուրգեն Եղյազարյանի մամլո ասուլիսները պատերազմի ժամանակ -
Խոստացել էի պատերազմի ժամանակ չխոսել, բայց արդեն ստիպում եք. Գուրգեն Եղիազարյան
Նիկոլը օր առաջ պիտի իշխանությունը հանձնի պրոռուսական ուժերին. Մենուա Հարությունյան
Այս ասուլիսից ընդամենը օրեր անց, Գուրգեն Եղիազարյանը մահացավ: Աամենայն հավանականությամբ սպանեցին, նրան լռեցնելու համար:
Արհամարհեք մեր պրոֆեսիոնալ ռուսաֆոբների անհեթեթությունները: Մենք ռուսին շատ ավելի պետք ունենք քան ռուսը մեզ: Հեռավոր արեւմուտքը երբեք չի հետաքրքրվել և երբեք չի հետաքրքրվելու Հայաստանով: Աշխարհում կա միայն մեկ այլ ազգ որ խորապես և լրջորեն հետաքրքրված է Հայաստանի գոյատևմամբ, և դա Ռուսաստանն է: Աշխարհում կա միայն մեկ այլ ազգ որ պատրաստ է իր երիտասարդների արյունը թափելու Հայաստանի համար, և դա Ռուսաստանն է: Մենք երկու հարյուր տարի ապրել ենք և ամենայն հավանականությամբ ևս երկու հարյուր տարի ապրելու ենք Արջի ստվերում: Մենք վերջ պիտի տանք այդ Կոմպլեմենտար Քաղաքականություն կոչված կործանարար չարիքին: Մենք ամեն ինչ պիտի անենք որպեսզի բարելավենք մեր հարաբերությունները ռուսնրի հետ, և հրեաների նման փորցենք այդ հարաբերությունից օգուտներ քաղեք մեր երկրի համար: Նրանք ովքեր պատկերացնում են Հայաստան արանց Ռուսաստանի, կամ խորը հոգեկան հիվանդություններով են տառապում կամ արևմտյան/թրքական գործակալներ են: Այլ բացատրություն չկա: Ուզենք-չուզենք Հայաստանը պիտի մի կերբ միավորվի Ռսաստանի հետ: Այլընտրանք չկա:
Հարավային Կովկասի տարածքում, ինչպես արդեն նշեցի, որտեղ թուրքեր և մահմեդականներ են գերիշխում, Ռուսաստանը Հայաստանի միակ փրկությունն է: Նրանք ովքեր ասում են այլընտրանք կա հայերի համար, բարզապես երկրի ցավերը երկարացնում են ու նոր ողբերգությունների և դժբախտությունների դռներն են բաց պահում: Ինչ քան շուտ հայը գիտակցի սա, այդ քան շուտ երկիրը կգտնի իր բնական տեղը աշխարհում: Ես համոզված եմ որ Ռուսաստանի հետ միացումը ուշ թե վաղ լինելու է, ուաղակի ժամանակի հարց է: Ամեն դեպքում, այսօրվա անցումային փուլը դժվար ու բարդ ժամանակաշրջան է լինելու բոլորիս համար: Հայաստանին նոր սկիզբ է պետք: Եւ հենց դրա համար եմ պնդում, որ մեր երկիրը այսօր պրոֆեսիոնալ, հայրենասեր, փորձառու և ռուսամետ պետական պաշտոնյաների կարիք ունի:
Ուստի կրկնում եմ. Հայաստանի փրկության միակ հույսը այսօր Ռոբերտ Քոչարյանն է:
Երկիրը այսօր շատ լուրջ քաղաքական հանգույցի դեմ է կանգնած: Նախագահ Քոչարյանը այսօր միակ մարդն է երկրում որ կարող է հանգույցալուծել այն: Սակայն, ափսոս որ երկիրի քաղաքական համակարգը այսօր «ժողովրդավարություն» կոչված ևս մի կործանարար և քայքայիչ չարիքի ձերքում է: Թույլ տվեք բացատրեմ. Երկրի թշնամիները (այսինքն, անգլո-ամերիկյան-հրեական դաշինքը և նրանց ծառայող մարմինները) համոզել են մեր անգրագետներին որ երկրի հասարակությունը, այլկերբ ասաց «ժեխը» պիտի որոշի հանրապետության ապագան ու ճակատագիրը: Հետևաբար, տեսնենք երկրում այսօր բավական մեծ թիվ ներկայացնող դեգեներատները, արևմտամետները, թրքմետները, ջեբգիրները, բոմժերը, մուրացկանները, գեղցիները և բոշաները ինչ են «որոշելու» հունիսի 20-ին.
Դիտեք Նախագահ Քոչարյանի ելույթները -
Ռոբերտ Քոչարյանի հանդիպումը իրավաբան գիտնականների, փաստաբանների և նախկին իրավապահների հետ
Ռոբերտ Քոչարյանի հանդիպումը՝ Արարատի մարզի բնակիչների հետ
Ռոբերտ Քոչարյանի հանդիպումը Երևանի երեք վարչական շրջանների «Հայաստան» դաշինքի ակտիվի հետ
Ամրապնդելով մեր բանակցային դիրքերը՝ հնարավոր է վերադարձնել գերիներին, Շուշին ու Հադրութը. Քոչարյան
Հայաստանի ապագան մի թողեք «ժեխի» քմահաճույքին: Եթե նորմալ մարդիկ, հայրենասեր մարդիկ մեծ թվերով դուրս չգան իրենց բողոքի ձայնը բարձրացնելու ընտրության օրը, մենք երկիր ենք կորցնելու: Հայը միշտ եղել է իր պատմության ամենա սեվ եջերի հեղինակը: Հայը միշտ եղել է Հայաստանի օրհնությունը և անեծքը: Տեսնեն որ մեկ հայն է հաղթելու այս հունիսի 20-ին:
Նրանք ովքեր այս ամենը տեսնելուց հետո դեռ սատարում Նիկոլի նման մի հոգեկան հիվանին, իրոք երկրի թշնամիներն են: Նրանք ովքեր իրավունքը ունեն բայց չեն մասնակցելու այս ընտրությունին, նույնպես երկրի թշնամիներն են: Այլրբ ասած, նրանք ովքեր Ռոբերտ Քոչարյանին ձայն/քվե չեն տալու հունիսի 20-ին, երկրի թշնամիներն են և իրավունք չունեն նույնիսկ հայ կոչվելու: Անցած երեք տարիները իսկապես մղձավանջ էին: Երկիրը այսօր կանգնած է անդունդի եզրին: Երկիրը ծնկի է թուրքերի ու ադրբեջանցիների առջեվ: Մեծ պատկերում, այն ինչ որ տեղի է ունենում երկրում այսօր (նաև աշխարհում) քաղաքակրթությունների և մարդու տեսակների կռիվ է: Ուրեմն ուշադիր լսեք ինձ. Մի թողեք Բելը հաղթի Հայկին այս անգամ: Մի թողեք այսօրվա «ժեխը» հաղթի արժանապատիվ և հայրենասեր հային: Սթափվեք: Երկիրը երեք տարի ևս Նիկոլի տակ չի դիմանա:
Առաջին օրվանից զգուշացնում էի Նիկոլի և նրա դեգեներատների մասին: Առաջին օրվանից զգուշացնում էի, որ երկիրը պատմական աղետի ճանապարհի վրա է: Լսող չկար: Ոչ ինչ, մեղքը և հինգ հազար հոգու արյուն ձեր խղճին է: Այս պահին, ինձ չի հետաքրքրում ով ում օգտին է քվեարկել 2018-ին: Հունիսի 20-ը Հայաստանի համար նոր սկիզբ կարող է լինել: Կարևորը դա է այսօր: Հունիսի 20-ին մենք հնարավորություն ենք ունենալու ձերբազատվելու անցյալ երեք տարվա Նիկոլ կոչված պատմական չարիքից: Այն ինչ որ որոշվելու է հունիսի 20-ին, ամենայն հավանականությամբ որոշելու է երկրի ապագան և ճակատագիրը: Մի թողեք Բելը այս անգամ հաղտի Հայկին: Մեզ «ժողովրդավարություն» և «բաց հասարակություն» պետք չի: Մեզ ավտորիտար առաջնորդ է պետք: Մեզ հայրենասեր թագավոր է պետք: Հետեւաբար, քվեարկեք մեր դասական տեսակի օգտին։ Քվեարկեք հայրենասերության օգտին: Քվեարկեք մեր պետականության օգտին: Քվեարկեք ռուս-հայկական բարեկամության օգտին: Քվեարկըք այս հունիսի 20-ին Ռոբերտ Քոչարյանի օգտին:
Nikol's "New Armenia" led us to this historic disaster
I knew that the international community, including Russia, would never allow Armenia to keep the territories outside of the internationally recognized borders of Nagorno Karabakh, our Artsakh. I knew that Armenia's dispute with Azerbaijan over Artsakh would eventually be decided by a contained war. I knew that at least five of the seven territories outside of the internationally recognized borders of Artsakh would be given back to Baku as a result of that war. I spoke about this in numerous previous writings. I also knew that Armenia's blind and often fanatical pursuit of Western fairytales like “democracy” and "open society" would eventually prove toxic for the country. I had been warning about this for well over ten years. For the past three years in particular, I had been warning our peasantry that Armenia and/or Artsakh was being led to the slaughterhouse. Despite everything I knew or thought I knew, what I did not know was how painful and embarrassing it was going to be. I also did not know how difficult it would be for me to begin writing once again after going through what we went through last autumn.
The year 2020 proved to be one of the saddest years in Armenian history. By the time the 44 day war ended on the night of November 09, 2020, Artsakh had fallen and 5000 Armenian soldiers and civilians lay dead. To put it in perspective, we lost about 40% of the total territory Armenians controlled (Armenia, Artsakh and the 7 territories combined). The 5000 Armenian deaths would be like 750,000 American deaths. And all this in just 44 days of fighting. It was a historic disaster no matter how one looked at it. The widespread incompetence and treason within all levels of Armenia's government and armed forces led to this defeat. Therefore, it wasn't just about Nikol. But being that Nikol was the "commander in chief", not to mention the most popular leader in Armenia (i.e. with a virtual mandate on all political and military matters), Nikol bears direct responsibility for the historic disaster. The losses of Shushi and Hadrut were particularly painful because they were not expected. None of us expected losses within the internationally recognized territory of Artsakh. In my opinion, not even Nikol's mentor, Levon Petrosyan wanted that. The blame for the losses of Shushi and Hadrut goes directly to Nikol and his team. Had it not been for the Russian military intervention on the 44-th day of the war, we would most likely have lost all of Artsakh, along with a significant portion of its population. Some say that was Nikol's plan all along. Time will tell. Nevertheless, no matter how one looked at it, it was Nikol's Western-financed regime that brought us our devastating loss -
For the past thirteen-plus years, since March 1, 2008 to be exact, I had been warning people that if the so-called "criminal oligarch regime" or the "Karabakh Clan" in Yerevan is overthrown, it would not be nationalists and patriots taking over power.
For over thirteen years, I tried explaining to our sheeple that those waiting on the sidelines of the political field in Armenia are Globalists (i.e. neo-Bolsheviks, Internationalist, Marxist, Trotskyites, etc.) and agents of the Anglo-American-Jewish alliance in the Western world. Our so-called "Armenian Street" however was only concerned with its hate and jealousy towards the "Karabakh Clan" and the oligarchs. Our so-called politicians only thought about playing footsie with Western powers to show Russia that Armenia had "options", and of course make a lot of money in the process. Our idiots in the so-called Diaspora were only concerned about their inflated egos and turning Armenia into a testing laboratory for Western experiments. The end result of all this was Nikol's toxic regime. All in all, what a pathetic bunch of politically illiterate and self-destructive people we turned out to be. Consequently, we suffered a much deserved defeat. Being that the current regime is the "people's choice", Armenians deserve their agony, pain and despair.
The following is a little look at what Nikol's "New Armenia" was all about, and in the big picture why we suffered a historic disaster.
To begin with, Nikol's New Armenia was a country that should have been called Sorostan -
Nikol's New Armenia miraculously no longer had any oligarchs, although infamous oligarchs "Grzo" and "Lfik" operate freely, because they support Nikol -
Nikol's New Armenia was a country that bestowed honorary titles to well known criminals, miraculously transforming yesterday's disgusting oligarch into a "knight" -
Nikol's New Armenia, a country desperately dependent on Russia for survival, saw the unprecedented worsening of relations with Russia -
Nikol's New Armenia give Western-funded terrorist organizations a political podium to spew anti-Russian hysteria -
Nikol's New Armenia was a country where foreign-funded mercenaries who killed Armenian policemen were set free from jail and to this day are given political platforms to spew their Russophobic venom -
Nikol's New Armenia was a country where symposiums were held on how to overthrow the Russian government -
Nikol's New Armenia was busy chasing Russian spies on the eve of the war -
Nikol's New Armenia was a country that had Nikol supporters publicly announcing, it's better for an Armenian to be a Turk's dog than be a Russian agent -
Nikol's New Armenia was a country where anti-Russian activists were given governmental positions -
Nikol's New Armenia was a country that had Russians wondering if it was actually worth protecting it from Turkey -
Nikol's New Armenia was a country doing its best to get kicked-out of the Russia-led CSTO -
Nikol's New Armenia was a country that had suddenly forgotten about all the criminal oligarchs in the country (including Serj Sargsyan and his brothers) and had instead decided to politically persecute former president Robert Kocharyan, who arguably was Armenia's finest president and perhaps the only Armenian official that is backed by Moscow -
Nikol's New Armenia was a country where officials were claiming Turkey would never help Azerbaijan attack Artsakh or Armenia -
Nikol's New Armenia was a country where officials openly boast about their ties to criminal Globalists -
Nikol's New Armenia was a country where officials openly met with criminal oligarchs and Globalists -
Nikol's New Armenia was a country that gave the green-light to Anglo-American interests to loot Armenia's gold, in the process endangering Armenia's strategic water reserves -
Nikol's New Armenia was a country that allowed Western corporate interests to attack Armenian communities opposed to Western exploitation -
Nikol's New Armenia was a country that was literally buried under garbage for long periods of time -
Nikol's New Armenia was a country where political assassinations were carried-out to stop people from testifying against the ruling regime -
Nikol's New Armenia was a country that opened an embassy in a country that is openly hostile to Armenia (i.e. does not recognize the Armenian genocide, goes out of its way to make sure the U.S. does not recognize the Armenian genocide, is hostile towards Armenia's strategic neighbor Iran and sells lethal weaponry to Armenia's enemy Azerbaijan) -
Nikol's New Armenia was a country where the Special Investigation Services director (who's brother is a high ranking George Soros operative in Armenia) no longer cared about the "billions of U.S. Dollars in offshore bank accounts" we were told about on a 24/7 basis before the "Velvet Revolution" took place, and conveniently allowed a suspect to escape the country -
Nikol's New Armenia was a country that arrested the owner of one of the country's largest and most important freight companies that handled trade with the Russian Federation -
Nikol's New Armenia was a country that had not jailed any of the country's criminal oligarchs nor brought back any of the "billions of U.S. Dollars in offshore accounts" we were told existed, but it was going after a subsidiary of a mega-corporation based in Russia that can literally freeze Armenia to death with a single flick of a switch -
Nikol's New Armenia was a country where freedom of speech and dissenting voices were attacked by pro-regime hooligans with impunity -
Nikol's New Armenia was a country that began taxing remittances transferred to Armenia by the country's migrant workers who number in the hundreds of thousands, 90% of whom work in the Russian Federation -
Nikol's New Armenia was a country where dangerous American vaccinations were promoted right from the top -
Nikol's New Armenia was a country where American "rock stars" were given platforms to give us their unneeded advice -
Nikol's New Armenia was a country where homosexuals and transvestites attacked police stations and assaulted policemen with impunity -
Nikol's New Armenia was a country where for the first time in history a transvestite addressed the National Assembly -
Nikol's New Armenia was a country that became a safe haven for transvestites from around the world -
Nikol's New Armenia was a country that was often at loggerheads Artsakh's leadership, that is until fellow activists Araik Harutunyan and Masis Mailyan came to the political scene in Stepanakert -
Nikol's New Armenia was a country where patriotism and the concept of a civilian army was actively discouraged -
Nikol's New Armenia was a country where there was no money for programs promoting nationalism or traditional values, but had money to fund a film featuring a transvestite -
Nikol's New Armenia was a country where there was no money for programs promoting nationalism or traditional values, but had money to finance "modern dance" performances in public -
Nikol's New Armenia was a country that cancelled the only educational and patriotic television program for children -
Nikol's New Armenia was a country where the Armenian language and Armenian history were not considered very important subjects to study in universities -
Nikol's New Armenia was a country where chess no longer had a place in schools -
Nikol's New Armenia was a country that welcomed Satanic themed concerts in Armenian schools -
Nikol's New Armenia was a country that wanted to host an office for the U.S. based Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) -
Nikol's New Armenia was a country where "minorities" protest "Armenian racism" -
Nikol's New Armenia was a country that saw a rapid increase of Indian and other Third World immigrants, as large numbers of Armenians continued to leave the country -
Nikol's New Armenia was a country that publicly promoted Azerbaijani films -
Nikol's New Armenia was a country that saw no need for a Diaspora ministry -
Nikol's New Armenia was a country where mentally deranged activists on Western payrolls have US-funded television crews following them -
Nikol's New Armenia was a country that did not want to ban same sex marriages despite a public outcry -
Nikol's New Armenia was a country where the head of the Armenian Church was not protected from attacks by foreign funded agents trying to undermine the national church -
Nikol's New Armenia was a country where the head of the Armenian Apostolic Church was attacked in public -
Nikol's New Armenia was a country where Artsakh war veterans were quietly allowed to die in a hunger strikes during pretrial detention, and none of the country's Western financed "rights" activists bothered to hold protests as they would have in the past -
Nikol's New Armenia was a country that had an "economic plan" that was a whopping 30 pages long and did not include a single chart or number -
Nikol's New Armenia was a country that was seeing an increase in food prices, and it's even worst now -
Nikol's New Armenia was a country that imported fruits and vegetables from Turkey and Pakistan, although Armenia is famed for its fruits and vegetables and is under an economic blockade by Turkey and is unrecognized by Pakistan -
Increasing amounts of Turkish and Pakistani fruits and vegetables appear in Armenian marketsNikol's New Armenia was a country that was seeing a sudden rise energy prices -
Nikol's New Armenia was a country that was and still is in a recession -
Nikol's New Armenia was a country that saw a sudden and rapid rise in crime rates -
Nikol's New Armenia was a country where Nikol's brother-in-law smuggles cigarettes -
Nikol's New Armenia was a country where the "vice speaker of the parliament" gets into street fights to protect the "honor" of his mama -
Nikol's New Armenia was a country that was seeing a rapid rise in the number of automobile accident and related deaths -
Nikol's New Armenia was a country where porn starts, prostitutes and attention whores were treated as guests of honor -
Nikol's New Armenia was a country where government officials posed for silly selfies with visiting dignitaries -
Nikol's New Armenia was a country that had a Special Investigations director who's brother is the Chairman of the Board of Directors at George Soros' Open Society Foundations -
Nikol's New Armenia was a country that was asking Levon Petrosyan for advice on Artsakh -
Nikol's New Armenia was a country where Levon Petrosyan's party officials not only publicly claimed territories around Artsakh were not liberated but "occupied", and also that there is no historical proof that those territories ever belonged to Armenians -
Nikol's New Armenia was a country that did not respond to major military advances by Azerbaijan -
Nikol's New Armenia was a country that complimented Azerbaijan's virulently anti-Armenian leadership -
Nikol's New Armenia was a country where anti-Russian and anti-Iranian warmongers from the United States felt confident enough to give their Third World hosts some advice on how to commit national suicide, and none of the natives complained or protested -
Nikol's New Armenia was a country that was preparing to follow the Anglo-American-Jewish alliance's imperial dictates against Iran, Armenia's only reliable neighbor -
Nikol's New Armenia was a country that was contemplating the closure of its border with Iran -
Nikol's New Armenia was a country that appointed an inexperience, 20-something second-in-command of the NSS, the nation's main security agency -
Nikol's New Armenia was a country that hired the services of American Agent Richard Giragosian to reorganize Armenia's NSS -
Nikol's New Armenia was a country that finally understood that Armenia's oligarchs (who, according to our "Velvet Revolutionaries" were the main reason why the country had high unemployment rates) are not the real reason why unemployment remains high in the country -
Nikol's New Armenia was a country that miraculously had more jobs than workers -
Nikol's New Armenia was a country where economic stagnation and failure is suddenly blamed on the people. After spending a lifetime telling people that the high unemployment rate in Armenia is the fault of "oligarchs", "Robik", "Serjik" and the "Karabakh Clan", after coming to power Nikol all of a sudden began claiming that Armenia's unemployment problem was because of lazy citizens. What Nikol failed to acknowledge however was that most if not all of those lazy people he referred to had taken to the streets for him in 2018. Great payback to the "people" from the "people's choice" -
Nikol's assessment was actually correct in this regard. But imagine the national outcry if Serj Sargsyan or Robert Kocharyan had made a similar statement. Incidentally, Nikol and other Western-financed activists actually partook in creating the "mood" behind Armenia's stagnant economy. In any case, there are many more toxic, corrosive and self-destructive aspects to Nikol's "New Armenia". The above is just a small sampling. No matter how one looks at it, Nikol's "democratic government" has been a nightmare and a disaster, as some of us thought it would be. For the past three years, all national values were under constant attack. There was an active effort to undermine Christianity, patriotism, conservatism and traditional values. Although Nikol kept Armenia inside Russian led organizations such as the Eurasian Economic Union and the CSTO (because he simply could not outright pull Armenia out of them), he also flooded Armenia with anti-Russian activists. He allowed professional Russophobes to hold high-level positions in his government. He allowed Western-financed symposiums on overthrowing the Russian government to be held in Yerevan. He even allowed anti-Kremlin activist Navalny on Armenia public television. Nikol's regime did everything they could to sow distrust between Armenia and Russia and gain the approval of Western powers and Turkey. As such, Nikol turned Armenia from a nation that was a regional player during the past 20 years, into a nation that got played. Nikol's New Armenia led us to our historic defeat in Artsakh -
If the previous regime was old-world corruption, the current regime was new-world degeneracy and self-destructionism. Putting aside the "anti-corruption" show that at times took place in the country, in the big picture, after Nikol's rise to power Armenia was much worst-off than it had ever been at any time during the last 20 years. Nikol's regime was a disaster in all aspects, and in my opinion it was all by design, designed by Nikol's handlers from abroad. Despite what our professional Russophobes want us to believe (there is an effort by our anti-Russian activists to convince us that Nikol is actually a deep cover Russian agent), the nature/character of Nikol and his team have all the distinct hallmarks of an Anglo-American-Jewish and/or Turkish intelligence agencies.
When we apply the famous "duck test" to Nikol - if it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably IS a duck - we have no choice but to conclude that Nikol and company are an Anglo-American-Jewish and/or Turkish operation. And if so, it would be nothing special, nothing out of the ordinary. We have seen similar political processes take place in former Soviet countries during the past thirty years. Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Serbia, Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan and Russia itself (Chechnya, Dagestan) became targets at various times during the past 30 years. The rise of Western financed activists in Ukraine in 2014, saw Kiev lose the Crimea and the Donbass. The rise of Western financed activists in Georgia in 2005, saw Tbilisi lose South Ossetia and Abkhazia. The rise of Western activists in Azerbaijan in 1992, saw Baku lose Artsakh. The rise of Western activists in Armenia in 2018, saw Yerevan lose Artsakh. It was all a reaction by the Kremlin to Western attempts to encroach on Russian territory.
The said process was and continues to be an effort by the Western alliance and its friends to surround and contain Russia. This effort was accelerated after 2008, when Russia sent forces into Georgia to stop Mikhail Saakashvili's Western-backed government's aggression against Abkhazia and South Ossetia. After President Putin's famous Munich speech in 2007, Russia had began reacting harshly towards any encroachment in its traditional spheres of influence by Western powers and their allies. Because Armenians in general are shortsighted, politically illiterate and emotionally handicapped, and have an aversion to not only not learning lessons from other people's mistakes but also from their past mistakes, Armenia simply became the said agenda's the latest victim, with devastating consequences for Artsakh. Official Yerevan thought they were becoming players, until they woke up one morning and realized that they have been played.
Nevertheless, sociopolitical developments and processes that led to Nikol's rise to power and Armenia's and Artsakh's fall to disgrace, actually falls fully inline with the step-by-step manual found in the old KGB playbook -
The period in history when former KGB officer Yuri Bezmenov's was giving his lectures to the American public, the lords of this world were using the Soviet Union as a tool to spread their Marxism and Trotskyism (other names for Globalism) around the world. The agendas behind the said sociopolitical movements did not however originate from within the Soviet Union. There is in my opinion a supranational body that is attempting to remake humanity and it's not the Russians. It's never been the Russians. Russians were in fact their first victim. After they came to power through a bloody revolution in late 1917 Marxist Bolsheviks sought to mutilate the territory of the former Russian Empire. Russian lands were given away. The Russian Orthodox Church was viciously attacked. Russia's ancient aristocracy was massacred. The empire's immense wealth was completely plundered. They even attempted to do away with Russia's Cyrillic alphabet. Joseph Stalin stopped it. The Soviet Union as the Western world knew it was largely Stalin's legacy. Stalin had wrestled Moscow away from Leon Trotsky's hands and reversed many of the Marxist/Globalist agendas of the original Bolsheviks. By the Second World War, the Soviet Union had been thoroughly Russified. Therefore, no, Globalism, Marxism and Trotskyism did not radiate from Moscow. Listen closely to the former KGB officer's television interview and you will hear him suggest this. Yuri Bezmenov claims the initiator of the war against the United States is not actually the head of the Soviet Union, as one would naturally surmise, but is what he calls the "world communist system". It makes perfect sense to me. He calls them the "world communist system", I call them the lords of this world. This society, for lack of a better term, do not have national allegiances. What they have is an agenda to remake humanity. They are the ones behind major international/globalist organization such as the United Nations and all its branches. They are the ones behind the promotion of multiculturalism, homosexuality, feminism, abortions, open borders, climate control, mass vaccinations, etc. In recent decades they took control of Western powers. Today, this "world communist system" is using the West as a tool to spread the neo-Marxist/neo-Bolshevik agendas around the world.
They subvert targeted nations through the kind of social engineering methods outlined by Yuri Bezmenov. The sociopolitical movements they finance, often with their populistic slogans and emotional calls for "freedom" and "equality", appeals mainly to homosexuals, drug addicts, beggars, bums, pacifists, hooligans, thieves, atheist, illiterates, the lazy, the mentally ill, ethnic and religious minorities in a society, etc. It's these non-traditional and non-productive elements in society that they seek to empower in order to undermine and subvert targeted nations. Therefore, the higher the number of lowlives in any given society, the more effective the Marxist/Trotskyite agenda in that society becomes. The more open a society is, the more quickly the said neo-Bolshevik agenda spreads. The more diverse a society is, the quicker it succumbs. While Armenia was not ethnically diverse, by 2018 Armenia had unfortunately become a very open society (meaning there were no restrictions placed on foreign activists) and its Street was full of politically-illiterate, emotionally-handicapped and therefore easily manipulated people.
During one of his public speeches last December, veteran politician Vazgen Manukyan said, 30 years ago someone like Nikol would never have been accepted by the people. His message was very clear: Post-Soviet Armenian society had fallen to a historic low point.
We know how it happened. For over 30 years, armies of democratizers and westernizers were given the freedom to operate inside Armenian society. Officials at the time hoped that these well funded foreign activists and agents, with lofty slogans nonetheless, would somehow bring modernity and Western-style prosperity to the country, which was at the time hurting badly from the sudden collapse of the Soviet Union, the earthquake of 1988, the war in Artsakh and the double, Turkish and Azerbaijani blockade. Armenia's democratizers and westernizers, however, had other intentions. They were simply interested in brainwashing the citizenry and subverting national institutions. And they used a well-tried, neo-Marxist/neo-Bolshevik blueprint to get it done. The country's significant Soviet-era industrial base was utterly decimated (sophisticated machines often sold to foreign buyers at scrap metal prices), all of the country's Russian schools were closed and the country's revered Soviet-era educational system was all but scrapped. This was done in the early 1990s by Nikol's mentor, Levon Petrosyan and his advisors. Nikol himself, along with hundreds of other Western financed activists, spent a lifetime slandering, ridiculing and in some cases attacking patriotism, traditional values, the national church, Armenians from Artsakh and of course Russia. By 2018, a large army of Western financed NGOs had become a formidable force in the country. These foreign entities employed by some estimate well over 5000 people, that's over 5000 families in a tiny, poor nation. They controlled the political narrative thought their news media outlets. They set the public mood through their doom and gloom rhetoric. They energized the ignorant masses through populistic slogans. They empowered non-traditional elements in society through promises of freedom and equality. They infiltrated cultural institutions. They debased traditional and conservative values. They dumbed-down the population though television programming and a new, westernized school curriculum. By 2018 the Armenia Street was thoroughly dumbed-down and degenerated, but it was convinced more than ever before that it alone knew what was best for the country. Enter Nikol and company. Nikol's NED and Soros financed activists assumed power by the help of the Armenian Street and thereafter systematically led Armenia and Artsakh to the historic disaster we witnessed last autumn. Everything outlined by the former KGB officer Yuri Bezmenov is exactly what we have seen take place in Armenia, as well as in the United States since the 1960s but that is another topic of discussion. In any case, what we had in Armenia was a situation where the country was in a steep decline throughout the post-Soviet years, but Armenians are flabbergasted with their new and improved "ratings" -
Prior to the war Armenians were happily swimming in their excrement. The Armenian Street was happy that they had finally gotten rid of the "Karabakh Clan" and the "civilized world" had finally begun showing their approval. It did not matter that Armenia was sinking into a permanent third world status and its people were increasingly acting like a bunch of Kurdo-African-Gypsies, what really mattered for the sheeple was that the "lords of this world" finally began giving Armenia "high marks". It did not matter that Armenia stood on the verge of a historic disaster, what mattered was Western "ratings", "scores", "credits" and "indexes". The worthless Armenian Diaspora of North America, which has acted like pack-animals for various Western agendas inside Armenia throughout the post-Soviet years, exalted Nikol's so-called Velvet Revolution. Needless to say, the Western establishment was also excited. Their hope was that Nikol's regime would sever Armenia's ties to Russia. All these "democratic", "improvements", "progress", "liberalism" and "freedom" (internal toxicity that Armenia's enemies don't suffer from) were gradually making the country weaker and more vulnerable to manipulation, exploitation and war. By 2020, Armenia was clearly a weak and unstable nation. As a general rule, nations wage war when they have assessed that their opponent is weak and therefore vulnerable to an attack. Despite an anomaly that took place on July, 2020, a short-lived clash that proved costly for Azerbaijan, Baku knew beyond any doubt that Nikol's Yerevan and Arayik's Stepanakert were vulnerable to an attack. The rest is history, as they say. Armenia's so-called Velvet Revolution in 2018 led us to our painful defeat in Artsakh. In a sense, Nikol's so-called "New Armenia" was so "woke" that it was put to sleep.
Viva la revolución! God bless democracy!
It's all by design. The form of democracy that is promoted by Western powers today is primarily designed to cause internal strife in targeted societies and make them vulnerable to manipulation, subversion and exploitation. This weaponized form of democracy is exported to countries for two fundamental reasons: To either fully subjugate/occupy them and bring them under Anglo-American-Jewish control or, if occupation proves too difficult, simply destroy them (i.e. sow war or create a failed state). We have seen numerous such cases around the world in recent decades. Ultimately, if you are not an organic part of the Anglo-American-Jewish world (primarily English speaking countries plus the Zionist state) and you foolishly lift-up your homeland's gates to them, they pour in culturally, economically, financially and/or militarily to subdue or destroy. We saw this happen in post-Soviet Armenia. And we should have known better -
What else can I say other than thank you "complimentary politics", thank you "democracy", thank you "freedom", thank you "open society", thank you "velvet revolution", and of course thank you "people power".
Nikol supports are the lowest of God's creatures. It's not a political or ideological matter, it's a matter of character, education, values. Only the lowest of the low can emotionally and/or mentally attach themselves to a street scoundrel like Nikol. And there are so many of them. A nation can survive its external enemies, but never its internal ones. I am desperately trying to find some hope. I am desperately searching for even a glimmer of light in our darkness. I do not know what the election result will be come June 20, but I know that at the height of the anti-government protests last December there were more Armenians shopping in Yerevan's two malls then on the streets protesting Nikol's blood-soaked regime. I should not have been surprised or upset because this is after all what "westernization", "democracy", "open society" and of course "people power" is all about. There is not a single nation on earth that rose to wealth or prominence as a result of democracy, yet there are countless examples of nations that fell into utter decay as a result of democracy and western style freedoms. None of this however mattered to Armenians. A significant portion of Armenian society today seems to enjoy swimming in their excrement. We need to save Armenia from the Armenian Street. We need someone like former president Robert Kocharyan to return to power.
Revolutions eventually end up eating their young
Our defeat in Artsakh last autumn was one of the most comprehensive defeats in the history of warfare. We saw all sectors of the Armenian state - government, diplomacy, military intelligence, armed forces - fail to function properly. There was a surplus of incompetence and treason. Nikol did everything a "commander in chief" would do to lose a war. Nikol's strange behavior during the war did not escape observers in Russia, who were baffled as to why Nikol did not accept Russian help even though he knew the war was being lost. Some attribute Armenia's defeat in Artsakh to Nikol's incompetence, while others, like Sergey Kurginyan, attribute it to Nikol's treasonous character. Regardless of reason, the end result was all the same, the Armenian nation suffered a historic embarrassment. I take no satisfaction is saying that I saw all this coming -
We have now lost all 7 territories surrounding the internationally recognized borders of Artsakh, we lost 25% of Artsakh itself, we lost 5000 young lives (some estimate range much higher), we have over ten-thousand wounded and maimed soldiers, much of Artsakh is in ruins, and we lost several billions of dollars worth of military hardware. Artsakh itself was saved due to Russian intervention. Had Moscow not intervened militarily we most probably would have lost all of Artsakh. Some say that was actually Nikol's plan all along. I guess we'll find that out after the scoundrel is ousted or assassinated. In any case, what remains of Artsakh in now in Moscow's hands. Artsakh is now a Russian protectorate. Artsakh today is in better hands, in my opinion. Moscow to its credit has allowed the Artsakh government and its military to remain intact. Moscow has also allocated hundreds of millions of dollars for reconstruction projects, and has delivered thousands of tons of humanitarian aid.
So, one more time in our history Russians saved Armenia not only from Turks/Tatars/Azeris, but from Armenians themselves.
I can confidently say that a majority of those who were killed or maimed during the war in Artsakh last autumn were pro-Nikol or came from families that supported and in many cases still support Nikol. Just prior to the war they were singing Nikol's praise because their precious boys were being fed "strawberries" during military service. These were the same people that blocked streets during the "Velvet Revolution", wished death to "Serjik" and "Robik" on a daily basis, desperately wanted to free themselves from the "Karabakh Clan", confidently claimed Armenia did not need "Gharabagh", and treated a Western-financed, Godless, deceitful, street scoundrel like Nikol as a christ figure. Armenians do not want to hear this but the reality is that a significant portion of Armenia's peasantry wanted nothing to do with Artsakh. As such, the darkness of the people's minds and souls put them in full communion with evil forces that conspired against Artsakh. Satanic forces reciprocated by granting them their destructive wish. The revolution they desperately desired in the darkest depths of their hearts was realized in the spring of 2018. The rest is history, as they say. By the summer of 2020, evil had also descended upon Artsakh. Araik Harutunyan and Masis Mailyan, both known for their pro-Nikol and pro-Western sentiments, rose to power in Stepanakert. Mailyan was also known for his ties to the Soros foundation.
The late Gurgen Yeghyazaryan (who may have been murdered during the war in order to silence him), Garnik Isagulyan and Aram Harutunyan warned around the time of the elections in Artsakh last summer, that if Soros-connected individuals come to power in Stepanakert, the territory of Artsakh would be doomed -
«Եթե հանկարծ Սորոսը Արցախ մտնի, մենք մեր հացը կուտենք». Գուրգեն Եղիազարյան
Եթե իշխանությունը հանձնվի սորոսական Մասիս Մայիլյանին, դա կլինի Արցախի վերջը. Արամ Հարությունյան
Դանիել Իոաննիսյանին պետք է արգելել դիտորդություն իրականացնել Արցախում․ նա աջակցում է Սորոսի թեկնածու համարվող Մասիս Մայիլյանին
The gossip at the time was, Moscow had warned that if Armenia (which had already fallen to CIA/Soros financed individuals) allowed Soros-affiliated individuals to come to power in Stepanakert as well, Russia would pull its protective hand away from Artsakh and allow Baku to settle the matter militarily. Don't know if there is any truth to this gossip, but what ended-up happening last autumn was in-effect exactly in-line with it. For a long time before the war, patriots were warning Armenian society about the increase of anti-Russian, pro-Western and pro-Turkish activities inside Armenia. Some of us warned that Armenia was heading towards a disaster. Just days before the outbreak of the war, Menua Harutunyan warned that Turkey is preparing to help Azerbaijan attack Artsakh -
Հայաստանն այսօր կանգնած է Թուրքիայի հետ պատերազմի վտանգի առաջ. Մենուա Հարությունյան
No one took these people seriously. The Armenian Street was too euphoric, too ecstatic, too proud, too bombastic, too arrogant, too blind, too illiterate to see the danger that was essentially right in front of their faces. In autumn of 2020, the sheeple paid for their stupidity and for their sins against the homeland with the blood of their precious boys. As they came to find out, the revolution they had literally worshiped - even giving burnt offering to the gods in 2018 to make it happen - was an evil deception. The Armenian Street had empowered those who were planning their slaughter. The Street was not alone in its stupidity and self-destructive behavior -
Ըսի՝ ֆեյսբուքերը բանամ, տեսնիմ՝ ինչպիսի անձ է Փաշինյանը. Արամ Ա Կաթողիկոս
Armenia’s Velvet Revolution ignited imaginations. This documentary celebrates its triumph
There are a number of apt sayings that come to mind: Be careful for what you wish. The road to hell in paved with good intentions. Revolutions eventually end up eating their young.
Those who fanatically supported a revolution to oust the "Karabakh Clan" ended up having their precious children slaughtered en-masse. The so-called "Velvet Revolution" and the revolutionary leader they worshiped devoured their precious sons. The boys they literally worshiped, murdering large numbers of female fetuses to give their boys life, were mercilessly massacred by their beloved leader. Karma is a bitch as they say. God indeed works in mysterious ways. At a certain level, it was indeed divine punishment. And I am not surprised. Some of the most destructive sins found in man - pride, arrogance, gluttony, jealousy, gossip, hate and materialism - are the biggest, most prominent traits found in Armenians today.
The "people's revolution" set the country back 30 years in some aspects. It was like a bloody reset of sorts. After coming to power, Nikol did everything he could to anger and alienate the Kremlin. He flooded his government with professional Russophobes. A country that was, is and will continue being almost totally dependent on Russia for survival thought it could ignore persistent Russian complaints and simply hop into bed Western powers, essentially for financial aid (i.e. institutionalized bribes). Nikol and company did everything they could to persecute or pressure pro-Russian elements in the country. Nikol and company did everything they could to weaken the national church and demoralize the armed forces. Nikol and company did everything they could to dull the people's survival instincts. Nikol and company did everything they could to flood the country with Western activists, homosexuals, transvestites and immigrants from south Asia. Nikol and company did everything they could to undermine patriotism, conservatism and traditionalism.
Nikol and company did everything to convince Armenians that Azeris and Turks were our friends. And then, out of nowhere, Nikol did everything he could to incite a war with Azeris and Turks. And when the Azeris and Turks started the war we all knew was coming, Nikol and company did everything they could to lose it. Throughout it all, amazingly, Nikol enjoyed "high ratings" in Armenia. The Armenian Street stood by him. It was a blaring testimony of our people's self-destructive behavior. The end result needless to say was a historic defeat, and a very well deserved one in my opinion. The ONLY way out of the historic mess Nikol's New Armenia got itself in now is to elect someone like President Kocharyan to get it out.
The situation on the border is not what it is being made out to be
A
lot of people are very worried and confused about what is happening on Armenia's border with Azerbaijan in recent weeks. I will therefore address some of the on-going
political and military matters associated with it. Foremost, what I am about to say is
in no way a defense for the incompetent and/or treasonous regime in
Yerevan. That said, the situation on Armenia's border with Azerbaijan is NOT what
it is being made out to be. There is NO threat of an Azeri and/or
Turkish invasion. That is simply not going to happen, at least not under the current circumstances. The
problem we have on the country’s eastern borders today is the
long-awaited demarcation and delineation process. Because of the 30 year
old conflict between Yerevan and Baku, Armenia’s border with Azerbaijan
was never made official. There were areas along the border where
Azeris had advanced into Armenia and remained, and there were areas
along the border where Armenians had advanced into Azerbaijan and
remained. Today, Armenia’s border with Azerbaijan is in the process of
being determined. It is this 30 year old mess that is being
sorted-out now that the much awaited war has come to pass. Moscow is trying
to oversee this very difficult and potentially dangerous process.
Moreover, a new regional trade network, perhaps connected to the China-Russia sponsored Silk Route, seems to also be in the planning stages. The project envisions a route or a corridor in Armenia's southern Syunik region that will be used for international trade. There is talk about bringing back to life a Soviet-era railroad in Armenia's south to service this project. All parties directly involved - Moscow, Yerevan and Baku - have agreed to its creation, at least in theory. Iran
and Turkey are also supporting the Moscow-led initiative. Other nations like China and India are interested. The proposed
trade route is expected to connect the economies of Russia, Armenia,
Azerbaijan, Iran and Turkey through a network of railroads and perhaps
motorways/highways. Armenia's already strategic southern province has therefore taken on an even higher level of strategic importance.
Particulars of the said trade route have yet to be worked out. Being
that Armenia's is sandwiched between two hostile nations, Turkey and
Azerbaijan, this process needless to say will also pose serious
challenges as well as dangers for Armenia. Moscow is trying to oversee
this difficult and potentially dangerous process as well. As such,
Armenia stands on the cusp of historic changes in the region, with a
leadership nonetheless that is incompetent at best, treasonous at worst. This Russian-led initiative is yet another reason why we need
someone like President Kocharyan in power. Nevertheless, as we are
seeing, all wars have consequences, especially for the defeated party.
The following is what those consequences look like for Armenia -
Russia Proposes Armenia-Azerbaijan Commission To Demarcate Border Amid Incursion Dispute
Although
there is no threat of an invasion by Azerbaijan and/or Turkey, there
are however inherent dangers associated with these types of processes. One of the dangers is the following: Knowing
that Armenia is populated by politically-illiterate peasantry and
low-cost prostitutes posing as politicians, Baku is naturally trying to
take advantage of the situation along various sectors on the border,
especially since Nikol’s government hadn’t even thought about placing
military units in those locations. Azeri troops stationed along the
Armenian border are seeing large areas, often strategic heights and water
sources, without any Armenian military presence. They are therefore
simply moving their positions forward and occupying those areas. By
doing so, Baku is not only trying to grab land, it is also putting
pressure on Yerevan to force Nikol's government into further submission.
Baku is able to do this for two basic reasons: 1) Borders are
ambiguous, not clearly defined, and, as noted above, they are often not under any kind of
surveillance. 2) Official Yerevan has not taken any serious measures to
discourage or block Baku's attempts by deploying large numbers of
Armenian troops in such areas, nor directly appealing to Russia to assistance. Because of Nikol's seeming indifference to the issue at hand, we are again seeing Russians rush to areas of concern to monitor the situation. Is this yet another case of Nikol's incompetence, or is it yet another case of treason by him? Is
Nikol unfit for duty due to mental/emotional handicaps, or has he made a
secret deal with President Aliyev to relinquish additional lands to
Azerbaijan. as many suspect these days? I guess we will know the answer to this question only after this
historic evil has been eliminated and a new page has been turned in our
history. Until then we can only speculate.
In
any case, it is Russians again that are trying to save Armenia
essentially from Armenians. A similar process is taking place in
Artsakh. Azeris are trying to take advantage of the ambiguous situation
there as well and because Nikol's New Armenia abandoned Artsakh, Russians are the ones responding.
At this rate, Baku will slowly eat away at Armenia's and Artsakh's borders. The relatively small contingent of Russian peacekeepers and monitors are incapable of stopping them.
Russians cannot be given the full responsibility of monitoring every
square centimeter of Armenian lands, that is if Armenia is still an
independence state. Russians already guard Armenia's western borders
with Turkey. If Armenia needs the Russian military to similarly guard
Armenia's eastern borders with Azerbaijan, than what is really the
point of our "independence"? If Armenians desire a nation-state of
their own, the Armenian government needs to at some point step-up and
take control of the situation. Apparently, Nikol and his entire government, including his military appointments, are either incapable or unwilling to do so. The
current regime in Yerevan is not taking the extremely important matter
of border demarcation and delineation very seriously. Again, this may be
a result of incompetent or treason. Regardless of what the real
reason may be, with the current political mindset/culture in Yerevan,
Armenia stands poised to be the loser yet again.
This, in the big picture, is why we need
someone like President Kocharyan in power.
This
highly sensitive and potentially dangerous border matter will also
reflect on efforts to establish a southern trade route or corridor which
is expected to traverse Armenia's Syunik region. Therefore, here again is the
question that should keep most people up at nights: If the current
regime in Yerevan is incapable of properly monitoring Armenia's borders
with Azerbaijan, how can it be trusted to monitor Turkish/Azeri traffic
going through southern Armenia? I agree that such a route can
potentially serve Armenia's long-term interests, but how can we in all
honesty trust this government, a government who has lost so much and a
government who's officials seem unusually close to Ankara and Baku? How
can Nikol's failed regime - saturated by pro-Western, pro-Turkish and
anti-Russian officials - be trusted to ensure security in Armenia's
strategic southern regions? Presidents Kocharyan and Sargsyan have
spoken about this matter -
All
the major political parties and presidential candidates, including President Kocharyan, are, in principal at least, in favor of such a trade network. So am I. And I have always been in favor of it. If we want Armenia to develop,
grow and prosper, it has to open up to regional trade. However, the main
concern we all have is the question of security. Another concern is, what will the terms and conditions of the said trade route be? How much input with Armenian officials have in formulating such a trade agreement? These are matters that Nikol's regime cannot be trusted to preside over.
In other words, while many today understand that the proposed trade
route can be of great benefit to Armenia, realizing its full potential
is too complicated and fraught with many dangers and therefore it needs a
new government to handle it. In other words, there is too much at stake and Nikol's failed regime cannot be trusted.
This is why individuals like Robert Kocharyan, with help from Karen Karapetyan, Vazgen Manukyan and/or Ara Abrahamyan need to take power and guide Armenia through these historic and turbulent times.
I reiterate: The tensions on the borders of Armenia today
is part of the long overdue demarcation and delineation process and an
attempt to create a trade route or corridor in southern Armenia. While there are inherent dangers associated with such a process, Armenia however is NOT under a threat of a military invasion by Azerbaijan. That is simply not going to happen. All
parties involved - Moscow, Yerevan and Baku - are aware of the
processes taking place. Azeris are just trying to take advantage in some
sectors. In some cases, they are being made to pull back. In other
cases, they may be forced to pull back at a later date if or when the
territories they have come to occupy are determined to be part of
Armenia. Overall, it's a very difficult and dangerous situation but, again, there is no threat of an actual invasion. This is ultimately why Russia/CSTO has been somewhat silent about the matter.
So, the matter on the border is not an anti-Armenian conspiracy by Moscow, as our professional Russophobes want you to believe. The situation on Armenia's border with Azerbaijan, while dangerous, is not what some are painting it to be.
Regarding Russia's official responsibilities towards its Armenian ally: Those
who still have normally functioning brains understand that Russia has
performed it duties vis-a-vis the Republic of Armenia quite flawlessly. The proof of this is
in the simple fact that we still have a Republic of Armenia today.
Who in their right minds can envision an Armenia in the south Caucasus
without Russia? The answer is no one. The fact that Russia intervened to
save Artsakh from Nikol's incompetence and/or treachery, is also proof
that Russia, despite our sins against it, is still doing us some favors. The favor in question is of course indirect, because the Kremlin's first and foremost intent was to deploy
its military in Artsakh. And that served our purpose.
Long story short: Had it not been for Russia
during the last war, all of Artsakh would have been lost and Artsakh's
population would have been subjected to a genocide. Had it not been for
Russia's increased military presence in southern Armenia, the same could
have happened to Armenia itself. And, no, there would be no Diasporan cavalry coming to Armenia's defense, nor would Western powers get involved in any tangible way.
Therefore, Baku will not invade Armenia not because it would
not want to if given the opportunity, or because it fears Armenia’s
“mighty” military or its “almighty” Diaspora. Baku will not dare to invade Armenia because of its fear of Russia. It's that simple. As it has been for the past 200-plus years, Russians remain the ONLY reason why an Armenia exists. It would be smart to take this into serious consideration, and work towards developing closer, more efficient ties with the Kremlin. In any case, the establishment of an official border between Armenia
and Azerbaijan and the establishment of a trade route in southern
Armenia will be a lengthy and also a potentially dangerous process
because, as noted above, Baku will try to take full advantage of the Nikol regime's impotence, incompetence and subservience.
Armenia therefore desperately needs new
leadership. Armenia desperately needs someone like President Kocharyan to come back to
power.
Needless
to say, knowing that our peasantry is incapable of
understanding or assessing complex geopolitical matters, professional
Russophobes operating throughout Armenian society (homeland and diaspora) are exploiting the current situation in Armenia to
foment anti-Russian hysteria. As always, their main purpose is to further corrode Russian-Armenian relations. They are doing their best to appealing to the sheeple's emotions. They want Armenians to believe that Armenia's real enemy is not Turkey or Azerbaijan, but Russia. They want to convince Armenians that Russia in on the verge of collapse and Armenians should therefore seek other protectors. They want Armenians to believe that Western powers are ready to assist Armenia in case Armenia breaks its ties to Russia. The
purpose and intent behind their rhetoric, whether our professional
Russaphobes realize it or not, is obvious: They want to sever Armenia's
ties to Russia so that Armenia could be placed under Ankara's supervision. Because a significant portion of Armenians are politically-illiterate, emotionally-handicapped, terribly shortsighted and therefore very self-destructive, these professional
Russophobes are able to sow their disinformation in our society
regardless of how dangerous, how absurd or how irrational it may be.
Speaking
of our so-called "nationalists", we have to as a people at some point end
our nationalistic fantasies and suicidal tendencies and finally come to
sobering realization that Armenia has no viable alternatives to Russia.
Armenia is simply incapable of surviving on its own in the south
Caucasus. Moreover, Western powers, Anglo-American-Jews in particular, are
Armenia's enemies, not potential friends as our professional Russaphobes
want us to believe. For better or for worst, Armenia is wed to Russia. Most of Armenia's problems stem from the fact that Armenia ventured too far from the Bear's protection in recent years. President Kocharyan is the only person that can see to it that Armenia not only remains within the Russian orbit but moves deeper into it. Armenia desperately need someone President Kocharyan in power.
Armenia is in a steep decline, the country's last hope is President Kocharyan
Some of us knew that the pursuit of Western fairytales like "democracy" and "capitalism" would prove toxic for Armenia. The toxicity of Western influences in Armenia surpassed all expectations as we saw during the past 3 years.
Armenia is too small, too remote, too poor and too landlocked, and
Armenians are too shortsighted, too disorganized, too emotional, too stubborn, too
materialistic, too tribal and too political illiterate to be allowed
full independence in the south Caucasus. Despite our best wishes,
Armenia/Armenians will not survive long in an unforgiving place like the
south Caucasus without direct and full Russian support. Let's keep
in mind that the south Caucasus is one of the most dangerous places on
earth and we Armenians are not ready - and the past 3 years in
particular have shown that we may not even be worthy - for independence. Consequently, Armenia
today stands on the verge of yet another Armenian-made disaster. The country today desperately needs professional leaders with close ties to Moscow to
reverse some of the damage caused by Nikol and his "democratically"
elected, NED (i.e. CIA) and George Soros funded kindergarten. Going
forward, the following pictures are NOT what we need to be seeing coming
out of Armenia -
Moving forward, the following picture is the kind of thing we desperately need to see more of -
President
Kocharyan is perhaps the ONLY man in Armenia today that can reverse at
least some of the damage caused by Nikol and company, and take the
country out of the abyss that it currently is in. He did it once before,
after he came to power in the wake of Levon Petrosyan's forced
resignation in 1998 (when the country had reached another historic low point), I am
confident he will do so again. My confidence in this regard lies in the
fact that President Kocharyan is financially established, politically
experienced and he enjoys a close, personal relationship with the great
president of the Russian Federation. For better or for worst, Armenia's
future is lies with Russia. Men like President Kocharyan is therefore
what Armenia needs today.
To
be perfectly honest, although he is highly qualified, President
Kocharyan would not have been my first choice for the country's
presidency today. I say this because the man has too much political baggage, and he is hated a relatively large segment of Armenian society. Admittedly, as with a lot of things associated with Armenians, the hate expressed towards him by significant numbers of degenerates and idiots throughout Armenian society is utterly irrational. No
rational/logical mind can understand how can so many people hate a man,
who's rule registered significant successes for their country, more
than a man who actually pillaged the country in the early 1990s. No
rational mind can understand how tens-of-thousands of people took to
the street in 2008 to bring Levon Petrosyan back to power. Nevertheless, the
hate for President Kocharyan is there and it needs to be taken into
account. That is the only reason why I say he was not the best candidate
for the presidency. In my opinion, a better choice for the presidency today would have been Karen Karapetyan and/or Vazgen Manukyan. Unfortunately,
Karen Karapetyan has not been seen in the country's political scene
since early 2018 and Vazgen Manukyan is somewhat old and may not be capable of
handling the very difficult task that lies ahead. The only viable alternative therefore is President Kocharyan.
I
reiterate: President Kocharyan is no doubt the best leader Armenia had
during the past 30 years. I understand that is not saying
much considering how bad the three others were. Nevertheless, under President
Kocharyan's rule Armenia was stable, peaceful, secure and relatively
speaking prosperous, and Yerevan had excellent ties with
Moscow. What else could I or any other genuine Armenian patriot ask for? It
was also during President Kocharyan's time in power when I made the
decision to plant one foot in the country and hoped to also plant the
next foot in the near future. It all however began going downhill after
President Sargsyan assumed power in 2008. While I was hopeful in the
beginning, by 2015 it was became quite evident to me that Sargsyan's
presidency had failed. President Sargsyan was so busy playing political chess, he actually forgot to government the country. Consequently, Armenia began getting flooded by Western and Turkish activists and professional Russophobes. As a result, President Sargsyan's time in power was fraught with periodic unrest and persistent economic stagnation. Then
on 2018, the political order in the country was suddenly turned
upside-down when a Western-financed emotionally unstable scoundrel came into Armenia's political scene, and the peasantry swooned. The
rest is history, as they say.
To
those who say Kocharyan is responsible for the mess the country is in
today, I say they are full of shit. All of Armenia's problems - without
exception - began during Levon's time in power. The Soros Foundation
first entered Armenia in 1997. All of Armenia oligarchs started their
"careers" in the early 1990s. I admit that President Kocharyan turned a
blind eye to much of it during his time in office. In my opinion, he did
it because of the following three fundamental reasons:
1) When President Kocharyan assumed power in 2008, he was still young, still inexperience and, more importantly, an outsider in Armenia and in Yerevan's political scene. There was only so much he could do in a country he was not familiar with and among a population where he actually was not very liked. There was only so much he could do in a political landscape where Vazgen Sargsyan and Karen Demirjyan wielded the greatest amount of power and influence.
2) All the emphasis in Armenian politics throughout the time in question was placed on getting wealthy. The war had ended. There was no Azeri or Turkish threat. The only thought in people's minds at the time was to get rich quickly and live like westerners. President Kocharyan was plunged into that culture. I am not justifying his sins, I'm just explaining the culture/mindset of the time in Armenia, which still exists today. President Kocharyan was simply following a trend that was started after the collapse of the Soviet Union. It was also a trend observed throughout former Soviet space.
3) Moscow was not projecting power during President Kocharyan's time in office. Russia at the time was mostly busy with a number of serious internal problems, not the least of which was an Islamic uprising in the northern Caucasus. Kocharyan's presidency was at a time when the Anglo-American-Jewish alliance was at its very peak of power and influence. With Western powers running amok throughout the world at the time, President Kocharyan had a rational reason/excuse to pursue the multi-vectoral diplomatic approach that later came to be known as "complimentary politics".
President
Putin's resurgent Russia suddenly burst into reality only in the summer
of 2008, when President Kocharyan was no longer in power. I believe
that had President Kocharyan been in power in more recent years, he
would not have pursued "complimentary politics" in the way that was done by
President Sargsyan and Nikol. And there would therefore be no rift
between Moscow and Yerevan. In interviews during the past couple of years,
President Kocharyan kept hinting at this. On more than one occasion he
has said, I am paraphrasing: "the world has changed", "the time when we
could closely work with both superpowers is over", "this is not the
1990s anymore" and "we need closer ties to Russia". He and some others
saw the dangers awaiting Armenia. He warned us, so did Margarita Simonyan of RT, but Armenians were too overwhelmed with "people power" and "open society" excitement, as well as their jealousy and hatred of the "Karabakh Clan", to take any of it seriously.
Today, whether Armenians realize it or not, Armenia
has clearly had enough of all our Nikols, Serjs and Levons. Armenia has
had enough of westernization, democratization and Turkification. Armenia
needs to enter into some form of a union with the Russian Federation. In a place like the southern
Caucasus, where Turkic and Islamic peoples predominate, joining Russia in some form is the
country's only salvation. It's therefore a matter of life and death. In order for Armenia to evolve, grow or
develop, it needs direct assistance from Russia. However, the only way Russia will heavily invest in Armenia is if Yerevan willingly brings Armenia fully into Moscow's orbit. The good news here is that Mother Russia is calling and more-and-more Armenians are now beginning to listen, including Nikol himself -
There are provocateurs that say, Armenia is already within Russia's orbit. They say, Armenia is already within Russia's sphere of influence. They say, Moscow already controls everything in Armenia. Therefore, they claim, Armenia does not need to deepen its ties to Russia and should instead seek closer relations with the West to off-set the overwhelming power Russia yields inside Armenia. This kind of rhetoric
is meant to manipulate emotions and incite anti-Russian nationalism
among the population. In other words, their goal is to fool and mislead.
The idea that the Kremlin had total control over Armenian
society is something Western and Turkish intelligence agencies planted
inside our people's empty heads via their activists during the past 30
years. It was done to turn public sentiment in Armenia and in the
Diaspora against Russia. No, Russians have NOT had total dominance in Armenia, especially in more recent years. Read this blog going back over ten years to see how torn Armenia had been and continues to be torn between Russia and the West, and how toxic Western influences has been on post-Soviet Armenian society. One of the biggest misconceptions among Armenians today is that Russia or Russians control everything in Armenia. That is NOT the case. The reality is, for the past 30 years Armenia was always one bad event from becoming a Western/Turkish controlled cesspool. And that one bad event happened in the spring of 2018. Even our foreign-funded mentally ill nationalists admit it. For the past 30 years, during the past 3 years in particular, the entire political field in the country was saturated/flooded with Western and Turkish agents. While Russians were smart enough to make sure they controlled important sectors in the country (nuclear power plant, gas/oil delivery and distribution, arms supplies, etc.) via their "men" in the country (mainly through the "Karabakh clan"), Armenia's political field, social media, news outlets, television programming, cultural institutions, education system and society in general however was saturated/flooded by Western interests, agents and agendas.
For
30 years Armenian officials and intellectual have been publicly saying, Russia is only good
for "security" reasons and that Armenia desires economic/financial ties
with the Western world.
Well,
think about it: This is like a wife telling her husband: "I am with you only because
you are big and strong and you can protect me, but I am also attracted to our
neighbor down the street because he drives a Porsche and he promised me
a ride in it if I did some stuff with him." Well, what the husband would do to his wife in such a case is basically what Moscow did to Yerevan recently. What
our always-hungry peasantry fails to understand is that with money and/or investments
comes political power and influence. Being that Armenia is within
Russia's sphere of influence and Russia would not risk losing Armenia to
the West, the only thing an increased Western presence inside
Armenia would do is cause Russia to react harshly towards Armenia. But,
needless to say, for our peasantry, promises of wealth and
money superseded Armenia's security. As long as
Yerevan's eyes remains fixated on the West, Moscow will keep Armenia on
a very short and stout leash, and a good spanking will be in order as well
every once in a while. Simply put, Moscow is not going to seriously
invest in a country within its sphere of influence that is not fully on board with it, and it won't let the country drift into its enemy's camp either. This therefore is a double negative for Armenia. Armenia is not fully benefiting from its alliance to Russia because it has one foot out so to speak, but it also has nowhere else to go either. Does this make any sense? No. But this is where situation/position Armenians maneuvered Armenia into during the past 30 years. And this is why I say, Armenians are politically-illiterate, emotionally-handicapped, shortsighted and self-destructive.
Armenians therefore have a choice to make, will it be Mustafa or will it be Ivan?
I never in my life thought we would be asking Armenians this question.
But here we are facing this very question and the answer is not yet very clear, because significant numbers of our human-trash still support the enemy from within. This is all a consequence of a dumbed-down society as a result of Western style "democracy". In
any normal country with a self-respecting, well-informed and patriotic
citizenry, Kocharyan would win this election in a very massive landslide.
After all, who in their right mind would still vote for a screechy
voiced, gluttonous, Elchibey lookalike, who presided over one of the greatest
Armenian-made disasters in Armenian history and continues to cling on to
power like a power-crazed madman? Just like how no one can rationalize,
explain or excuse Armenians who are anti-Russian, no one in my opinion
can rationalize, explain or excuse supporting Nikol, especially after
the war. But, being that Armenia is populated by large numbers of
trashy and/or illiterate people with no principals, no morals and no backbone,
and being that Nikol's Armenia today is like a rudderless, rickety boat on a
stormy sea, a Kocharyan victory is not a foregone conclusion, especially
since state and security levers remain in Nikol's hands. However, this
does not mean Nikol will win the election outright. There is a good
chance that no candidate will get enough votes to win the election outright in
the first round. So, June 20th may not be the end of the story. So,
let's see what Armenia's peasantry will "decide". If
after all we have seen in the last three years, Armenians decide to
reelect Nikol, then all I can say is that Armenia is a lost cause.
You
can save a country from external enemies, you will never however be able
to save a country from its people. Armenians have been both a blessing
and a curse for Armenia. Let's see which one of the two Armenians shows
up this June 20th.
Although
the country's problems today are very complex and dangerous, the solutions or rather cures for them are actually quite
simple. In my humble opinion, going forward, we need to as people muster enough
wisdom and courage to discard democracy as a political system and therefore disregard the whims of the ignorant masses (who should have never been allowed a voice in politics to begin with); reeducate the population, especially the young, to instill traditional values, Christian morals and patriotism; shut down or curtail the social engineering operations of all foreign funded NGOs; shut down or downsize the American University of Armenia (which has been
acting as an incubator for pro-Western, liberal activists); closely monitor the activities of the US embassy; restrict the activities of political parties, politicians, aspiring politicians and political activists that are either financed by Western powers and/or maintain ties with Western political interests; finally, seek authoritarian, patriotic leaders with close ties to Russia to rule over Armenia.
More importantly, Armenia needs to at some point in the near future form a union with the Russian Federation. This process can begin with Robert Kocharyan, as well as men like Karen Karapetyan and Ara Abrahamyan. Going forward, we as a people need to do everything in our power to increase Russia's footprint both in Armenia and Artsakh. We need to devise ways to turn Armenia and Artsakh into a magnet for Russian investments. We need to work towards increasing Russia's footprint in Armenia and Artsakh. A larger Russian presence in the south Caucasus means security, peace, stability and prosperity. The sooner this process begins, the better it will be for Armenia and what remains of Artsakh. What I just outlined is doable. All the elements to get it done exists today. We just have to want it done as a people.
And when it is done, the
nightmare of the past 30 years will finally be over and we will together be able to shout Viva Pax Russica!
Until then, however, we have some serious business to take care of in the homeland. This June 20th, we need to somehow get rid of Nikol's regime and put back into power President Robert Kocharyan. Those who are eligible to vote in Armenia’s upcoming historic elections or know people who are, please understand that former president Robert Kocharyan is Armenia’s only hope today. Armenia's very future is at stake today. Please vote or encourage people to vote for Robert Kocharyan because a vote for President Kocharyan is a vote for Armenia!
Arevordi,
Summer, 2021
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Robert Kocharyan: If Armenia's Prime Minister was Turkey's agent, he would do everything that has already been done
All efforts have been made to split the society into blacks and whites, rich and poor, pro-Russian and anti-Russian. This is what second President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan said in an interview with several media outlets today, responding to a reporter’s question if there is an impression that the leader of Armenia favors Turkey and Azerbaijan.
“I have to answer your question indirectly. How does one state act against another state, if it considers that state a threat or it views that state as an enemy? First, it splits the society. Then, it weakens the army and all security system. Later, it instills lack of confidence in state institutions and destroys the state’s relations with allies and friendly states. Which of these actions has the Prime Minister of Armenia not taken? All efforts have been made to split the society into blacks and whites, rich and poor, pro-Russian and anti-Russian. The army has been destroyed, and attempts have been made to discredit Armenian heroes. There was no assignment to detect a network of the enemy’s agents in Armenia,” he said.
According to the second President, Armenia didn’t know when the war would begin because the normal people working within public administration bodies were assigned to seek devils, and they were doing that.
“After all the lies that have been told, nobody can believe in the state institutions in Armenia. It’s not only about the lies told during the 44 days of the war, but also the lies told over the past three years. I can’t say that the authorities of Armenia are Turkey’s agents, but I can say that if the Prime Minister of Armenia was Turkey’s agent, he would take all the actions that have been taken in Armenia. Is this by chance, or is it a pattern? Was this done with lack of understanding? This is a big issue that needs to be clarified. Every citizen of Armenia can think that, yes, there is a serious issue that needs to be identified,” he added.
Armenia 2nd President Kocharyan: Let railway be opened but using the word "corridor" is outright crime
We should not use the word "corridor" at all. When we use that word, we seem to say that some piece is not ours, or its control is not ours. What “corridor” in our area? Second President Robert Kocharyan, the leader of the "Armenia" bloc that will run in the snap parliamentary elections on June 20, stated this at a meeting with the residents of Shirak Province and the active members of this bloc—in Gyumri. "The Azerbaijanis use that word. They see there the possibility of a corridor to connect [the Azerbaijani exclave of] Nakhchivan and Azerbaijan. That is why we should not say that the railway should not be opened; let it be opened, but using the word 'corridor' is an outright crime. We can talk about unblocking, opening roads, but never put the idea of a 'corridor' because it means that your control over that corridor is partially extended," Kocharyan stressed.
Armenia ex-President Kocharyan: Today we are not full-fledged negotiating party
A border between countries is considered after the recognized demarcation, which was not done between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Robert Kocharyan, the second President and leader of the “Armenia” bloc—for the snap parliamentary elections on June 20, on Thursday stated this during a meeting with the residents and this bloc’s active members of Kotayk Province. "That border may need to be clarified in many places; the process is long," Kocharyan added, in particular. In his opinion, the situation in which Armenia has found itself today is not favorable for it for such a demarcation. "We [Armenia] are in a weakened state, and they [the Azerbaijanis] have the opportunity to put pressure on us. Even if you start a process, you should not finish that process until you stand on your feet and become a full-fledged negotiating party. Today we are not a full-fledged negotiating party; today we are a party that has put all its hopes on Russia. And whoever speaks, they immediately make the ‘pass’ to Russia. This also has another dangerous thing: if the issue is not resolved, in the end the self-consciousness says, 'So, Russia does not want [it].' Conspiracy theory begins to work. But it’s not your fault; putting it in someone else's ‘pocket’ is the mastery of this [ruling] power [in Armenia]," Robert Kocharyan emphasized.
Armenia 2nd President: Number of people who emigrated without returning has grown, only solution is shift of power
Second President of Armenia, leader of the “Armenia” bloc Robert Kocharyan; representative of the Supreme Body of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun political party’s Armenia Chapter Ishkhan Saghatelyan and leader of the opposition Reviving Armenia Party Vahe Hakobyan today met with their supporters in Sevan, as reported on the Facebook page of “Armenia” bloc. According to Kocharyan, the number of Armenians emigrating from Armenia with no return has sharply grown in the course of the past few months. “In the past four months, the negative saldo comprised 80,000. These were the indicators in the early 1990s. This is referred to as depopulation. If everything is fine, why do people escape? This means they don’t trust the incumbent government. The only opportunity to change this situation is shift of power,” Kocharyan said. Saghatelyan stated that Gegharkunik is one of the provinces of Armenia that became a borderline province after the war and is at risk because the enemy has reached the area near Vardenis. As far as not accepting the invitation of the acting Prime Minister to a debate, Saghatelyan said “Armenia” bloc has nothing to debate with a traitor and capitulator. In his turn, Hakobyan emphasized that the residents of the Syunik and Gegharkunik Provinces need to be more aware and understand which political team is capable of solving the security issue.
People came to power in Armenia who consistently destroyed army combat-readiness, says ex-President Kocharyan
People came to power in Armenia who consistently destroyed the combat-readiness of the army. The second President of Armenia, Robert Kocharyan, stated this in an exclusive interview with RBC television of Russia, when asked why the recent Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) war became possible.
The former president stated that Azerbaijan felt the weakness of Armenia in a number of parameters. "People came to power in Armenia who consistently destroyed the combat-readiness of the army. Did they understand that or did they not understand that it is a matter of coming, a very serious clarification. But the methodical discrediting of the heroes of the first [Artsakh] war, the moral destruction was a series of criminal cases, political persecution, accusation of corruption, in everything. Review of many moments related to the army service, the attitude towards the army; some reforms in the army, which had nothing in common with the increase of the defense capacity.
The second was the legitimization of a military solution to the conflict. In fact, the Armenian side moved the negotiation process from the sphere of self-determination of nations to the plane of territorial integrity. It is also unclear whether it was done consciously or because of ignorance, incompetence and illiteracy. But in fact, by declaring ‘Karabakh is Armenia, period," they brought the issue to the plane of territorial integrity. And that means legitimizing aggression,” Kocharyan said.
In response to the interviewer's remark that during the interview in Baku he was told that none of the former leaders of Armenia had made such statements to him, Kocharyan said: "It was just stupid to do that. The very existence of Karabakh, the whole negotiation process, the idea of Karabakh independence was built on the principle of self-determination of nations. They [the incumbent Armenian authorities] broke the argumentative basis of everything on which the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic was built. It was a very gross mistake, it is an actual legitimatizing of aggression."
And speaking about the political division of the Armenian society into “blacks” and “whites,” Kocharyan called it "an unprecedented internal turmoil of the Armenian society." "After all, if you have a country with which your relations are not normalized, to put it mildly, the perception is hostile, simply put, then the first thing you should have wanted to do was to create an internal division. In fact, we did unto ourselves what Azerbaijan and Turkey should have tried to do to Armenia," said Robert Kocharyan.
Armenia 2nd President Kocharyan on “Meghri corridor” plan: Not beneficial to us now to discuss it as "corridor"
At that time Armenia was in a most serious condition; the country's budget was only $300 million (…). Now leave all that, go after the former [authorities], catch this, catch that, spend all your energy on something that in the end 2-3 people will be tried? Robert Kocharyan, the second President and leader of the “Armenia” bloc—for the snap parliamentary elections on June 20, on Thursday stated this during a meeting with the residents and this bloc’s active members of Kotayk Province, when asked whether he regrets that in 1998—when he came to power—he did not give a political assessment to the then former authorities.
"We should not forget that at that time there was internal political tension in the country, there was dissatisfaction with the authorities. But at the time we did not lose the [Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh)] war [like we have now], having a loss, and also having such casualties; such things did not happen then. At that time it would truly have been more of a manifestation like a vendetta, which I did not want to do. The past has a dangerous thing: you can go and stay there, not being able to come back [from there]. When you look at the past all the time, you see the future with difficulty," he said. According to Kocharyan, from we need to look ahead in terms of governance. "You always fall on something when looking under the feet; you have to look ahead a little," he added.
And referring to the “Meghri corridor” plan involving Azerbaijan, Kocharyan said: "In general, we should not use the word 'corridor' now. If it’s about all communications, liberated work, yes, let all communications work freely. What does 'corridor' mean? At this moment discussing [it] as a 'corridor' is not beneficial to us [Armenia]. When they say, 'It will open soon, everything will start working,' etc., it is not so because if they—and they have already announced [that]—Turkey will build a railway from [the Azerbaijani exclave of] Nakhchivan to [Turkey’s] Igdir [Province]; it will be a section of only 82-87 kilometers. Once they connect it, they will not open that railway, that piece. It will become a corridor that will connect Turkey with Azerbaijan and the countries of Central Asia." According to the second President of Armenia, this corridor will bring about very serious consequences in terms of geopolitics.
Armenia 2nd President Kocharyan: Let railway be opened but using the word "corridor" is outright crime
We should not use the word "corridor" at all. When we use that word, we seem to say that some piece is not ours, or its control is not ours. What “corridor” in our area? Second President Robert Kocharyan, the leader of the "Armenia" bloc that will run in the snap parliamentary elections on June 20, stated this at a meeting with the residents of Shirak Province and the active members of this bloc—in Gyumri. "The Azerbaijanis use that word. They see there the possibility of a corridor to connect [the Azerbaijani exclave of] Nakhchivan and Azerbaijan. That is why we should not say that the railway should not be opened; let it be opened, but using the word 'corridor' is an outright crime. We can talk about unblocking, opening roads, but never put the idea of a 'corridor' because it means that your control over that corridor is partially extended," Kocharyan stressed.
Robert Kocharyan calls for ‘full-fledged integration’ with Russia
In a recent interview, Armenia’s embattled second president Robert Kocharyan called for a ‘full-fledged modern integration’ between Armenia and the Russian Federation. He stressed that his proposal was not ‘about the restoration of the Soviet Union’.
‘The world is being regionalized. Global processes are replaced by certain regional integration processes’, Armenia’s second president told Russian state-owned media outlet Sputnik. ‘And in this regard, I think, Armenia should very seriously think about deeper interaction with Russia - much deeper than it is now.’
Kocharyan did not offer further information about what a ‘much deeper' integration would be like, nor comment if he envisioned a union-state on the lines currently proposed by the Kremlin between Russia and Belarus. Kocharyan, who remains on trial for ‘overthrowing the constitutional order’ due to his involvement, as president, in a violent post-election crackdown in 2008 that left 10 people dead, recently announced that he would participate as a candidate in the country's next parliamentary elections.
Armenia's Ex-President Kocharyan Pledges Stronger Allegiance to Moscow on Russia's State-Owned TV Channel
Armenia’s former President Robert Kocharyan demonstrated his strong pro-Russian course, as well as bellicose rhetoric against the Armenian government in an interview with the Russian journalist Vladimir Posner on the Russian state-owned TV channel in Moscow this week. Kocharyan served as Armenia’s second president in 1998-2008 and now gears up to return to power by winning the upcoming snap parliamentary elections scheduled on June 20, 2021 in Armenia. The ex-president explained that namely the policy of the sitting political leadership of Armenia led the negotiation process with Azerbaijan to a dead end, after which the Second Karabakh War broke out and ended up in what he believes a “shocking” ceasefire agreement.
Armenia lost its decades-old illegal control of the territories in the Karabakh region of Azerbaijan in the wake of the 44-day-long war from September 27 through November 9 last year. Azerbaijani forces liberated over 300 occupied settlements, including the cities of Jabrayil, Fuzuli, Zangilan, Gubadli, and Shusha in the Karabakh region. Armenia also returned the occupied Aghdam, Kalbajar, and Lachin districts to Azerbaijan as part of the ceasefire agreement.
The Azerbaijani territories fell under Armenia’s occupation during the First Karabakh War in the early 1990s that was attended personally by Kocharyan. He participated in the capture of the Azerbaijani city of Shusha in 1992 and was actively engaged in brutal ethnic cleansing policy against the indigenous Azerbaijani population of the Karabakh region. In 1994-1996, he led the bogus separatist regime established in the occupied Azerbaijani lands.
"Kocharyan has always been proud of the occupation of Azerbaijani lands, including Nagorno-Karabakh, and the killing of innocent people, and presented it to the Armenian people as his service [to motherland],” said Baku-based political analyst Shabnam Hasanova. “During and after his reign, Kocharyan was promoting fascist ideology [and] compared himself to Garegin Nzhdeh and was proud to fulfill a supposed historical mission in front of the Armenian people.”
For Armenians, Garegin Nzhdeh, founder of the extreme ultra-nationalist-racist and de-facto fascist movement known as Tseghagron, is a national hero. But history introduces him as a Nazi collaborator, who covertly channeled Armenian youth into Nazi's notorious paramilitary organization SS and other elite German military forces. Nzhdeh was captured by Soviet intelligence forces in 1944 and sentenced to 25 years in prison on betrayal and espionage charges.
Ex-president Kocharyan touted Russia’s attitude, which he believes played a crucial role in preventing the worst-case scenario for Armenia in the last year's war. According to him, Russia did everything possible to stop the war, including the initial proposal put forward by President Vladimir Putin on October 19 but rejected by Yerevan. Kocharyan emphasized the anti-Russia hysteria in Armenia, which he believes was being stirred up even before the war.
Kocharyan revealed he strives for power and looks forward to defeating Pashinyan in the elections to be held in Armenia on June 20. The former president signaled that in case of the return to power, he would reinvigorate the good, old ties with Russia which suffered setbacks during the reign of pro-Western Pashinyan administration. “I have never hidden my attitude towards Russia. Much has been done during my presidency to strengthen these ties. I have never tried to play on all shades and on all fronts,” he said referring to his relations with Moscow.
Kocharyan has earlier said that the post-war relations with Moscow should be brought to another level, however, under the current leadership of Armenia, it is impossible to establish an effective and close dialogue with Russia. The pro-Western policy of PM Pashinyan does not sit well with the pro-Russian ideas of the former president, who has urged the Armenian citizens to support the demands for the resignation of the country’s PM in February.
Some analysts believe that Kocharyan’s so-called “political reincarnation” is part of the plan developed by the Kremlin, which is not satisfied with the pro-Western activities of the Pashinyan administration. Professor at the Baku-based Western Caspian University, Fikret Sadikhov says it is obvious that the discredited figure – Robert Kocharyan plays not for Armenian voters, but for the political circles of Russia. Everything in this realm is based on a policy of checks and balances, and Kocharyan's going on air at the state-owned Russian TV channel on the eve of Pashinyan's visit to Russia is also no coincidence.
“Moscow makes it clear to both Kocharyan and Pashinyan – without Russia, they are nobody and nothing. And Pashinyan will have to work very hard to prove his loyalty. So, “the Sword of Damocles” in the person of Kocharyan will hang over Pashinyan and his team for a long time,” Sadikhov explains.
In 2018-2019, Kocharyan was arrested three times on the charges of an overthrowal of the constitutional order in 2008. Then, Kocharyan was preparing to leave the office and transfer power to his close ally Serzh Sargsyan, who was announced as the winner of disputed presidential elections. Supporters of presidential candidate Levon Ter-Petrosyan organized rallies in the capital Yerevan to protest the election results, which they believed were anti-democratic and fraudulent. Kocharyan reportedly ordered the suppression of the rallies. Ten people were killed and more than 250 were injured in the wake of intervention of the armed forces in the marches attended by thousands.
Kocharyan was released on a bail of $4 million in 2020. While in jail, he said he was destined to "liberate Armenia" from the current government headed by PM Pashinyan. He reportedly received support signals from the Kremlin during the period of his arrest. Kocharyan is known as a leader of pro-Russian political circles in Armenia for his services and aspirations to strengthen Yerevan’s relationship with Moscow. During his presidency, he reportedly conceded strategic facilities in Armenia to Russia in return for the country’s state debts, a move that deepened Armenia’s economic and financial dependence on its northern neighbor.
Tofig Zulfugarov, the former foreign minister of Azerbaijan, believes that ongoing developments hint at Russian interest in Kocharyan’s winning the upcoming elections in Armenia.
“[Kocharyan’s] interview with Posner is a sign that Russia is betting on R. Kocharyan in the elections ... And this means that N. Pashinyan will remain and continue the policy of distancing Armenia from Russia,” he wrote on Facebook. Meanwhile, media reports that President Putin and Kocharyan held discussions last week in Moscow. The Russian president’s spokesperson Dmitriy Peskov confirmed a phone conversation between the two, which he described as part of their “frequent communications.”
Source: https://caspiannews.com/news-detail/armenias-ex-president-kocharyan-pledges-stronger-allegiance-to-moscow-on-russias-state-owned-tv-channel-2021-4-9-0/
Kocharian Praises Russia, Slams Armenia’s ‘Pro-Western’ Government
Armenia’s jailed former President Robert Kocharian heaped praise on Russia for its emerging role in global politics and leveled harsh criticism at what he described as the pro-Western government in Yerevan in an article published on the website of Sputnik-Armenia, a Kremlin-funded Russian news agency, on November 8. Kocharian, who is being tried on coup and bribery charges and has seen his bail requests being repeatedly rejected by the court, also predicts “bad scenarios” for Armenia, warning of “graver-than-ever-before” consequences of a possible new war with neighboring Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh. The 65-year-old former Armenian leader with business interests in Russia also claims a diminishing role of the United States in the world.
“We are witnessing fundamental changes in world politics when the undisputed leadership of the United States is effectively challenged by new rising global players. The world leader that has exhausted the resource of its domination, but is not wishing to give up its positions is unsuccessfully trying to prevent the growing power and influence of emerging rivals. Such processes are known to history, are well studied by experts and are always accompanied by uncertainty, instability, and often also large and small wars,” Kocharian writes.
“The United States’ trade war with China, the contrived series of sanctions against Russia, the U.S.’s withdrawal from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, the U.S. detachment from the unfolding Middle East drama, an unexpected rapprochement between Russia and Turkey in Syria, an impressive Russia-Africa forum – this is an incomplete list of convincing signs of the formation of a new multi-polar world order. The current situation requires deep understanding and a well-defined foreign policy that can neutralize new challenges and threats for Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh.”
Kocharian goes on to say that this “new unfolding reality of world politics” has a direct impact on security in the South Caucasus region. “Just a few years ago, the United States and the European Union were the main allies and at the same time constraining factors for Turkey. However, the shouts from Washington and Brussels had zero effect on Turkey when its troops entered Syria. A warning letter from U.S. President Donald Trump to Recep Tayyip Erdogan ended up in the Turkish leader’s trash can. Only the Russian presence in Syria had a sufficient potential of influence that could stop the Turks. Today, Russia remains the only deterrent to Turkey in the region,” he writes. Kocharian suggests that relations between Turkey and Azerbaijan have further strengthened in recent years, “becoming a cornerstone in the context of the revived pan-Turkist aspirations, which pose a direct threat to Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh.”
“The recent statement by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev about claims to [Armenia’s] Zangezur that he made at the summit of Turkic peoples in Baku was by no means accidental. This is a step towards the actualization of the forgotten idea of geographical continuity of the settlement of Turkic peoples. “In this situation, cooperation with Russia in the field of security becomes even more important for Armenia and obviously has no alternative for the country. Only irresponsible or recruited politicians can today insist on the withdrawal of the Russian base from the country. The Kurdish tragedy unfolding in northern Syria should be a clear lesson of consequences of political shortsightedness.” Kocharian argues that Armenia’s current authorities are far from realizing these dangers and this lack of understanding, according to him, is partly due to the country’s “new domestic political reality.”
“With the exception of a couple of technocratic ministers that have no political clout the government and the core of the parliamentary majority are made up of people fed with U.S. grants. The media support to the authorities is provided exclusively by pro-Western media, at the forefront of which is RFE/RL (Azatutyun). All pro-government political parties, politicians and nongovernmental organizations have a clear anti-Russian orientation and as a rule receive Western funding,” the former Armenian president contends. Among the political groups allegedly supporting Pashinian Kocharian singles out Sasna Tsrer, a political party founded by members of a hardline nationalist group that attacked a police compound in Yerevan in 2016. The ex-president notes that Sasna Tsrer “aggressively advocates for the immediate withdrawal of the Russian military base from Armenia.”
“In fact, the entire politically active base of support for the prime minister is openly pro-Western. And this is despite the continuation by the authorities of the country’s previous foreign policy and constant curtsies towards Russia. “On the other hand, political parties and politicians oriented towards multifaceted cooperation with Russia do not support the current government and absolutely do not trust it. All of them believe that the pro-Western political views of the authorities, confronted with dependence on Russian energy resources and markets, get transformed into mercantile pragmatism,” Kocharian claims.
In the context of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict Kocharian accuses the government of Nikol Pashinian of “weakening Armenian positions in negotiations”, warning of a possible new war with Azerbaijan that will entail “devastating consequences incomparably graver than ever before.” The former president accuses Pashinian of effectively nullifying the agreements on strengthening ceasefire in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone achieved with Azerbaijan by the previous administration of President Serzh Sarkisian following a brief escalation of fighting in 2016. He also alleges “complicated relations” between the ruling elites in Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh and blunders committed by Armenia’s leadership in this regard.
“The prime minister’s statement that ‘Karabakh is Armenia, full stop!” has shifted the negotiations away from the principle of self-determination of peoples onto a plane of territorial integrity of nations, which is undesirable for us,” Kocharian writes. Parliamentarians representing Pashinian’s My Step alliance have dismissed Kocharian’s criticism, accusing him of trouble-making and trying to derail Armenian-Russian relations. Along with three other former officials Kocharian is charged in connection with a March 2008 crackdown on opposition protesters that left at least 10 people dead. He is also charged with receiving a $3 million bribe from an entrepreneur during his presidency.
Ex-president says Armenia should join with Russia as soul searching continues following ‘disastrous defeat’ in Azerbaijan war
Armenia could once again be ruled from Moscow if one politician gets his way. Former President Robert Kocharyan is pitching unification with Russia as an antidote to recent political turbulence and armed regional conflict. In an interview with Sputnik Armenia published on Saturday, the former leader said that his country “should very seriously think about deeper interaction with Russia – much deeper than it is now.” He pointed to international blocs like the Eurasian Union as examples for how closer ties with its vast northern neighbor might work.
However, Kocharyan played down suggestions that the USSR itself could make a comeback under his proposals. “It is better to talk not about the restoration of the Soviet Union, but about full-fledged modern integration,” he said. “The global marketplace is being replaced by regional unification.” It is unclear what kind of formal partnership he would seek with Russia – a union state like Belarus, or as a constituent member of the Russian Federation. Armenia has been rocked by waves of protest and political strife in the wake of territorial losses in the war over the disputed province of Nagorno-Karabakh. A Moscow-brokered ceasefire paused the fighting, but thousands took to the streets to rally against the terms of the deal, which formally conceded swathes of territory previously under Yerevan’s control to Azerbaijan.
Kocharyan claims that, were he still president, he would not just have avoided a “planned defeat,” but that the war would never have happened in the first place. He left the office after a controversial election, with international observers issuing warnings over transparency and fairness. He was later arrested by the country’s Special Investigative Service and charged with “overthrowing constitutional order” for the crackdown that ensued. Unlike other former Soviet republics, Armenia had not pushed for a breakaway from the USSR throughout the 1980s. Instead, its differences with the beleaguered union came to a head because of Moscow’s insistence on maintaining the status quo under which Nagorno-Karabakh remained a de facto part of Azerbaijan. It had also previously been ruled from Moscow in the 1800s, under the Russian Empire.
However, a 2013 Gallup poll found that Armenians had become overwhelmingly nostalgic for the Soviet Union. While 12 percent said that the breakup of the bloc was beneficial, two-thirds said it did more harm than good. In 2018, Russian President Vladimir Putin named the collapse of the USSR as the historical event he would most like to go back in time to change. The president, who served in the Soviet-era KGB in East Germany, had previously said that its fall was the “greatest geopolitical catastrophe” of the 20th century.
Robert Kocharyan, Dushman Vardan, and Devotion to Nation
This photograph was taken on April 14, 1992 in Armenia. Take a closer look: sitting next to young Dushman Vardan is Robert Kocharyan. They are just two of the hundreds of volunteer soldiers that are gathering in Yerevan’s small Erebuni airport in anticipation of operation “Wedding in the Mountains,” the battle for the liberation of Shushi, which begins mere weeks from this day.
Those who volunteered knew—and were told in no uncertain terms—that this was in large part a suicide mission. Not only were the Azerbaijanis better equipped and greater in numbers, they also held strategically-higher ground that made defending the city easy. Indeed, virtually every fighter that was part of the first wave of the attack was killed in combat. Robert Kocharyan, already a seasoned veteran of the war, made the choice to participate in this fateful battle.
We are largely defined by the choices we make. As a young man with three small children, Robert Kocharyan, like the countless brave soldiers sitting on that stone bench, made the choice to fight for Armenia and Armenians. That is what was most important to him. Think about what you think of a man that makes a choice like that—about him, his values, his family, his motivations, etc. This is the appropriate context in which to measure Robert Kocharyan’s life.
Of course, it does not absolve him of all, or even any, of his sins. However, whenever you come across someone making claims about Robert Kocharyan “looting” the country and stealing “billions,” ask the person making those claims for proof. If these claims are true, there should be some evidence, especially since the man has been under intense investigation by Pashinyan’s government for more than two years now. I used to believe these accusations myself, in part because it seemed naïve not to.
But the truth is that if there was any real evidence of Kocharyan’s wrongdoing, Nikol would be screaming about it from his rooftop and play it on repeat on H1 – and ZibilNet. In fact, he would have been found guilty of corruption by a court under pressure by the government. But the exact opposite has happened. Enough is enough. Whatever his faults, Robert Kocharyan has demonstrated a fierce devotion to the well-being of his country and its people, as well as the competence of an effective statesman.
I am eager to see a new generation of leaders in Armenia take the mantle; in fact it is essential that this happens. But as it stands, Robert Kocharyan is the best choice to lead Armenia out of the abyss that is Nikol Pashinyan—and into the future. Follow up to this for the inevitable zombie takes: Serzh Sargsyan, Vazgen Sargsyan, and Kocharyan ultimately took on important roles in organizing the war effort. Vazgen Sargsyan for example never stepped foot on the battlefield, but only an idiot would say his role is exaggerated.
Source: https://thearmenite.com/2021/06/robert-kocharyan-dushman-vardan-and-devotion-to-nation/
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Armenia’s Surefire Election Winner? Russia
The continuing political crisis in Armenia is now entering a new stage after snap elections were announced for June 20. This follows an agreement reached at a March 18 meeting between Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Gagik Tsarukyan, the leader of the biggest opposition bloc in parliament. The third largest party, Bright Armenia, also agreed to the early elections. There is an undeniable internal dimension to the crisis. Snap elections are necessary to address political deadlock after months of demonstrations demanding Pashinyan’s resignation following a major defeat in a war with Azerbaijan in 2020.
Pashinyan’s calculus is clear and sound. The opposition is largely discredited because of its links to the former, pre-2018 revolution government, which was accused of large-scale corruption and overall ineffectiveness. This means the opposition will find it hard to win a majority of votes, let alone garner enough to create a coalition. Still, the elections will be competitive. Artur Vanetsyan, a former top security official under Pashinyan and now one of the opposition leaders, said he would participate in the election. Another contestant is likely to be the former president, Robert Kocharyan, who earlier announced he would take part. “Yes, we will run, we will fight, and we will win,” Kocharyan told journalists earlier this year.
One critical decision yet to be made is the electoral system to be used. It is not clear if the ruling party’s proposed but not yet adopted electoral reforms will be used, or whether the old system will survive. The new elections may well result in diffusion of tension, but the structural troubles which beset Armenian politics will remain. Deeper deficiencies, such as a lack of accountability, absence of an independent judiciary, and weak parliament will weigh negatively on any new government. The vote also has a significant external dimension. And here Russia’s position matters — not so much because it will assist one side or other — but because it will exploit each side’s vulnerabilities.
Russia is in the happy position of favoring both sides of the aisle, and that makes the Kremlin’s position unique. For once, Russia does not need to throw its full support behind an openly pro-Kremlin candidate because in reality, each plausible Armenian governing entity is becoming increasingly dependent. In one masterly stroke in November, Russia wedged itself into the only territorial conflict in the South Caucasus where it previously lacked direct influence. With its peacekeepers in Karabakh and the Armenian army and the general public demoralized and confused after the 2020 debacle, the only hope for Armenia is to prolong the influence it still has in Karabakh by treading the Russian line. This unavoidable fact is gradually dawning into an understanding among Armenia’s political elite. The Russian position is more or less assured irrespective of which side prevails in the June elections and far beyond.
The election results will not, therefore, bring about significant foreign policy changes. Nevertheless, Armenia-Russia relations will be of importance. The opposition favors deeper ties with Russia, which could change the fabric of bilateral relations. Russia could push for Armenia’s deeper integration within its favored economic organization, the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU). Better trading terms for Russian companies could be sought, and more Russian state-of-the-art weaponry might be shipped in return. Indeed, in this event, a new development could occur. Deeper integration would be significant, especially at the time when Russia is carefully navigating working to use the crisis in Belarus to promote the idea of a union between states.
Deeper ties with Armenia would also mean that Russia could again pit Armenia and Azerbaijan against each other. Such an approach is no novelty, but this time the intensity of the game would much greater. In four years’ time, Russia has to officially prolong its peacekeeping mission in Azerbaijan. Yet the Russian military presence disturbs political minds in Baku. A desire to abrogate the Russian peacekeeping agreement will be running high and President Putin will need to play a clever game. Some concessions to Baku might be effective, but other political and military messages might work.
Imagine the prospect of Russian peacekeepers preparing to leave, while a much better prepared and equipped Armenian army, bristling with Russian high-tech weaponry, prepares an irredentist military campaign. Moscow wins either way. It is hard to see a way out of this for Armenia. Ordinary Armenians can hope that internal reforms improve everyday life, but the country remains vulnerable and its reliance on Russia will only increase because there are no other options. As for the future, Armenia-Russian relations are likely to serve as a model for the closer integration Russia hopes to encourage within the EEU.
The Time for Protest is Over
The other day I read a headline in an Armenian outlet that Turkey was launching a satellite into space in collaboration with Tesla. The Armenian piece of it was that Armenians and Greeks were protesting this. What more appropriate juxtaposition to illustrate the state of the Armenian Nation in relation to the state of Turkey?
For decades, we lied to ourselves that the incredibly cheap investment in perpetual periodic protest was a sufficient answer to the salvos of our enemies. We have forced ourselves to make believe that marching down Hollywood Boulevard and chanting slogans in front of Turkish and Azerbaijani embassies and consulates the world over is somehow an adequate response to the ever increasing military, economic, and diplomatic power of our enemies. We have chosen to subvert the agonizing work of fortifying our nation to anachronistic and often annoying acts of civil disobedience like interrupting lectures and shutting down traffic.
This year, it is painfully apparent that these past two decades of protests have been either ineffective or, in the case of Yerevan’s 2018 protests, astoundingly catastrophic. If we have any intention of recognizing the mistakes of our past, we must likewise recognize that the time for protest is over.
Armenians protested in the 1960s and 1970s and 1980s and 1990s, often because that’s all we had. In some cases, like in lobbying Soviet authorities to build the Armenian Genocide memorial in Yerevan and in energizing the Artsakh independence movement, it is clear that protest had a considerable role to play. Nevertheless, even in these cases, the protests were tools used by the Armenian political leadership in the respective periods to achieve other, greater ends.
Otherwise, protest has been an excuse to assuage the nagging urge to do something. Protest is among the easiest forms of action: it is easier to protest than to build teams of well-educated lawyers ready to work for decades toward substantive goals like reparations or training teachers and administrators who will educate Armenian youth; it is likewise easier to protest than it is to build a country by planting crops, growing businesses, or working unglamorous but honest jobs. We have hoped that protest will grant us a better homeland, Genocide recognition and restitution, and respect among the family of nations; it has given us none of these things.
Yet we continue to protest; inertia is a powerful force.
While we convinced ourselves in our thinly veiled coffin of obliviousness – and were convinced by others – that we were “doing our part” to “raise awareness” and “ensuring our voice is heard,” our enemies, those permanent fixtures on the Armenian landscape, forged ahead. We protested the injustices of Azerbaijan while they employed force and cunning to achieve their evil ends, culminating in their occupation of Artsakh. We protested Turkey’s denial and scrubbing of Armenian history and culture from its present-day territory while it artfully positioned itself to again become a global power.
Azerbaijan and Turkey succeeded; we did not. Our maturation is conditioned on us reconciling with these facts.
The top universities in the world are filled to the brim with Turkish students who often return to serve in their foreign and defense ministries. Azerbaijan, learning from their Turkish brethren, have emulated this model. The Bayraktar drone that wrought havoc on Armenian soldiers in the Second War for Artsakh’s Independence, one of the most advanced military drones in the world, was developed by Selcuk Bayraktar, who received his master’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), two of the top schools in the world.
There was an attempt to redirect Armenian resources to educating our youth on a large scale and it was called the Luys Scholarship Program, launched by the Serzh Sargsyan administration. However, rather than develop a cadre of young Armenian professionals ready to serve the Armenian state, it created an elite class of professional ingrates that often used the educations they received at the top ten universities in the world to berate the very government and officials that gifted them the opportunity to receive a world-class education. Among the most vulgar detractors of the Sargsyan administration and among the most fervent supporters of Nikol Pashinyan’s protests in 2018 were newly-minted graduates of the Ivy League universities on Luys scholarships.
It was the failing of the Luys program itself that it did not require those receiving the generous financial aid to serve the Armenian state; many used the opportunity to establish themselves abroad, an updated version of “take the money and run.” Indeed, their complaints of the government were transparently ludicrous attempts to rationalize the immorality of benefiting from a system without making any substantive contribution in return.
But the problem of the Luys Scholars was a mere microcosm of Armenian society. By the time these top students reached college age, their minds had already been poisoned by a society bursting at the seams with activists funded by foreign governments and organizations who built a narrative that it was more important to “develop civil society.” This ambiguous catchphrase included perpetual protest and civil disobedience based on the insistence that opening a park in a cafe or raising electricity rates by a few pennies were just cause for blustering indignation and to bring the country to a standstill.
Years of protest culture that had convinced people that their own moral and ethical failings were not the problem and that they were doing something of value by hitting the streets to complain about every last thing. This culminated in the protests of 2018 that led to the current tragedy through which we live today: protest culture was the damp, dark cavity in which the fungus of Nikolism was able to multiply and flourish.
Many in Armenia and the Diaspora, instead of slowly and painfully building the institutions which would allow nationhood to eventually function – because it never does from the outset – spent resources on cultivating an activist class which knew how to organize a spectacular protest, replete with slogans, songs, and merchandise. However, the Armenian Nation failed at cultivating a politically mature citizenry that knows how to debate ideas, accede to political compromise, and build the long-term political thinking needed to sustain a country through the inevitable tumults of nationhood. This is evident now more than ever.
This has, in no small part, been exacerbated by outsiders, including some enterprising Diasporans, who have moved to Armenia, permanently or temporarily, and who have organized and participated in protests in a sort of irresponsible adventurism not unlike what’s described by Teju Cole as the “White Savior Industrial Complex” in Africa (he is not the only one who’s written about this in Africa).
There is an inherent moral hazard to this adventurism on the part of Diaspora Armenians. They try to address perceived injustices through an easily accessible form of political activity in protest, not least because they do not have the capacity to participate in or promote any higher form of said activity like debate, but are often in the position of convincing locals that they are experiencing injustice that needs to be met with outrage and protest without considering that the consequences of their protest will lead to instability and, as we saw in the autumn of 2020, death.
This is unsurprising because these Diasporans import their largely innocuous and inconsequential understanding of protesting in the stable countries of their origin to Armenia. Easy, cheap, and great for visuals, these protests reached exactly zero of their goals, whether it was Genocide recognition, preventing further Azeri injustice, or stopping the closure of a mismanaged Armenian TV station (yes, there was a protest for that, too). If asked why go through the trouble, the answer is invariably that it is to “raise awareness,” the favorite refrain and non-answer.
The point is best illustrated by the mother of all protests, that in Los Angeles in commemoration of the Armenian Genocide’s centennial. There were a reported 135,000 people who attended, shutting down major streets in one of the largest cities in the world. Thousands of man-hours were expended by hundreds of organizers over several years to organize this gargantuan event. Yet, it is impossible to say what effect this, or the dozens of other demonstrations that occurred throughout the world, had. On the question of awareness, there was little more than a news clip a few seconds long on local TV – but our ability to get the permits to shut down a few streets in Los Angeles and the drone pictures of the crowd peppered with the tricolor made us feel good.
Each distraction that does not contribute to the strengthening of the Armenian Nation in view of our reality, which includes powerful opponents, is a waste of our limited and currently dwindling resources. Our fantasies about having it all by fighting the fights of others, spreading ourselves too thin, and believing that we will be able to compete with our highly-focused enemies has brought us to the very edge of the vortex of dissolution. But, it is these torturous times that offer the opportunity for us to reflect on our mistakes and correct them.
Protest is a means for weak, disaffected people who are unable or unwilling to find other means to extricate themselves from their circumstances. In the years before Armenia’s independence, we were in the former camp: without other means; today, we are firmly in the latter camp. Our unwillingness to replace the exciting, instagrammable, and often ego-centric protest culture that provides cheap thrills with the incredibly tedious, drab, and thankless work of thinking through problems and working behind the curtains for a greater good which some of us may not see has demonstrably crippled us.
Now, decades after protests that distracted us from the work to be done that ultimately resulted in the loss of Artsakh and an enfeebled Armenian state, are we ready to admit our mistakes and not repeat them? We’ll soon know.
Source: https://thearmenite.com/2021/04/the-time-for-protest-is-over/
Providing Some Much Needed Clarity on Pre-Election Data and Trends
The Հայաստան alliance
Given the sporadic release of pre-election data, the lack of standardization across opinion polls, the formation of new political alliances between polls, the long and ever-changing list of smaller and fairly insignificant parties, and the very low proficiency all journalists tend to possess as a whole in understanding and reporting data, it’s very hard to get a clear understanding of where things exactly stand less than thirty days before elections. Therefore, just for my own understanding, I found it necessary to try to work through all of the polling in order to come up up with a reasonably clear picture of the current situation and the general trends. Once I had done that, I thought the results were worth putting into article form and sharing. I used the four Gallup International/MPG polls released over the last four months. I tried to create consistency in the data by combining the parties in the older polls which have since formed alliances. I also disregarded parties and alliances receiving less than 2 percent of the vote. The following is the data for all eligible voters over the past four months.
For the sake of consistency of data, I combined the individual totals of Robert Kocharyan and the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ՀՅԴ) as well as those of the Republican Party of Armenia and the Fatherland Party for the three older polls, before each formed their respective alliances. It should also be noted that in the first three polls, there was no questionnaire option for Armenian Renaissance (ՎՀԿ), which held its public launch on May 5th and is the third political entity that forms the Հայաստան alliance. Also, it should further be noted that in the April poll questionnaire, the Պատիվ Ունեմ alliance between HHK and the Fatherland party was simply listed as the HHK-led bloc, with no mention of the Fatherland Party. This should therefore lead one to assign less significance to the 1.1 percent figure from April.
The public launch of Armenian Renaissance
Finally, to avoid confusion, please distinguish between the pro-government Republic Party (ՀԿ) of Aram Sargsyan and the former ruling party of Serzh Sargsyan, the Republican Party of Armenia (ՀՀԿ). On a similar note, distinguish between the aforementioned Republic Party (ՀԿ), and the Fatherland Party of Artur Vanetsyan (which has the same Armenian initials as ՀԿ) which is in an alliance with ՀՀԿ in the Պատիվ Ունեմ alliance. To avoid confusion, In this article I refer to Artur Vanetsyan’s party only in its full name and only in English, while I refer to Aram Sargsyan’s party as ՀԿ.
Next, I took a look at the alternative answers provided in the four polls, to try to create a reasonable picture of likely voters. This meant looking at and accounting for the percentage of voters that gave answers such as “will not be voting”, “undecided”. and “refuse to answer”. The following is what I found across the four polls:
Finally, using the data above, I was able to form a reasonable picture of the polling for likely voters.
If you are not familiar with the Armenian political landscape, please note that the ruling party and ՀԿ can be considered firmly in the socially liberal/pro-western/anti-nationalist government camp, while the equally liberal Bright Armenia Party (ԼՀԿ) can be considered somewhat in the government camp. On the opposition side, the Հայաստան and Պատիվ Ունեմ alliances can be considered firmly in the socially conservative/pro-Russia/nationalist opposition camp, with the equally socially conservative Prosperous Party of Armenia (ԲՀԿ) somewhat in the opposition camp, but largely limited to whatever best serves the personal interests of Gagik Tsarukyan. Both ԼՀԿ and ԲՀԿ can be expected to be willing to cross lines if it serves their interests.
Understanding This Data
If all you were looking for was a general understanding of where the numbers stand as of now and mathematics and statistics are not your favorite topic, nor do you have a great understanding of the Armenian political landscape, I would recommend stopping right there, as the next part is going to get quite complex with many moving parts. However, if you already have some familiarity with both the political landscape as well as the necessary moderate proficiency in statistics, keep reading to get a full understanding of the current situation.
Understanding the Electoral Code
Before providing my analysis of where things stand, the following are critical parts of the Armenian electoral code that must be understood. I only included the parts that are pertinent to the results of the current polling data:
All political parties must receive a minimum of five percent of the vote to enter parliament. All political alliances must receive a minimum of seven percent. This means as things stand ԼՀԿ and ՀԿ being under five percent, and Պատիվ Ունեմ being under seven percent, would not enter parliament.Parliamentary seats will be divided among parties and alliances that have cleared the necessary thresholds, based on the percentages of votes receives. Meaning as it stands (Scenario I), with Պատիվ Ունեմ and ԼՀԿ and ՀԿ not clearing the necessary thresholds, the ruling party would receive 57.3 percent of parliamentary seats, keeping control of the government (first graphic below). Moreover, even if only Պատիվ Ունեմ cleared the necessary threshold (Scenario II), the ruling party would likely still receive a majority of the vote needed to retain power. Finally, if all three of Պատիվ Ունեմ, ԼՀԿ, and ՀԿ get in (Scenario III), the ruling party will likely be able to form a coalition with Aram Sargsyan’s ՀԿ, and retain power).
Scenario IScenario IIScenario IIIIf a party or coalition gets less than fifty-four percent, but more than fifty percent, they will be granted the additional seats needed to reach a fifty-four percent majority. (Please note the difference between a coalition and an alliance. A coalition is formed post-election between parties and alliances in order to form a ruling government. An example would be a coalition between the Հայաստան alliance, ԲՀԿ, and Պատիվ Ունեմ alliance. An alliance is formed pre-election, such as the Հայաստան alliance between ՀՅԴ, Robert Kocharyan, and ՎՀԿ or that of Պատիվ Ունեմ between ՀՀԿ and the Fatherland Party.) This rule would be important in Scenario II, where all the ruling party would need would be a majority.
If a ruling government is not formed within six days of the election, a runoff will be held between the top two parties, where the winner will receive the additional seats needed to reach fifty-four percent.
A ruling coalition can be formed by up to three parties or coalitions. Meaning in the scenario that both Պանիվ Ունեմ and ԼՀԿ clear the necessary thresholds, but ՀԿ doesn’t, even if ԼՀԿ genuinely wanted to end the current government by forming a coalition with the Հայաստան alliance, ԲՀԿ, and the Պատիվ Ունեմ alliance, it would not be possible. In such a scenario, if the ruling party has not received a majority, there will be a run-off election between the ruling party and the Հայաստան alliance.
Analysis of Data
Let me first of all be very clear and open as always that I consider the ruling government and its allies and loyalists as nothing but a foreign occupation and an extension of the governments of Turkey and Azerbaijan, responsible for perhaps the most heinous act of treason any government has ever committed against its own nation in the history of mankind, and that absolutely nothing short of the reinstatement and widespread implementation of the death penalty should be demanded of a future government for a long list of people that form the current government in both official and unofficial capacities. With that said, the following is my best effort at providing a fact-based analysis of the available data, with some commentary added on. Because only with an honest understanding of facts can one hope to work effectively towards victory. First and foremost, it is undeniable that based on the data below, every single day the ruling party is losing support, and that the Հայաստան alliance is gaining ground- far beyond what I personally as a cautious supporter thought was possible. Only the most recent poll was taken after the formation of the Հայաստան coalition. Moreover, all of the important players that support this alliance- as well as the Պատիվ Ունեմ alliance- the Armenian church, the Armed Forces, the major Russian-Armenian business leaders, major cultural figures in Armenia as well as the Diaspora, the Russian government, and the many affiliates, wings, and allies of ՀՅԴ, have yet to make significant public statements or take significant public steps in their favor. Something that is certain to happen. Finally, it should be understood that ՎՀԿ is not the typical nascent party. It’s composed of virtually every last significant political and business leader in the Syunik region. Not only are they guaranteed to sweep virtually every last district of Syunik, but they should also be expected to be able to exert influence across the entire country.
If current trends continue for the next month at a similar pace, with the ruling party losing support and the Հայաստան alliance gaining, only the fairly unlikely scenario (Scenario IV) of Պատիվ Ունեմ being left out, and ԼՀԿ and ՀԿ getting in may be enough to secure a coalition majority for the current government and its allies.
Scenario IVThe second important point that needs to be stated is that the fate of the Պատիվ Ունեմ alliance in passing the seven percent threshold will likely decide this election. I cannot understand why the five parties involved in the two coalitions were unable to form a single political entity, and the events of the past three years have left me incapable of believing there’s some greater plan or motivation beyond egos and personal interests. I also find it difficult to believe that the Պատիվ Ունեմ alliance has access to some private data that contradicts public data and gives them full confidence in that they will definitely pass the threshold. And I do not have any hopes that the Պատիվ Ունեմ alliance will drop out and endorse the Հայաստան alliance, or that the Հայաստան alliance will do what it needs to ensure its ally crosses the threshold. And so what we have left is those who I consider responsible for the welfare of the country once again seemingly prioritizing their personal interests and personal differences and in the process enabling the foreign occupation of Yerevan, just as they did three years ago.
Պատիվ Ունեմ alliance
The third factor to consider is monitoring the performance of ԼՀԿ and ՀԿ and whether they cross the necessary threshold. Because every vote they receive without crossing the threshold can be considered a wasted vote that would have otherwise gone to the ruling party. On the other hand, them entering parliament can only have negative consequences for the fortunes of the opposition. Finally, in no way should the election be considered inevitable nor its legitimacy even remotely guaranteed. The ruling government has proven that at best it has zero interest in the welfare of the country, and at worst, directly serves the interests of Armenia’s enemies. Therefore, it should be expected for the government to take drastic and destructive steps such as launching war or promoting civil strife in order to justify canceling the election if it believes it is set to lose them. On a similar note, it should be expected for Azerbaijan to do whatever it can to assist the ruling government in retaining power. Unfortunately, were it to decide to cancel elections, the ruling party can expect the legitimacy provided by the support of ԼՀԿ and ԲՀԿ, the only other forces in parliament. This is because as it stands new elections would mean ԲՀԿ’s representation in parliament dropping from 25 seats to roughly 8, and ԼՀԿ’s from 17 to 0.
Conclusion and Prediction
At this point, even his biggest adversaries and detractors must admit there seems to be an aura of invincibility and sense of inevitability about Robert Kocharyan and the Հայաստան alliance. He seems incredibly determined to achieve the improbable goal that he has set for himself. I personally try to stay away from such sentiments and limit myself to data. And based on all available data at the time, I found the idea of participating in elections and the hopeful predictions by the Kocharyan camp as fairly irresponsible and improbable.
Ishkhan Saghatelyan of ՀՅԴ during the first public rally of the Հայաստան alliance
However, seeing him so quickly surpass all previously predicted limits and in such dramatic fashion, recognizing the high degree of sophistication that his campaign seems to possess- far beyond the capabilities of local Armenian companies, and understanding the considerable funds that his campaign seems to have at its disposal- far beyond the personal financial wealth of either himself (despite what you may have heard) or those of the two parties in his coalition, it seems clear that this is a campaign that is both highly competent and effective, and that it has managed to secure the support of major backers. Therefore I foresee the end of the treasonous government as inevitable. How it occurs is the question. It will be preferable for it to end via elections with no more additional suffering and chaos for a country that can’t possibly afford any more of either. The alternative is that we may witness the ruling party attempt to cancel the elections, or blatantly falsify its results in order to achieve victory, resulting in civil strife and further damage to Armenia, before the regime is finally toppled in the aftermath. Unfortunately, knowing the ruling party and all that has taken place over the past three years, I’m inclined to believe it will be the latter.
Armenia ex-PM supports 2nd President Robert Kocharyan in snap parliamentary election
The meeting of the second President, Robert Kocharyan, and former Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan took place Tuesday at the election campaign headquarters of the "Armenia" bloc, which is led by Kocharyan. A number of programs and projects to be implemented in the near future were discussed, the bloc informed Armenian News-NEWS.am. A few days ago Karapetyan issued a statement urging to vote for Kocharyan in Sunday’s snap parliamentary elections. In his turn, Robert Kocharyan had stated that in case of his victory in the voting, he will ask Karen Karapetyan to return to Armenia.
The [snap] parliamentary elections scheduled for June 20, 2021 are extremely important for the future of Armenia. As a result of the [Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh)] war [last fall], our country has ended up in a deep crisis, stopping the course of which is urgent today. Former Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan noted this in a statement. "The moment is crucial, the challenges—multi-layered and dangerous, whereas the solutions—limited and require high professionalism. Robert Kocharyan [the second President, leader of the "Armenia" bloc which is running in the snap parliamentary elections on June 20, and candidate for prime minister] can provide that. The combination of [his] experience gained while holding public offices, as well as in a competitive and multicultural business environment, and the personal and administrative qualities necessary for a leader, enable him—by forming a professional team—to get the country out of crisis and lead [it] to a prosperous future. He will create an environment where the potential existing in our society will be realized to the maximum, and we will have a national, modern, rational, and efficient state,” Karapetyan added, in particular.
Source: https://news.am/eng/news/648734.html
Armenia acting PM to voters: Prepare for civil revenge
I said in 2018 that there will be no staff “massacres.” [But] now I want to say that there will be staff “massacres,” and the officials will be “massacred” who, taking advantage of the opportunities provided by the revolution after 2018, have hidden in the corridors of the people's power and all this time played the role of a “Trojan Horse.” Acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, who is the ruling Civil Contract Party’s candidate for Prime Minister, stated this during Tuesday’s election campaign in Talin town of Aragatsotn Province of Armenia—and ahead of the snap parliamentary elections on June 20.
"Yes, give [us] the mandate to carry out that staff ‘massacre,’ and we will throw all the ‘Trojan Horses’ out of the public administration system [of Armenia]. (…) after the elections, there will be vendettas against the community leaders who try to coerce the people. The heads of institutions (…) who have coerced their employees in any way will be subjected to the most brutal but political vendettas. It is not about physical vendetta, it is about political and civil. (…). Prepare for civil revenge, civil vendettas, staff ‘massacres,’" Pashinyan added.
Why Pashinyan has to go
Armenia’s snap elections are fast approaching on June 20, and they may literally determine whether Armenia continues to exist as an independent state or is partitioned by its surrounding states. With hundreds of Azerbaijani troops having recently encroached into Syunik and Gegharkunik provinces, this danger is already beginning to unfold.
It should be clear, then, that the most important priority in Armenian politics at this point is national security. Not removing church history classes from Armenia’s schools. Not doling out millions of dollars of bonuses while the government can’t even get its drones to an exhibition. Not the boogeyman of corruption, which seems to be about eight parts libel and slander built upon two parts truth. National security.
Then, when determining who to vote for in these elections and who to encourage your relatives to vote for, ask yourself, who can best provide for the national security of Armenia? By this standard, the very worst candidate with a chance to win, the one whose election may spell the end of Armenian statehood, is Nikol Pashinyan. The remainder of this article will outline a number of the most salient, and somehow, still unexplained, blunders made by Pashinyan and his regime during the 44-day war.
Armenian Missiles and Azerbaijani Airfields
The first blunder is Armenia’s apparent underutilization and misuse of its missile arsenal against Azerbaijani military airfields. Armenia had at least four types of rockets/missiles that had the range to reach Azerbaijan’s military airfields and help to neutralize the aerial threat: Smerch, Scud, Tochka and Iskander. While Vahram Poghosyan, the spokesperson for the president of Artsakh, claimed that the military airport at Ganja was destroyed, the military airport in actual fact had not been significantly damaged. Why Armenia’s missiles apparently weren’t extensively used to target Azerbaijani military airfields and support Armenia’s air defenses to my knowledge has still not been explained, months after the end of the conflict.
In a scandalous interview, Pashinyan suggested that “the fired Iskander did not explode or exploded only 10-percent, for example,” and then, after a response from the Russian Ministry of Defense, walked back his statement, claiming that he had been misinformed. During the same interview, in which he questioned the functionality of the Iskander missiles, Pashinyan suggested a potential explanation for why the missiles allegedly did not function, “Maybe it [the Iskander] is a weapon from the 80s?” The Iskander began military service with Russia in 2006.
The fact that Armenia’s commander-in-chief, months after the war, didn’t know what decade his military’s crown jewel was from attests to his ignorance with regard to military questions. The fact that Pashinyan publicly badmouthed the Russian military industry, which is at this moment preventing Armenia from being wiped off the map by Turkey, attests to his diplomatic incompetence. And so to this day we still don’t have a response from Pashinyan as to why Armenia’s most advanced weapon or other long-range missile systems, which should have been a great help in neutralizing Azerbaijan’s drone advantage, were not used to do so. There are a few excuses that can be used to try to vindicate Pashinyan from the above criticism. One is that Azerbaijan could have used advanced missiles to shoot down incoming ballistic missiles and protect its airfields. There are a number of problems with this excuse.
First, the Azerbaijani military failed to protect the city of Ganja from an Armenian missile strike, apparently carried out using Scud missiles, which are much older and less accurate than Iskander missiles. Second, even Saudi Arabia, which spends multiples more than Turkey does on its military, couldn’t save its oil facilities from Houthi drone and missile strikes. If much wealthier Saudi Arabia couldn’t save itself from Houthi rebels, is it likely that Azerbaijan would be able to protect itself from Iskander ballistic missiles? Similarly, Israel, with its Iron Dome system, failed to prevent Hamas from recently hitting its oil infrastructure.
The Mobilization of the Reserves
The second blunder, according to former Chief of the General Staff of the Armenian Armed Forces Movses Hakobyan, is that Pashinyan halted the mobilization of the reserves on the third day of the war. Pashinyan later on Facebook also called for volunteers to organize their own units and pick a commander for themselves to participate in the war. This was total absurdity. When Armenia has tens of thousands of reserves who previously served in the military, a prearranged plan for mobilizing these reserves, and when according to Pashinyan himself, we were in the midst of a new Battle of Sardarabad, why was mobilization of reserves halted and replaced with a call for self-assembled volunteers?
One excuse made for this move is that this was a drone and artillery war, not an infantry war. While infantry may not have been very effective in the southern flatlands, the vital stretch from Hadrut to Shushi is a mountainous, forested area. Moreover, thanks to Vova Vartanov’s VOMA Battalion defending the town of Karmir Shuka, part of the town of Taghavard and the asphalt road leading to Shushi, the Azerbaijanis’ use of ground equipment was restricted in the battle for Shushi. Well organized and entrenched Armenian infantry protecting the stretch from Hadrut to Shushi could have radically altered the course of the war.
The idea that “we had enough infantry” is also contradicted by the president of Artsakh, Arayik Harutyunyan, who repeatedly publicly called for reinforcements throughout the war and stated immediately after the war that there were not enough people to defend Stepanakert. Further still, even if we needed only a small amount of infantry, then this small amount should have been drawn in an organized manner from the reserves, not from self-assembled volunteer units responding to a Facebook post.
The Armenian Military
The next Pashinyan-produced catastrophe I’ll mention here is that Pashinyan, according to former President Serzh Sargsyan, did not employ the majority of the Armenian military to support the Artsakh Defense Army. Again, if this was another Sardarabad, as Pashinyan claimed, why did he send self-assembled groups of volunteers rather than the standing Armenian military to war? One possible explanation for not employing the majority of the Armenian military to Artsakh is that we needed them to defend against a possible Turkish invasion from the west. However, if this were true, then why were the reserves not totally mobilized? Does anyone think our standing army alone, without the reserves, would have been enough to defend against a Turkish invasion?
With all of these baffling errors in mind, the excuse that Pashinyan only had two-and-a-half years to prepare for this war, while the former leaders had 30 years, rings hollow. If in 2018 Pashinyan inherited from Serzh Sargsyan four types of rockets/missiles that could reach Azerbaijani airfields, tens of thousands of reserves with military experience and a system to mobilize them, and a standing Armenian military, but then proceeded to gravely misuse or underutilize each of these resources, whose fault is that?
It should be noted that the Armenian military by and large held against the Azerbaijani military in the northern, northeastern and eastern directions. Only in the southeast did the enemy break through, which led to their victory. Had Armenia thrown its full weight into this war, is it unreasonable to believe that the southeastern front could have been defended like every other front? Further still, if Pashinyan was not going to employ Armenia’s missiles to destroy enemy airfields, was not going to more fully mobilize the reserves, and was not going to deploy the majority of the standing Armenian military to reinforce the Artsakh Defense Army, then why did he not accept Vladimir Putin’s offer to end the war in late October? We could have avoided many casualties and territorial losses, including the city of Shushi.
If we were going to fight with two arms and a leg tied behind our back, then it should have been clear that we were heading toward devastating defeat, and Pashinyan should have accepted the late October ceasefire offer. From the available information, it seems that Pashinyan neither committed to wholeheartedly fighting nor used diplomatic means to stop the war as soon as possible to minimize human and territorial losses. Instead, we were caught in some strange and catastrophic limbo. If I were to provide an exhaustive account of the reasons why Pashinyan’s regime must be removed from power for the sake of Armenia, I would need to write a multivolume work. Since this is an article, I’ve outlined above a handful of the most striking reasons: the misuse of missiles, the botched mobilization of the reserves, and the lack of use of the Armenian military.
At least on paper, Azerbaijan has the right to give the boot to the Russian peacekeepers who are preventing Azerbaijan from swallowing what is left of Artsakh in about four-and-a-half years. On June 20, if Armenians do not vote out the walking catastrophe that is Nikol Pashinyan and replace him with a team that possesses military and diplomatic competence, then the existence of Artsakh, and then Syunik, and then the rest of the Armenian state and nation will be in danger of speeding toward annihilation.
Treason And Incompetence: How Soros-Trained Armenian Government Lost Karabakh War
On November 9, Armenia and Azerbaijan signed a peace deal to end the
war for Nagorno-Karabakh. The peace was brokered by Russia. Largely due
to mismanagement of the situation and its own forces, Armenia can be
considered as having lost the war. Despite Armenian Prime Minister Nikol
Pashinyan’s claims that “the loser is only he who thinks himself
defeated,” the facts are there. On November 9, Armenia and Azerbaijan signed a peace deal to end the war for Nagorno-Karabakh. The
peace was brokered by Russia. Largely due to mismanagement of the
situation and its own forces, Armenia can be considered as having lost
the war.
Despite Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s claims that “the loser is only he who thinks himself defeated,” the facts are there.
The peace deal as mentioned was brokered by Russia, and it was the least it could do to salvage a situation that was becoming more for Yerevan with each passing day. The entire situation is such:
- Back in 2018, the pro-Western coup took place in Armenia, which saw the government fall and Nikol Pashinyan, a Soros-funded ‘democratic’ activist back then, being released from prison and becoming the Prime Minister.
- In 2018, and continuing in the future, he proved one thing – he has no actual authority, as he had to join citizens’ protests to attempt and enforce his political plans, and they were ineffective in most areas.
- One area where they were quite effective, however, was spreading anti-Russian hysteria, and for two years Armenia’s main foreign and internal policy has been focused on distancing itself from Russia, which continues being its only real ally and the guarantor of the Armenian statehood.
In Nagorno-Karabakh, there was a sort of testing of the waters in 2016 when a more open conflict began, shortly and then ended. In 2018, when Armenia started distancing itself, willingly, from Russia, there were a few small-scale clashes. In July 2020, heavier clashes took place, likely as a way for Azerbaijan to see what Armenia would do and if Russia would flinch, at all. It didn’t. As a result of two years of anti-Russian policy, Azerbaijan ultimately began its offensive on September 27th, and approximately a month and a half later, the fighting ended with Baku as the victor, and Armenia’s Prime Minister Pashinyan looking for a scapegoat to blame for the disgrace.
Throughout the approximately 1.5 months of war, Armenia tried a very questionable bid at “multipolarity” looking to get help from any direction, all the while not attempting to restore any relations with Moscow. Essentially, no significant forces, equipment or hardware were actually deployed from Armenia to fight in Nagorno-Karabakh. Whatever forces were presented in the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh fought, with some limited support from “mainland Armenia.” As per official information, no regular Armenian troops from the armed forces entered Nagorno-Karabakh to fight. What was there instead of that? Livestreams of Nikol Pashinyan in Facebook and multiple PR statement claiming about victorious counter-attacks of Armenian forces. In comparison to actions of the Armenian prime minister, the Artsakh President even went to the frontline for a day or two to promote protecting the motherland. The lack of any concrete actions, as well as any adequate actions was covered by a very wide and loud media campaign, calling for other countries to recognize Artsakh as an independent country, hoping that it would happen, and for a while there was a minor hope from France (presented by Yerevan as the large victory of the ‘democratic government’). It didn’t happen, but also Armenia didn’t recognize Artsakh as independent and didn’t undertake any tangible actions at all, since “reunification” would be quite difficult, especially if the OSCE or UN Peacekeepers are present.
This all led to Armenia ultimately losing Nagorno-Karabakh, it was certain as soon as Azerbaijan’s forces, with some help from Turkey and a few thousand Syrian militants captured a vital road, and managed to encircle the Artsakh forces. Even the Artsakh president admitted that Shusha was actually lost on November 7th, or rather that it was inevitable for it to fall. News of Shusha falling came on November 9th. The peace deal, which was a “very, very difficult decision” as per Pashinyan is a fact, and he’s now struggling to find whom to blame. He’s blaming other officials, other countries for not recognizing Artsakh as an independent country, also the military for not doing enough. Armenians are blaming Russia for not stepping in and fighting their war for them, while less than 2 years earlier, banners with “Russia go home and never return” were commonplace.
The entire situation is such: Russian peacekeepers will preserve the situation right now. As long as the Russian military is there, the Armenians remaining in the area of the Russian presence in Nagorno-Karabakh are safe. However, in the event of the further deterioration of the Russian-Armenian relations these peacekeepers could be withdrawn. For example, in the event of Armenian attacks on Azerbaijani forces, it is unlikely that Russia decide to simply send troops and retake the region back for Armenia’s sake. On the other hand, Azerbaijan cannot capture the entire region as long as the Russians are there. Nonetheless, from the military and political point of view, Baku also made gains. The control of Shusha and the promised transport link between the mainland and Azerbaijan’s Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic through Armenia and under the supervision of Russian border guards are important achievements.
In short, what is the short-term result: It seems that the pro-Western government of Armenia intentionally
failed the war and lost the unrecognized territory that by the fact of
its existence undermined the pro-NATO, EU integration of Armenia.
Azerbaijan received its lost territories back, and it is quite
satisfied, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev even made fun of
Pashinyan, in his speech following the “victorious peace deal.”
"This
paper does not contain a word about the status of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Well, Pashinyan? Where is your status? Your status has gone to hell.
There is no status, and will not be. As long as I am the President,
there will be no status. This is part of Azerbaijan,” Aliyev said in the
video.
Turkey strengthened its position in the Caucasus and the Turkic world, as a trustworthy ally that can help its own. Russia once again demonstrated that it is protector of the Armenians, and secured the existence of Armenia as the state, it guaranteed that no other losses were made, despite Armenia entirely failing to adequately handle the situation. And Russia didn’t specifically need to do it, since Moscow has a strong foothold much further south – in Syria, and the military base in Armenia as the factor of Russia’s “security perimeter” has no more strategic importance. Thanks to actions of the pro-Western, globalist, neo-liberal-oriented government, the Armenians have faced and will face even more hard times. There will be more chaos, disappointment in the government, blaming of the Russians, and depending on how successful the propaganda is, the blame could entirely be shifted on the “traitorous” Moscow and the older generation of leadership.
Once again, the history demonstrated that color revolutions, the seizure of power by supporters of NATO and the circle of globalists, generally, leads only to the chaos and the destruction of the statehood and widespread chaos. For example, when Pashinyan seized power in 2018, he was congratulated by another famous ‘democratic’ activist – the leader of the pro-Western/neo-liberal Russian opposition, Alexey Navalny. Fortunately for Russia, in the current conditions such persons as Pashinyan and Navalny have no chances to come to power in the country and lost some Russian territory to foreign forces.
“Pashinyan has been elected prime minister. I congratulate the Armenian people for preventing the usurpation of power in the same hands. Great achievement. I hope Armenia will succeed. Well, everyone in Russia will only be happy with the emergence of a successfully developing neighbor.”
Пашинян избран премьер-министром. Поздравляю армянский народ с тем, что они предотвратили узурпацию власти в одних руках. Грандиозное достижение. Надеюсь, у Армении всё получится. Ну а всем в России будет только хорошо от появления успешно развивающегося соседа.
— Alexey Navalny (@navalny) May 8, 2018
Below is what Pashinyan commented, following the signing, and he considered that, he really wasn’t to blame. He reportedly even left Armenia, because he can’t face responsibility for his failures.
“I was not the initiator of the truce,” he said, then who was?
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated that he made a decision to end the war in Karabakh under pressure from the country’s military leadership.
“The army said that we must stop, because we have certain problems, the prospects for solving them are not clear, and the resource has been exhausted. The military resource was not effective in everything. Those who fought on the frontline had no replacement … On the frontline there were people who had not been replaced for a month in a row,” Pashinyan said in his Facebook video speech.
The Prime Minister of Armenia specified that the ceasefire had not been signed earlier, because at the end of September it assumed the transfer of seven regions around Nagorno-Karabakh.
“And we could not take such a step, because we believed that we could all do so that we were not interested in ceasefire, but could impose it on the enemy. Unfortunately, this did not happen,” Pashinyan said.
The country had problems with the mobilization system, and civilians were not ready to fully participate in hostilities, the prime minister said. Pashinyan also pointed to a number of problems in the troops, in particular, about several dozen cases when the population of specific regions did not allow the military to redeploy troops, the low level of combat capability of the militias and cases of desertion. It is not known exactly where Pashinyan is now. Earlier there were rumors that he hastily left the country. At night, the protesters, dissatisfied with the surrender of Artsakh, broke into the government building and the prime minister’s residence. They smashed furniture and appliances, and took away some of the prime minister’s personal belongings. Meanwhile, Armenian President Armen Sarkisian claimed that he learned about the agreement on Karabakh from the media.
“Taking into account the deep concern of a large mass of people due to the current situation, I am immediately initiating political consultations in order to quickly agree on decisions arising from our agenda for protecting national interests,” the president said.
The head of Karabakh Arayik Harutyunyan said that the Armenian troops completely lost control over the city of Shusha on November 7. He added that history will appreciate the decision that was made yesterday, but they had to go for it.
“If the hostilities continued at the same pace, we would have lost all Artsakh in a matter of days. <..> There were no more resources to continue the struggle,” Harutyunyan said.
According to him, the fighting took place on the outskirts of Stepanakert, at a distance of two to three kilometers from the city.
“The drones inflicted heavy losses on the Karabakh Defense Army. The question is why the Armenian army did not create similar weapons,” Arayik Harutyunyan stated.
At the same time, it became known that the Secretary of the Security Council of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) Samvel Babayan announced the termination of his powers after the adoption of a joint statement of the Russian Federation, Azerbaijan and Armenia on a ceasefire.
“Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) is the center of the Armenian statehood, a symbol of the Armenians, and we were obliged to preserve the dignity of the Armenians. Realizing this, we have gone through all the stages of the Azerbaijan-Karabakh conflict, sacrificing thousands of lives and suffering from hardships for the sake of this land, for the right to a dignified life on this land. Today, when the leaders of the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Artsakh questioned the existence of the Armenians by one conspiratorial decision, and then made false statements about reality, the question arises – who authorized you in a democratic country without the consent of the people, without consultations, to surrender us,” Babayan wrote on your Facebook page.
It should be reminded that Armenia and Azerbaijan, with the mediation of Russia, agreed to end the war in Nagorno-Karabakh from midnight on November 10. After this news, mass disturbances began in Yerevan. Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of the city, shouting curses at the Prime Minister. On the eve of 17 opposition parties in Armenia demanded the voluntary resignation of Pashinyan. If the patriotic forces do not take power in Armenia and the globalist-controlled government led by Pashinyan or Pashinyan-like leader remains in power, the destruction of the Armenian statehood will continue in the coming years. At some moment, this process could become irreversible.
Source: https://southfront.org/treason-and-incompetence-how-soros-trained-armenian-government-lost-karabakh/