Almost day-by-day we can see the pressure of Russia on Armenia trying to keep it away from signing the Association Agreement in Vilnius. In these conditions, lustration would become a seal salvation for the small number of politicians and the big number of citizens who don’t wish to obey the interests of the Russian empire.
The Board of the RA Central Bank during its June 25, 2013 session decided to leave the refinancing interest rate unchanged.
The inaction of the Armenian government in regard of monitoring the investment project of North-South highway, cost the taxpayers 0,5 million USD. The Asian Bank has allotted 170 million USD to Armenia as a second trench. Because of the delay the money is still on the accounts of the Asian Bank.
While the Armenian government is trying to shun the dilemma between EU and the Eurasian Union, by doing everything not to make Russia mad, the latter plays more open cards with Armenia without spare formalities. The best example of that was yesterday’s statement of the Secretary-General of the Collective Security Pact Nikolay Bordyuzha, who claimed that Russia does a lot for Armenia.
