Bread and genocide
The Russian analysts and political scientists can be blamed of everything except the lack of honesty and sincerity. They say whatever they think when they speak about Armenia. Zhirinovsky is saying that it would be right to include Karabakh in Russia another nationalist is saying, “If you don’t wish to become a member of the Customs Union get the hell out of Karabakh.”
It is hard to tell what makes them be so sincere when it comes to the centennial friendship of Armenia and Russia. Political scientist Sergey Markedonov can also be considered among those, who are sincere to Armenia. A few days ago in its interview to 168-Zham he stated, “In Russia many people blame Putin for giving so much power to the Chechen leader Ramzan Kadirov but that is the price of the problem.
We could have avoided that but then there would be a question whether Chechnya would be Russia’s. They also blame Putin a lot for investing too much in the Caucasus. They demand that it’s enough to feed Caucasus so much. But if you don’t feed the Caucasus it will start to feed itself or another state will start doing so.”
They say that in a direct manner without any pretexts. Markedonov is saying what the Armenian government authorized him to say. So did the opposition, former Russian kings. This comes because of our sense of servitude. Both the Armenian opposition and government have been justifying the membership of the Armenia to the CU with the security and safety of Armenians living in Armenia, gas price, threat of receiving monetary aid from Russia, etc. They would say if we didn’t agree to become a member we wouldn’t be able to withstand the Russian mighty military power.
Neither would be we able to feed us without the Russian aid. This is nothing but a slave’s psychology. Any slave would tolerate the master in order not to be whipped and not to be cast to starvation. We have the same situation in the Armenian-Russian relations. If we don’t obey we will be whipped by Russia and will be deprived of our bread. And in order not to lose that the government and opposition of Armenia are willing to sacrifice Armenia’s independence and sovereignty. If this is what the political elite of our country thinks can we blame the experts of a different state or average citizens in having this opinion? And this is not only the individual opinion of Markedonov, Ivanov or Popov but the standpoint of the political elite of Russia, which is expressed by its practical policy in relation to Armenia.
“If you don’t feel the Caucasus it will feed itself or another state will do so,” says Markedonov. He is so honest that unlike his numerous colleagues that confesses that other states will take care of it. It means Russia saves Armenia not only from other countries but also from its own independence. Based on the 1991 referendum Armenia attained its independence, which has been considered an inseparable right of the Armenian people. Politicians have been brining this principle up for over 23 years now. But in reality, everyone, who was fighting for the independence of Armenia, is now willing to give up Armenia to Russia. Besides being political, this is also a psychological issue.
We often speak about the inhibitions of Armenia that overcame genocide. But we never speak about overcoming the inhibition of Armenians of not having statehood for centuries. In that case, those nations can any time commit another genocide when they wish and there will be no one to protect them.
By Garnik Gevorgyan
