“They, surely, had reasons to take that step. They didn’t put down the weapons from the very first day. In a positive sense they created a situation in the country, which hasn’t been recorded throughout past years, i.e. elimination of threat among the public. And if they put down the weapons on the first, second day, that situation hasn’t been established yet, and it wouldn’t be the same we had 2 weeks, 15 days later.”

Other personnel changes have also been made in the Police system. In particular, Artak Karapetyan has been appointed head of Shirak Regional Police Department. Previously he was the head of Lori Regional Police Department.

However, I think, by deepening of crisis in Europe importance of the region for Russia will decrease little by little. But I believe that NK conflict has its logic of development and, moreover, maybe Russia-Turkey crisis initiated the April war in Karabakh, and this new stage will be positively reflected on conflict settlement negotiations,” Lukyanov said.

“We have already informed that based on the ongoing investigation results in the Police, as well as the orders of the Police Chief, several police officers, including Ashot Karapetyan have been subjected to disciplinary penalties. According to Police Chief Vladimir Gasparyan’s decree Ashot Karapetyan today has been dismissed from his post,” the statement said.

The prosecutor, who is in charge of supervising the ongoing criminal case on the recent events in Yerevan, has decided on August 8 to release Ara Alexander Kumshoyan (Alek Yenigomshyan) from custody.

“It seems to me here the mentality and psychology of our authorities should be changed. The April war, selling of Russian armaments to Azerbaijan, all these show that by unconditionally coaxing Russia does no benefit to Armenia, and Russia should be treated as a partner. Thus, the claim should be introduced to Russia, if Armenia considers itself an independent country, then it should think of its own interests.”

Among the variants the story, that the first automobile was brought from France by a few rich cotton planters from Etchmiadzin, is noteworthy enough. The purpose was to drive it on Yerevan-Etchmiadzin road. Only after they got there, it turned out that bridges are weak and don’t bear car weight. Change and fortifying of the bridges lasted for about a year. Only after it they started to drive the automobile. However, it didn’t last long. Cotton planters calculated that it would be more beneficial if they take out the motor of the car to use it for cotton filtering. And the freight could have been transported by the way they used to—through carriages…

“This snapshot means that possibility of war outbreak in Karabakh is rather high, on account of Azerbaijan’s increasing role in the region, which will make it confident in NK conflict settlement process. The developments in Yerevan don’t give hope either that steps will be initiated towards soothing of the heated stage. I think, the situation is very fragile yet, in which exceptional attention should be provided by the West with its OSCE, as regional developments escalate the situation on NK conflict zone,” Alexander Rahr said.

“We have no right to gain time or taking some artificial steps of hurrying or doing something, changing positions of people, by that to simulating, that some changes are being implemented. We all saw who should be punished, not only the people, who took weapons and initiated some activities, but the guilty should be punished. We’ll be ready to confront all international challenges after internal social consolidation is recorded.”

What decolonization may be touched upon? I think, it’s a myth, which has no connection with the reality, however, it’s beneficial for these or those political powers. Sorry for my sincerity, but people in Baku speak Russian much better, than in Armenia. What decolonization may be touched upon—cultural, economic? Armenian people have both positive and negative peculiarities, which prevent their development, in particular, in any place, in anything seeking for problems, but not in their own person.