Lately fresh breaking news popped out in the media, which didn’t have a big connection with the current geopolitical processes. One of Russia’s most renowned media outlets Itar-Tass is planning to change its name on its 110th anniversary. It is planning to not use Itar anymore, which it had attained after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
“If Russia or other state have the wish to become part of Armenia or Artsakh, let them do so. We don’t want to become part of any other state. For us, independence is a sacred value,” told to Gala TV General Manvel Grigoryan. He said that he had lost friends and relatives in the war.
In my opinion, the case of the Crimean population was not determined but the act imposed a neighboring state, not only the existence of the Russian Army has been put into question the freedom of the referendum, but also the fact that the army is openly involved in the latest developments appeared in the so-called self-defense units that protects the border with Ukraine, Crimea.
While the Armenian political parties have focused their attention to the resignation of the government and the president and the authorities are doing their best to pass the new law on pensions seemingly the processes taking place in the world are approaching Armenia. On the surface, Armenia got so isolated from the rest of the world that we think nothing worse can happen to us.
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu’s threat to retaliate against anyone in Syria who dares to damage the tomb of Suleyman Shah, grandfather of Osman I, founder of the Ottoman Empire, is the latest manifestation of the Turkish government’s utter hypocrisy. Here is a country that has committed genocide against millions of its Christian subjects (Armenians, […]
Yesterday the government of Karabakh released a statement, which says that “The foreign ministry of the Republic of Nagorno Karabakh recognizes the referendum of the people of the Crimea on March 16 as another implementation of people’s right for self-determination.
On Sunday the Crimea’s population held a referendum and under the attentive control and in the presence of the Russian army 97 per cent of the population of Ukraine’s Crimea voted for joining Russia. Russia recognized the vote immediately. However, the international community did not recognize the vote results as Western powers claim it is annexation from Ukraine with armed force.
The idea that the world is afraid of not Russia’s power but Putin’s powerlessness concerns the existing situation when Russia is losing its geopolitical influence, which can become a factor influencing Putin’s psychological and emotional situation and behavior. When people with such huge power fall into a situation like this or panic, they can do anything. Russia is in a similar situation now, and one can expect anything from Russia. Putin is unpredictable and can be dangerous.
Every politician has the right to express his own opinions. In this case we are speaking about the ANC leader Levon Ter-Petrosyan. I don’t share this opinion myself and think that this process can be easily stopped and retrieved.
Today we are all following the activities taking place in Ukraine. We have known that Russia and Ukraine have had strong brotherly relations for centuries, which is no obstacle for Russia to deploy its troops in the territory of Ukraine and in Crimea particularly. And this process creates new separating lines and this is a very dangerous process. At some point this threat existed during the Russian-Georgian war when Armenia should have expressed its standpoint regarding the military actions based on the fact that is a member state of the Collective Security Pact.
