Political analyst: Armenians' growing influence in Kremlin stipulates collapse of Russia's policy in Caucasus

Center for Political Innovation and Technologies Director Mubariz Ahmadoglu:

The Armenians slightly calmed down during the last period of Russian ex-President Boris Yeltsin's and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's presidency and activated after Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. This activity is directed against Russia, and especially against the interests of Russia in the Caucasus region.

For example, famous actor Armen Jigharkhanyan, who lives in Moscow, has been recently making statements to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Official Yerevan does not like these statements. Therefore, his name is not on the list of Moscow's rich Armenians, who got the positions from the Russian government and participate in social and political life of the country.

The Armenians, who openly or covertly support the Armenian separatism and anti-Russian activity of Armenia, get positions and are rewarded by the current leadership of Russia.

Surrounding the Russian leadership, the Armenians are trying to prevent it from thinking independently and to make decisions. A good example is the collapse of the USSR under the guise of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Although there were periods when Russian politicians and officials put much more pressure on Azerbaijan, than the Armenians.

The growing influence of the Armenians in the Kremlin stipulates the collapse of Russia's policy in the Caucasus because the main goal of the Armenians is to keep Russia's relations with the Caucasian peoples in its monopoly. Because of this, Russia has never been able to establish normal relations with the Georgians, Azerbaijanis and the peoples of the North Caucasus. Russia's ties with the peoples of the Caucasus must be established with the help of the Armenians. In this case, the Russian people will more need the Armenians.

The Armenians need Russia to threaten its neighbors. Armenia does not have normal relations with any of the four neighboring countries. Even the Armenian-Iranian relations are rather inconsistent. A group of people in Iran thinks that Armenia is tired of Russia and is ready to integrate with Iran any moment.

Armenian officials and politicians have a deeply thought-out policy and strategy toward Iran, which significantly helps Armenia. The experts knowing Armenia understand very well the purpose of this policy. Armenia protects its "anti-Iranian plans" for the future for the sake of its political goals.

Armenian territorial claims against Turkey, Azerbaijan and Georgia are obvious. But in terms of the territory, population and other resources, Armenia is a small country. It can not threaten anybody alone. Therefore, Armenia has a military base of the Russian Federation on its territory on its own means.

Controversial Armenia tries first to create conflicts against Russia for it to come under Armenian influence. Otherwise, it is impossible to explain the behavior of the Armenians, discussing the problems of the Northern Caucasus in Europe and the Baltics, although they have no geographical and ethnic links with the North Caucasus.

However, if necessary the Armenians build mosques for Muslims in the North Caucasus. There are many examples of these "disservices" provided to Russia by Armenia. Armenia openly supports the independence movement of the North Caucasus peoples, including Chechens.

Russia is a source of resources for Armenia. While granting loans to Armenia, the international financial institutions or countries are interested in Russia's financial state, rather than Armenian. It is known where Armenia spends the financial resources received from Russia.

Armenia knows what it does, by protracting the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. The Armenians, who caused a serious blow to Russia and the image of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, want to make differences in the relations between Medvedev and Putin now.

At present, the West thinks that Russia has no power in the Caucasus. Armenians have done everything to make such an opinion about Russia. Armenians think that Russia will soon get tired of Azerbaijan and Azerbaijan - of Russia. In this case, the Armenians will be able to easily establish relations with Turkey. At present, the reason for the lack of normal relations with Turkey is Azerbaijan. Russia benefits from this. The Armenians' complex policy is designed for violating the geostrategic stability in the region.

Sometimes, Armenia and Russia want to "punish" their neighbors and large countries, and then they think about China. On the one hand, Armenia has secretly signed a strategic cooperation agreement with NATO, on the other hand, it calmly calls itself a strategic partner of Russia. The most interesting is that Russia also considers Armenia as its strategic partner. The actions of Armenia and the Armenians more intensified during Medvedev's presidency. The Armenians' conflict features threaten not only the presidents but also the countries they lead.


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