Sargsyan's failed treachery - Russia not to help again

/By AzerNews/

By Laman Sadigova

No sooner was Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to leave Baku, that the Armenian political elite, alarmed by this sudden visit, arranged a meeting between Presidents Serzh Sargsyan and Vladimir Putin.

It seems the Armenian government is very scared of the current state of matters, as the Western sanctions have strongly influenced Russia, while Azerbaijan, tired of the status quo, is pushing harder.

Armenia’s dependence on the Russian economy is frighteningly huge, so the crisis that has hit Russia could potentially destroy Armenia. The shocks that the ruble is suffering from promise certain death to the Armenian dram. Meanwhile, the volume of direct investment from Russia amounted to $88 million last year, but could hardly overcome a bar of $7 million this year.

On Monday, during the visit, Sargsyan did not fail to complain about the deterioration of the situation on the front line of the conflict that passes through de jure Azerbaijani land. Armenia occupied over 20 percent of Azerbaijan's internationally recognized territory, including Nagorno-Karabakh and seven adjacent regions.

The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict cannot last forever, and in terms of international law, Azerbaijan has every right to expel the occupants from its internationally recognized territory. Azerbaijan, a sovereign country, must defend its territory. And while many say that the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is frozen, it is in fact, not.

Sargsyan, scared by the worsening situation in Armenia, tries to play his last card, in particular, to detract public attention with the voltage on the frontline with Azerbaijan. This small post Soviet country is plagued by poverty and has a collapsing economy. There are public protests demanding a regime change and the country’s unwise authorities are unable to cope with the situation.

As the Armenian people are suffering from hunger, citizens are leaving the country en masse, and social determination is increasing as the national currency implodes, Armenia continues its aggressive policy and spends its much-needed capital on the military. Sargsyan persuaded Russia to provide $200 million to the county, not to help the country and reanimate the economy, but to upgrade its military arsenal.

Although it is clear that this amount of money is not enough to modernize the army, it may be just enough to repair the existing antiquated technology. Obviously, Armenia now is in an even deeper dependence on Russia, as the poor, weak country has no opportunity to pay back the loan.

Moreover, there was little no impact for the Armenian people when Russia decided to lower the price of gas by $25 per cubic meter.

The only way for Sargsyan to save Armenia is to free occupied Azerbaijani territories and to abandon the Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan's historical land.

The Armenian people are fed up with the government's lies and fake "good" news.