ArmInfo. New Armenian-Russian proxy-war will turn the beginning of Russia leaving Armenia initiated by Azerbaijan,Hrachya Arzumanyan, the director of the Center for Strategic Studies "Ashkharh" (Stepanakert).an expert on military and national security issues, expressed his opinion to ArmInfo.
"This scenario is the most possible consequence of the games of Russia and Israel, as I have repeatedly told Russian colleagues, I can say that this leaving will be very rapid and rather tough. In my opinion, the overwhelming majority of ardent Russophiles in Armenia who prayed for Russian interests in the evening in the republic, will instantly turn into the same ardent Russophobes, "he said.
Arzumanyan characterizes another, growing at the international platform war just as another Armenian- Russian war. The analyst is sure that today it is Russian elite who initiates war in Caucasus.
Noting that Russian-Georgian war on August 8, 2008 led to the expulsion of Russia from Georgia, Arzumanyan believes that Russian-Armenian war will lead Russia to the same consequences in Armenia. Stressing the lessons learned by the Armenians from the situation around Georgia, the analyst forecasts that unlike the Georgian scenario, Russia's leaving Armenia will be accompanied by painful territorial losses for Azerbaijan. According to his estimates, the Armenians are already intensively working in this direction, seeking to enlist the support from outside.
"I should confess that for me, as a person working in Russian, it is pretty painful challenge and problem. For Russian colleagues, in all appearances, no. Anyways, interviews like this by Russian publicist Alexander Prokhanov speak about this to Azerbaijani media. It is obvious that the Armenian society should thank Prokhanov and his compatriots like Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin for his frankness. It is really priceless for us, "the analyst summed up.