ArmInfo.Armenia doesn't have a special choice between the West and Russia, since both the same people govern there and there on the basis of the same value system, which does not promise anything good to Armenia, commenting on the statement of Paul Goble, member of the "Karabakh" committee, national security former adviser to the first president of Armenia, analyst Ashot Manucharyan expressed such opinion to ArmInfo.
On February 15, former special adviser to the US Secretary of State, an expert on the post-Soviet space, Paul Goble stated that Armenia would like to become part of the West, but cannot do this, fearing Azerbaijan, Turkey, and even its own strategic ally, Russia. "Armenia fears further games of Moscow. Many exaggerated the achievements of the Armenian revolution. Now there is a growing understanding that, although Nikol Pashinyan would like to change, he has much less freedom of action than many had hoped and expected," Goble said.
"Armenia, Russia and even the United States and the European Union have not existed for quite a long time, there is a group of people who govern all these countries. With the beginning of rebuilding in the USSR, a legend arose, flavored with the old literary slogan" The West will help us. " After that, the entire thinking intellectual mass rushed to this West with all its thoughts. However, it quickly became clear that she was rushing in vain, "he noted.
According to Manucharyan, both at the end of the last century and today the collective West views other countries, in particular, the states of the former Soviet Union, exclusively as their own, albeit potential, but competitors. Accordingly, the policy aimed at the destruction of the fundamental foundations of the development of any state: education, science and industry continues to be applied to such countries. "In principle, thinking people realized all this rather quickly. After that, the source of destruction quickly evaporated. And today, only people who are fed by the West are crying for help from the West. Unfortunately, there are many such people in Armenia. Nevertheless, for a particular choice between the West and Russia, such a disappointing reality, as you understand, does not leave ", the analyst concluded.