Friday, February 26 2021 12:12

ArmInfo.The reaction of the Russian Federation to the latest events in Armenia, according to which what is happening is an internal affair of Armenia itself could  not be other by definition. Russian political scientist Andrei  Areshev expressed a similar opinion to ArmInfo.

"We see that Moscow is reacting to the situation around the statement of the General  Staff of the Armenian Armed Forces as in 2018. The solution of  current problems is the business of the Armenian people and no one  will solve them instead of them. On the other hand, the fragile  Armenian statehood initially needed a completely different approach.  And taking the power by an inadequate person "from the street" in no  way strengthened it, "he stressed.

On February 25, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Armenia  demanded the resignation of the Prime Minister of Armenia, accusing  the country's political leadership of "leading the state to a  dangerous brink." The demand was voiced after the dismissal of the  first deputy chief of the General Staff, Lieutenant General Tiran  Khachatryan.

According to him, the statement by the military was quite expected.  And the fact that it followed in response to Pashinyan's attempt to  shift his own responsibility for the defeat in the latest war  directly to the leadership of the General Staff was also quite  expected. Areshev considers teh current events and the growing  internal political tension and nervousness in society as a natural  result of Pashinyan's desire to evade responsibility and stay in  power in any way.

Areshev regards the statement of the Armenian prime minister about  10% efficiency of "Iskander" as stupidity, expressed by a completely  incompetent person. The worst option, in his opinion, is Pashinyan's  deliberate attempt to render Russian weapons ineffective in order to  cause discord in the Armenian-Russian military-political and  military-technical cooperation.

"It is rather difficult to say how long Pashinyan will stay in power.  One thing is clear to me - every day of his power makes Armenia  weaker, more disorganized. The search for ways out of this deadlock  is not easy, but there is such an attempt. Further weakening of the  state and statehood is an alternative to forming an interim  government, possibly a military one, and holding extraordinary  elections after a while, "the Russian political scientist concluded.

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan described what happened on February 25  as an attempted coup, urging citizens to gather in Republic Square  and defend the revolution. Pashinyan has already signed a decision on  the resignation of Chief of the General Staff Onik Gasparyan, which  the president has not yet signed. After that, a rally in support of  Pashinyan took place on Republic Square. In parallel, a rally of  opponents of the current government took place on Freedom Square.