ArmInfo. At a certain moment, but not now, Russia will move backward. Evidence thereof is Russia's stagnant economy and the general situation in the country and society, sociologist Karen Sargsyan told ArmInfo.
ArmInfo.Armenia's recognizing or even showing any signs of approving the independence of Donetsk or Luhansk will prove a major blow to the Armenian positions in the Artsakh peace process, Hovsep Khurshudyan, Head of the Free Citizen NGO, told ArmInfo.
ArmInfo.A so-called big war with indirect or even direct participation of major geopolitical players has already become inevitable. And when exactly it will start, in my opinion, is only a matter of time. Independent political analyst Saro Saroyan expressed a similar opinion to ArmInfo.
ArmInfo. There are no particular analogies in the situation between the recognition of Donbass and Artsakh by Russia. In any case, I personally do not see them. Political scientist Stepan Danielyan expressed a similar opinion to ArmInfo.
ArmInfo. Russia's recognition of the independence of the DPR and LPR will not add anything new to the general conflict with the West. Former Foreign Minister of the Republic of Artsakh, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Arman Melikyan expressed a similar opinion to ArmInfo.
ArmInfo. Russia has begun to hang a kind of "buffer curtain" between itself and Ukraine, which does not want to give up its future membership in NATO. Associate Expert at the Armenian Institute of International Relations and Security David Stepanyan expressed a similar opinion to ArmInfo.
ArmInfo. The Ukrainian crisis will not lead to breaking the current status quo in the South Caucasus. There is simply no corresponding geopolitical situation and trends for such prerequisites. Gela Vasadze, director of Regional Programs at the Georgian Strategic Analysis Center (GSAC), expressed a similar opinion to ArmInfo.
ArmInfo. Russia can achieve a tactical but not a strategic victory in the conflict with the West. I don't think Moscow has the resources to turn a tactical victory into a strategic one. Director of the Caucasus Institute Alexander Iskandaryan expressed a similar opinion to ArmInfo. "As of today, Russia is trying to change the architecture of the European security structure. And by its actions it is trying to force the West to reckon with itself. Because if Russia does not show the West everything it is capable of, it will simply become invisible. And it is trying to create a new structure of European security, taking into account that that the structure created in the early 1990s, within which NATO provides security in Europe, does not satisfy it," he said.
ArmInfo.. During the discussion at the Armenian Foreign Ministry, it became clear that the absence of refutation regarding some statements around the Armenian- Turkish process does not mean at all that these statements correspond to realities. Head of the Armenian Institute of International and Security Affairs (AIISA) Stepan Safaryan told ArmInfo.
ArmInfo. The current geopolitical confrontation with the West will affect Russia's positions in all the regions of its presence, including the South Caucasus, Alexander Skakov of the Institute of Oriental Studies, RF Academy of Sciences, told ArmInfo.