Armen Rustamyan: If relations with Russia haven`t worsened, then why  did Russian president speak about consequences for Armenia of  worsening relations with Russia?

ArmInfo.  To maintain their power, Armenia's current representatives are once again maneuvering between the West and Russia, becoming pro-Western when necessary, and pro-Russian when necessary. Armen Rustamyan, a member of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia from the opposition "Armenia" faction, stated this in a conversation with journalists on April 16.

According to him, their goal is to be acceptable to all parties, but  they still need to evaluate the path traveled and the actions taken  along the way. For example, in 2021, they ran for election under the  pretense that they were defending Russian President Vladimir Putin's  signature on the statement of November 9, 2020. "But we all saw what  they left of that statement. Now they claim to be the most reliable  defenders of Russian interests," Rustamyan noted, adding that the  country's authorities' statements are simply incompatible with their  actions.

Rustamyan noted that, in the case of relations, the vectors toward  the West and Russia have been so shifted that it is unlikely that  this pattern will hold. "If relations with Russia haven't worsened,  then why did the Russian president speak on camera about the  consequences for Armenia of worsening relations with Russia? The  authorities refer to the opposition as Kremlin agents on every  platform, so European institutions turn a blind eye to human rights  violations, believing that they are happening to alleged Kremlin  agents. The same thing happened with the church," Rustamyan noted.