Wednesday, September 9 2020 15:37

ArmInfo.The real level and content of relations between Moscow and Yerevan is evidenced in the Su-30 fighters, and not in the person of Robert Kocharyan and the  vicissitudes associated with it. Political scientist Levon Shirinyan  expressed this opinion to ArmInfo.

"In this light, defendant Kocharyan should not teach Putin how to  correctly form the Caucasian direction of politics, but deal with his  own problems, of which today, as we know, there are a great many.  Historically, a certain part of the Armenians taught Russians the  correct policy towards Armenia since the time of the Rurik dynasty.  In reality, Russians know perfectly well how to conduct this policy  without us and, of course, in their own interests," he stressed.

According to Shirinyan's estimates, today Russian policy towards  Armenia is based on concrete facts, and not on the results of  someone's imagination sucked out of the finger. A concrete fact is  the appearance of fighter aircraft in Armenia. Another concrete fact  is the Russian weapon that was successfully used during the Tavush  escalation by Armenian servicemen, by the way, also trained in  Russia.

Thus, despite some nervousness in some circles in Russia, despite the  defeatist moods of their "sixes" in Armenia, the real  Armenian-Russian relations, according to the political scientist,  continue to develop effectively. As a result, Moscow is no longer  actively listening to the messages emanating from various  "kocharyans" from Armenia.

"Moreover, Moscow is well aware that defending a person criminally  persecuted in Armenia, Russia will one day lose its" soft power "in  Armenia. At the same time, all Armenians are dissatisfied with such  actions, and not only its part living in Armenia. So far, all this,  let's say, does not really bother Moscow. 

However, the tendencies I mentioned above in the Armenian-Russian  relations are obvious. After all, Putin has no time for Kocharyan  today. He needs to somehow save Lukashenko," the political scientist  summed up.