ArmInfo.The pro-Russian speeches of ex-President Serzh Sargsyan should not surprise anyone, given his undoubted pro-Russian character during the years of his presidency. A similar opinion was expressed to ArmInfo by a member of the political initiative "In the Name of the Republic" Robert Ghevondyan.
"The legitimacy of Sargsyan's and Robert Kocharian's power was provided by Moscow. They never had internal sources of legitimacy, which forced them to seek resources from outside. It was impossible to find such a source in the West, which led to the situation that we are seeing until now. The main beneficiary of the ousted from the power of the marginals, Moscow is still interested in their participation in political processes, "he stressed.
Among such marginals, the political scientist noted Serzh Sargsyan, Robert Kocharian, Artur Vanetsyan, Mikael Minasyan. All of them, according to his estimates, today rely on the factor of Russian influence. Only the latter gives them the opportunity to somehow participate in domestic politics. For Moscow itself, according to his estimates, any politician capable of pursuing Russian interests in Armenia is "his". In this light, Russia is quite capable, if an appropriate situation arises, to rely not only on Serzh Sargsyan or other marginals, but also on Nikol Pashinyan. And even against the most anti-Russian radical forces in Armenia. Of course, if their interests coincide at some point.
"Thus, all of today's marginalized, deprived of internal resources, can still participate in the internal politics of Armenia, relying on the external, the only possible and therefore the main resource - Moscow. it is possible only through the activities of marginals like Kocharyan, Sargsyan and Vanetsyan, of course, in conjunction with Gagik Tsarukyan, "summed up Ghevondyan.