Russia`s top priority global geopolitical tasks - Fryodor Lukyanov

ArmInfo.Russia's top priority is to accomplish its global geopolitical tasks and it will be top of Russia's foreign policy agenda until it has accomplished them. All  the other things are of secondary importance, Fryodor Lukyanov,  Editor-in-Chief of the Russia in Global Affairs journal, said in an  interview with ArmInfo. 

"At present Russia's foreign policy has exclusively focused on  Ukraine, while retaining its geopolitical influence in all the other  directions. And it will continue until the final results of the  Ukraine developments are more or less clear. No doubt, the results of  this most complicated geopolitical game will have a much broader  geographical context," the analyst says. 

Elaborating on the situation in the South Caucasus in general and in  Armenia in particular, Mr Lukyanov stressed that, regardless of the  results in Ukraine, the very agreements between Moscow, Yerevan and  Baku that are supposed to be implemented rule out any disregard for  Russia's presence in the region. 

The problems Moscow is facing now are, in any case, affecting  Russia's activity in dealing with some issues, including in the South  Caucasus. However, keeping track of the processes in Armenia Moscow  is not especially concerned over it, the reason being the pro-Russian  orientation of most of Armenia's political forces. 

"In turn, it makes the domestic political developments in Armenia and  their outcome more predicable for Russia, which, in fact, is the  reason for Russia's not interfering in Armenia's domestic affairs. I  think amid a different political spectrum, the reaction could have  been somewhat different as well. In any case, Moscow not siding with  either party to the domestic political confrontation in Armenia is  the right step, especially now that the international community has  riveted its attention on any steps by Russia," Mr Lukyanov said.