Gas supply to Artsakh has been cut off for the second time since the start of the blockade, amid disruptions to electricity and Internet connectivity.
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The enemy will do what the enemy does and that is to harm and disrupt lives. That is why it is called an enemy. What the criminal leadership of Soviet-invented artificial Azerbaijan does in no way surprises me at all. What does surprise and baffle me however is the incompetence and short-sightedness of our leaders. They had thirty years to assure these critical services were in full control of the Armenian side but apparently did nothing to secure them either by relocating them or making sure none of these services would ever find themselves in control of the enemy. Then again, not much can be expected from some of our leaders who to this day refer to the enemy (թշնամի or դուշման in their lingo) as an adversary (հակառակորդ) instead. An adversary is someone against whom you compete in an event. An enemy is someone who wants to destroy you. That is just unbelievable!
Armenia for all intents and purposes have to come to the realization that they have no say on what goes on in Artsakh. Russia is the altimate lynchpin there now. For all intents and purposes Artsakh is no different from russian puppet states in Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova, and the only reason Russia has those is to increase its influence on the host country in this case Azerbaijan.
Every inch of Armenian territory is literally sacred to all true and patriotic Armenians. I’m sure that can’t be said of the Russians. They have wedged themselves in-between the indigenous Armenians and the undesirable Azerbaijani occupiers because of their own self-interests. They have reestablished themselves in the region after thirty years of absence and are playing both sides to continue to remain and rule over the region. I have no doubt their leadership to this day considers this region as Russian territory despite the Soviet collapse and disintegration. They consider their former Soviet republics as independent states on paper only. In reality, as evidenced by the situation in Ukraine, they act like these states are obligated to consider Russian points of view and interests by every move they make. Those acting submissive to Russia are rewarded and those who don’t are punished with different methods.
I agree with you that if Russia wanted it could unblock that road in a matter of hours. Road blockade is their way of punishing people who stray away from the Russian domination and act independently and purely in the interests of their own people. At the same time, Russia is rewarding Azerbaijani criminals for allowing EU-sanctioned Russian oil & gas be sold to EU through Azerbaijan. It is all about business for them and the last thing they could care about is how the blockade affects the daily lives of the Artsakh Armenians. But still at the end of the day I put the lion’s share of the blame on our current incompetent leaders who, having known the Russians and their politics for decades, don’t seem to know how the Russian politics work and how to act to have them on our side instead. Russians could care less if a million Armenians or Azerbaijanis suffer as long as their interests in the region are not compromised. For example, when the Russian president Putin seemingly and irresponsibly associated ‘Karabakh’ with Soviet-invented artificial Azerbaijan at the end of 2020 war, what he really meant was that to make the now-defunct Soviet Union or something equal to that a reality because he considers Soviet collapse a Russian tragedy, the Armenian Artsakh must lay within artificial Azerbaijan boundaries. His statement was not pro-Azerbaijani at all. It was pro-Russian only because that was Russia’s former reality!