Three young men from Artsakh arrested by Azerbaijani authorities while traveling along the Berdzor (Lachin) Corridor have been sentenced to 10 days of detention on charges of violating Azerbaijan’s national flag.
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Pashinyan’s rise to power was a historic victory for all those who proudly supported the velvet revolution in 2018 and all previous revolution attempts. God bless democracy. God bless westernization. The country’s future looks great now that we finally got rid of Moscow’s puppets known as the criminal Karabakh clan. Thank you everybody. Please keep up the good work!
@Greg
Russian Stockholm Syndrome is not saving the Armenian Nation as well. Think about it. Russia is and has always been against Armenia. Russia fears to lose its influence in the region. Maybe one day, even there will be a pro Russian puppet Regine in Armenia, to leave the Republic of Armenia.
Even Nikol and is team will resign, Russia is going to sell Armenian property to Turks and Azeris. It has always been like that.
Nice try, Mesrop. Let’s use Armenian names to advance Turko-Zionist-Western talking points.
Breaking news! – modern Armenia is a Russian creation. Armenia was first resurrected by the Russian Empire and then preserved by the USSR to act as a buffer against Turkic and Islamic peoples in the south Caucasus. Armenia holds the same value for Russians today. Russia will preserve some form of an Armenia in the south Caucasus despite all Armenian efforts to lose it. History lesson: the French gifted Cilicia to Turks, the British gifted Karabakh to Azeri Tatars and the pro-Western and anti-Bolshevik Armenian goverment of the so-called “first republic” abandoned Kars. I suggest you read the treaty of Alexandropol. Under the rule of Armenia’s pro-Western government at the time, Armenia was reduced to 12,000 square kilometers. Leaders of Armenia at the time were waiting for the French and the British to come to their rescue, as Armenia was rapidly shrinking. They never came, but Russians did, under a new banner. When the Bolsheviks came, Armenia was increased to 28,000 square kilometers. Then in 1936, Stalin officially turned Armenia into a republic. Like I said, Armenia is a Russian creation. Armenia was resurrected by the Russian Empire and later preserved by the USSR as a buffer against Turkic and Islamic peoples in the region. Armenia today holds the same value for Russians. That’s why Russia will make sure to preserve an Armenia in the south Caucasus, despite all efforts by native Armenians and diasporans to lose the country.
Had Russians not come down to the south Caucasus in the early 1800s, Armenians today would still be herding goats in eastern Turkey or making carpets in northern Iran, that is if they survived.
PS: Jews/Hebrews have been a major force in the world for thousands of years. So please stop comparing Armenians to Jews. You are comparing apples to stringbeans. Dosen’t make you look smart, to say the least.
What took place in Armenia in 2018 was not revolution (Հեղափոխություն). It was regime change (Իշխանափոխություն). One leader was replaced by another and nothing more. All political structures remained intact. This was nothing but a power grab. All promises made by Pashinyan were swept under the rug once they seized power. Corruption and oligarchy were not eliminated and those responsible for them, as stated by the Pashinyan team, have not been brought to justice and are roaming around freely. All those ‘stolen’ and ‘misappropriated’ millions and billions have not been recovered.
Neither ‘westerization’ nor ‘easternization’ is the answer. The only answer is Armenianization of the country. Foreign powers could care less about Armenian concerns. What concern them are their own interests. Armenia will benefit if their interests overlap with ours and Armenia will suffer otherwise. They should not be the ones to decide our future. We must be the ones to do that. But to do that requires a TRUE Armenian patriot as a leader and a well-balanced foreign policy. A leader that does not antagonize our traditional friends and reward our enemies. We don’t have either so far.
Yes Ararat, it’s good to dream. Sadly, sooner or later you will have to wake up and face reality. Reality is, the only thing Armenians can run is a church picnic. Well, maybe not even that. Anyone that preaches westernization is an enemy actually working towards the turkification of Armenia. Anyone that preaches “independence”, especially after seeing what Armenian-style independence has looked like (between 1918-1921 and between 1991-present) is naive, to say the least.
The fall of the Soviet Union was our chance to create a viable Armenian state. We succeeded with the help of our brothers in the diaspora in freeing Artsakh. This success was always dependent on being allied with Russia – not a vassal – like some historically claim but a real Christian based ally with a capable modern military – we certainly had the chance.
Christianity means nothing to Russia or the West in foreign policy. Only national self-interest counts in foreign policy for every country. The tragedy for Armenia is that not only its military is in tatters, its foreign policy is in tatters too. A very good foreign policy is as important as a modern effective military.