Armenian political analyst Hovhan Mandakuni covered the issue of Russia’s multi-layered and influential presence in Armenia in his article published in “First Armenian News and Analysis”.
The article discusses the frame of a quite sincere interview with the RF ambassador to Armenia Vyacheslav Kovalenko, where the ambassador not only elaborates Russia’s failed policy in Armenia and generally in South Caucasus, but he directly threatens Armenia that in case of taking any step on its own or for its own profit that contradicts Russia, it will lead to painful results for Armenia.
The ambassador announced that Armenia is nothing without Russia. “The cynicism of this announcement crosses almost all the borders, but on the other hand Armenian authorities themselves by their inefficient policy gave Russia the right to say so.”- writes Mandakuni.
The analyst disagrees with the Ambassador Kovalenko’s words that Russia is the anchor of Armenian economy. “The matter is that Russia more disturbs than helps the development of Armenia. Russian investment takes away cash from Armenia bringing no new technology instead. Russian capital doesn’t bring any qualitative change”-he writes.
Russian presence in Armenia is secured by the monopole and oligarchic Armenian economy of the last 10 years, which retarded the development and the idea of competitiveness in economy.
