Serzh Sargsyan has returned from Moscow. Analyst Musa Mikayelyan in his article on the First News and Analyses refers to the President’s visit to Moscow and the consequences of it.
The analyst states the meeting in Moscow was rather silent. These sorts of meetings, though, are usually more effective and productive rather than those that are accompanied by lofty diplomatic announcements. These kind of meetings actually mean that there were practical discussions and decisions. Mikayelyan states most probably Sargsyan discussed the intrastate political stand of the country so as to understand what approach shall be given to the PAP by Russia. As Mikayelyan says, it is possible Sargsyan tries to give an assessment to the state in the country after his Moscow visit.
In this sense, as Mikayelyan notes, it is interesting to mention that some so-called intellectuals have turned to Sargsyan about changing the national symbols to the Soviet Armenian ones. It seems that in this sense Armenia plays just one more curtsey towards Russia. Mikayelyan says it could be appreciated if the demands ended up with practical demands to act. But it is not clear whether the demand to change the symbols is the start or the end of the concerning demands.
Mikayelyan concludes this must be an alarm for the public since in order to preserve the authority the national symbols have been put at stake.