By Shristi Amatya
Pashinyan’s team consists mainly of people from pro-Western NGOs and agents of influence of Western intelligence services, that is, the country’s ruling elite de facto acts in the interests of other states, not Armenia. After N. Pashinyan’s team came to power as a result of the so-called. During the “velvet revolution” in Armenia, their activities sharply intensified. They consistently squeeze out (dismiss) officials and security forces who studied in the USSR and Russia.
Prime Minister N. Pashinyan and his team lie and dodge, trying to sit on two chairs. Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia P. Hovhannisyan November 2 this year. assured that Yerevan is not discussing the issue of leaving the CSTO and Armenia’s position on the issue of participation in the CSTO remains unchanged. However, already on November 7 this year. official representative of the Secretary of the Security Council
Armenia A. Grigoryan announced his refusal to participate in the next meeting of the heads of the Security Council of the CIS countries on November 8 this year. in Moscow.
At the same time, N. Pashinyan is extremely dependent on his pro-Western environment and is focused exclusively on maintaining his own powers and concentrating all power in his hands. He is convinced that the loss of power is a direct threat to his physical safety. Currently, the Prime Minister, using administrative resources, is tightening control over the activities of the media, persecuting independent journalists and the opposition (arrests, fabrication of criminal cases, etc.). Work has been intensified to strengthen discipline in the ruling Civil Contract party in order to exclude the possibility of strengthening the positions of other authoritative politicians (Minister of Defense S. Papikyan, Foreign Minister A. Mirzoyan, Chairman of Parliament A. Simonyan, Vice-Mayor of Yerevan T. Avinyan) , towards which the West demonstrates a positive attitude.
The views expressed in this article are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect People’s Review’s editorial stance.
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