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ARMENIA: THE IDEOLOGY OF INTEGRATION
Vestnik Kavkaza, Russia
Nov 1 2013
1 November 2013 - 11:38am
David Stepanyan, Yerevan. Exclusively to Vestnik Kavkaza
Yerevan hosted the international conference of the CSTO: the CSTO and
Security of Eurasia. The coordinator of the CSTO Analysis Association
which includes 25 information analysis and sociological structures,
Igor Panarin, says that the association pays serious attention to the
ideological content of the CSTO activity. The U.S., the UK, and other
allies in NATO spend huge resources on propaganda of their ideology,
including on the territory of the CIS. And the problem of similar
instruments becomes a priority for the CSTO. Panarin states that
young people from countries which are members of the organization will
be annually gathered and informed of the problems and challenges in
the security sphere, which the CSTO faces. The first forum will take
place in Yekaterinburg in early 2014. This year Russian analysts will
travel to Yerevan to hold several meetings with students of leading
Armenian universities. Therefore, according to Panarin, along with
providing security and defense of the members, the CSTO intends to
improve the ideological component of its work seriously.
The chairman of the social organization Integration and Development,
Aram Safaryan, says that 82% of the Armenian population think that
the main ally and friend of the republic is Russia, believing that
the main guarantor of their security is the CSTO. In October a public
opinion poll was conducted to detect the preferences of the Armenians
toward Russia and the European Union. 67% of Armenians think that
cooperation with Russia is priority. The results dispelled myths
spread by organizations sponsored by the West about "pro-European
attitudes of the Armenians." The expert states that the Armenians
see benefits in integration with Russia in key segments of economy.
According to him, discussions over the Customs Union will take
opening of the Abkhaz railway to a higher level. "We have to achieve a
serious economic growth in the nearest future, and Russia, Belarus,
and Kazakhstan are our only market which enables doing this,"
Safaryan thinks.
According to preliminary calculations of Russian and Armenian experts
who conducted a survey on reasonability of joining the CU in Armenia,
membership in the group will give 4-4.5% growth of GDP annually.
According to official statistics, 220 thousand labour migrants
transferred from Russia to Armenia $1.45 billion which surpass the
whole Armenian export. And after signing the agreement on the common
economic space, Moscow will elicit quotas and licenses for Armenian
labour migrants.
The head of the Noravank Fund, Gagik Arutyunyan, thinks that socialist
ideology in integration processes in Eurasia should be implemented. He
says that Armenia tries to forget its socialist past, forgetting about
all advantages of the USSR. At the same time, China successfully use
the formula which combines socialism, liberalism, and conservatism.
http://vestnikkavkaza.net/articles/politics/47096.html
Vestnik Kavkaza, Russia
Nov 1 2013
1 November 2013 - 11:38am
David Stepanyan, Yerevan. Exclusively to Vestnik Kavkaza
Yerevan hosted the international conference of the CSTO: the CSTO and
Security of Eurasia. The coordinator of the CSTO Analysis Association
which includes 25 information analysis and sociological structures,
Igor Panarin, says that the association pays serious attention to the
ideological content of the CSTO activity. The U.S., the UK, and other
allies in NATO spend huge resources on propaganda of their ideology,
including on the territory of the CIS. And the problem of similar
instruments becomes a priority for the CSTO. Panarin states that
young people from countries which are members of the organization will
be annually gathered and informed of the problems and challenges in
the security sphere, which the CSTO faces. The first forum will take
place in Yekaterinburg in early 2014. This year Russian analysts will
travel to Yerevan to hold several meetings with students of leading
Armenian universities. Therefore, according to Panarin, along with
providing security and defense of the members, the CSTO intends to
improve the ideological component of its work seriously.
The chairman of the social organization Integration and Development,
Aram Safaryan, says that 82% of the Armenian population think that
the main ally and friend of the republic is Russia, believing that
the main guarantor of their security is the CSTO. In October a public
opinion poll was conducted to detect the preferences of the Armenians
toward Russia and the European Union. 67% of Armenians think that
cooperation with Russia is priority. The results dispelled myths
spread by organizations sponsored by the West about "pro-European
attitudes of the Armenians." The expert states that the Armenians
see benefits in integration with Russia in key segments of economy.
According to him, discussions over the Customs Union will take
opening of the Abkhaz railway to a higher level. "We have to achieve a
serious economic growth in the nearest future, and Russia, Belarus,
and Kazakhstan are our only market which enables doing this,"
Safaryan thinks.
According to preliminary calculations of Russian and Armenian experts
who conducted a survey on reasonability of joining the CU in Armenia,
membership in the group will give 4-4.5% growth of GDP annually.
According to official statistics, 220 thousand labour migrants
transferred from Russia to Armenia $1.45 billion which surpass the
whole Armenian export. And after signing the agreement on the common
economic space, Moscow will elicit quotas and licenses for Armenian
labour migrants.
The head of the Noravank Fund, Gagik Arutyunyan, thinks that socialist
ideology in integration processes in Eurasia should be implemented. He
says that Armenia tries to forget its socialist past, forgetting about
all advantages of the USSR. At the same time, China successfully use
the formula which combines socialism, liberalism, and conservatism.
http://vestnikkavkaza.net/articles/politics/47096.html