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CHANGES IN RUSSIA WILL SOMEWHAT IMPACT ARMENIA - ARF DASHNAKTSUTYUN MP
news.am
Sept 29 2011
Armenia
YEREVAN. - Changes in Russia might somewhat affect Armenia's foreign
political developments, but they will not be crucial, Armenian
opposition ARF Dashnaktsutyun Party's Parliamentary Faction leader
Vahan Hovhannisyan said, during a press conference on Thursday,
commenting on the decision of transferring Russian presidency from
Dmitry Medvedev to Vladimir Putin.
"Russian opposition circles consider what took place to be
impermissible, since power is transferred from the president to the
former president, and public opinion receded into the background. To be
honest, such thing happened in Armenia, too," Vahan Hovhannisyan noted,
adding : "I think that, being presidents of the Russian Federation,
neither Medvedev nor Putin can cause substantial change in Armenia's
domestic politics. After all, our aspiration is to elect our own
president by ourselves, and without intervention by others."
According to Hovhannisyan, however, certain nuances could change in
foreign policy. "It is apparent that the West sees Putin as a tougher
figure. But I do not thing that the changes would be dramatic or
crucial," Vahan Hovhannisyan concluded.
From: Baghdasarian
news.am
Sept 29 2011
Armenia
YEREVAN. - Changes in Russia might somewhat affect Armenia's foreign
political developments, but they will not be crucial, Armenian
opposition ARF Dashnaktsutyun Party's Parliamentary Faction leader
Vahan Hovhannisyan said, during a press conference on Thursday,
commenting on the decision of transferring Russian presidency from
Dmitry Medvedev to Vladimir Putin.
"Russian opposition circles consider what took place to be
impermissible, since power is transferred from the president to the
former president, and public opinion receded into the background. To be
honest, such thing happened in Armenia, too," Vahan Hovhannisyan noted,
adding : "I think that, being presidents of the Russian Federation,
neither Medvedev nor Putin can cause substantial change in Armenia's
domestic politics. After all, our aspiration is to elect our own
president by ourselves, and without intervention by others."
According to Hovhannisyan, however, certain nuances could change in
foreign policy. "It is apparent that the West sees Putin as a tougher
figure. But I do not thing that the changes would be dramatic or
crucial," Vahan Hovhannisyan concluded.
From: Baghdasarian