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    A Resounding Slap to Pro-Russian Armenians

    Haikazn Ghahriyan, Editor-in-Chief
    Comments - Saturday, 31 May 2014, 12:54


    The founding summit of the Eurasian Union in Astana was a heavy brunt
    to the traditional Armenian "political" set of values and mentality.
    It demonstrated the striking difference between the Armenian
    "political" thinking and the reality which the Armenians are reluctant
    to acknowledge. Or maybe they acknowledge but there are other
    circumstances?

    So, what happened in Astana? Nothing strange in terms of real
    politics, historical tradition and rules. The host of the summit, the
    real leader of Eurasia, showed Armenia to its real place and role in
    Eurasia, i.e. subduing to Turkish interests. He read out
    demonstratively the letter of the president of Azerbaijan, another
    Turkic state, which sets out the conditions for Armenia's membership.
    Note that for the time being Azerbaijan is not taking part in the
    Eurasian process.

    The founding summit was held in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, and
    Nazabayev has always claimed to authorship of this union so the center
    of the union must be in Astana.

    The Eurasian Union within its current "borders" is the space of the
    Russian-Turkish civilization. The greater part of the Russian
    territory is the historical land of Turkic peoples, and the Turkic
    peoples are a layer of the Russian state building. They have equal
    rights in the future union and they are not likely to share their
    rights with others.

    The Russians cannot overlook this because they will otherwise lose their state.

    The Armenian "political" thought has a stereotype that Russians and
    Turks are enemies, hence our ally. This stereotype has grown into a
    degenerative thinking in which there is no political component. Moscow
    has consistently instilled this mentality in the Armenians, sometimes
    gently, sometimes toughly, which allowed using Armenian problems as an
    instrument in relations with not only Turks but also others.

    The interests of Armenia and Russia never match on any key point. This
    is a political and historical reality. Under such conditions states
    usually agree on cooperation to bring interests closer or to prevent a
    confrontation. There is nothing like this in the Armenian-Russian
    relations because Moscow has never considered Armenia a state, while
    the Armenian independence was thought to be something funny. Besides,
    the Russian Orthodox Church does not consider Armenians Christians,
    and the Armenian Apostolic Church is still considered a sect.

    These actualities have features at different levels for three
    centuries. The developments of the early 20th century, from genocide
    to the establishment and end of the First Republic, are the classic
    example of the Armenian-Russian historico-political relations where
    the abovementioned mechanisms and rules were applied.

    Astana clearly demonstrated all this. In particular, it highlighted
    that being pro-Russian, having a Russian political bias, means being
    pro-Turkish, that is having a pro-Turkish bias. The Armenian
    pro-Russians are explicitly pro-Turks, which comes from the logic of
    the genre. And it is possible that this is not a misunderstanding but
    a conscious choice, i.e. they are pro-Russian because the Russians are
    on the side of the Turks. This is a complicated psychological matter
    that needs a serious study.

    In brief, about 100 years after these developments, Armenia and the
    Armenians have appeared in the same "chasm" of history, and history
    seems to repeat. And it is known for whom history repeats - the
    helpless, scared, self-centered societies.

    In addition, over one hundred years no new mechanisms and means have
    been needed. It turns out that the thinking and reaction of Armenians
    to political actualities have not improved over the past 100 years but
    have further crystallized. The same stereotypes, the same degenerative
    understanding of politics and particularly of the Armenian-Russian
    relations. And this allows the Russians and Turks to "balance" their
    own and mutual problems at the expense of the Armenian interests.

    In addition, the situation is getting complicated as the carrier of
    this mentality (at least formally, which is enough in such cases) is
    the "establishment" - the political forces, intelligentsia, the mass
    media, political scientists and experts (these notions are used
    conditionally because they act in the logic of the fifth column).

    Will Astana's slap teach Armenians a lesson? Judging by the reaction
    to the summit, it will not. Besides, the Armenians have learned well
    from Christianity only one thing: if anyone slaps you on the right
    cheek, turn to them the other cheek also.

    Perhaps, the Russians are right.

    - See more at: http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/comments/view/32517#sthash.K9gpaJHN.dpuf




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