  Oil, gas are democracy’s worst enemies - expert October 15, 2011 - 14:52 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Oil and gas are democracy’s worst enemies, according to Steven Fish, a comparative political scientist, professor at UC Berkeley. Speaking during a roundtable discussion in Caucasus Institute, prof. Fish noted that democracy processes in Russia failed despite all prerequisites for success, first of all well-educated population. One of the reasons for this, he said, is the fact that the Russian economy is based of hydrocarbon, which makes 70% of the country’s export. “Out of all oil-exporting countries, Norway is the only democratic one, as democracy had been established before oil was found there,” prof. Fish said.   Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.   Partner news |  Latest news The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity  The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization.Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia.Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty.Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. |
