Putin to bring no considerable changes in Armenia-Russia ties - expert

PanARMENIAN.Net - No significant changes can be expected in Russia’s policy both in Armenian-Russian relations and within the CIS states, CIS States Institute Yerevan subsidiary director said.

“The leadership has changed, but the content of the political cabinet remained the same, in fact,” Alexander Markarov said during a Yerevan-Moscow-Astana-Minsk-Kyiv-Chisinau teleconference.

The political analyst believes the relations will develop actively in political, economic and humanitarian spheres, as well as within the framework of international treaties and agreements.

He reminded that the newly elected Russian president Vladimir Putin is already invited to Armenia for an official visit. According to the Central Election Commission of Russia, Vladimir Putin gained 63.6 percent of the vote while his closest rival Gennady Zyuganov secured 17.18 percent in March 4 presidential election. Independent candidate Mikhail Prokhorov secured 7.98 percent, Liberal Democratic Party leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky 6.22 percent, and A Just Russia Party leader Sergei Mironov, 3.85 percent.