The murders based on national and racial discriminations, committed during the last year in Russia, raised a very serious problem; will Russia be able to maintain its relations with its few allies, or to be more exact its few partners in CIS. First of all the matter concerns Armenia, which, regardless the lofty words about "the centuries' friendship", suffers the most from the Russian nationalism and chauvinism. And in spite of the soothing words from the Russian side, the situation still becomes worse.