In spite of the optimistic statements of American Mediator Mathew Bryza, the regularly scheduled visit of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs will unfortunately be identical with all the previous ones. Similarly unsuccessful, at least for the society, will also be the assumed meeting between the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan. Seemingly, there has arrived the time when neither of the conflict sides is ready to yield «a single inch».

The impact of the world financial crisis on the Armenian economy and social state of people has already become perceptible, especially in the population employment sector. The alarm has already sounded for a number of employment agencies: employers' offers are decreasing in ratio with the increasing labor supply.

The year of 2008 was also a time of reformatting the South Caucasus Region. After the «five-day» war of Georgia against South Ossetia it became clear that new division lines were to be outlined in the region. No doubt unwilling to do it himself, President of Georgia made a «regal» present to RF that had long been waiting for an opportunity to gain revenge against the USA for the too profound an interference it had in the solution of Caucasus problems. The result was a much more chaotic bedlam in which even the most «skillful» states were unable to "catch a fish".