Within two days the OSCE Minsk Group made two nearly identical declarations. The declarations are practically the same, and, to tell the truth, the first thing that occurs to you is "Why are they doing it"? In a wider sense, any such declaration is a usual practice in such formats of conflict regulation. From time to time they have to remind you about their uniqueness and semblance of work. And now you must be blind not to see that the mediators' activity has long become a fiction. However, it is the frequency of the OSCE MG statements that puts us on our guard - in fact, it was the third declaration issued since February 19.

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".