April of 2009 may turn to be the most strained month for Turkey in the last a few dozen years. Moreover, on March 29 the country is to hold municipal elections that may finally consolidate the power of Islamists. At least, Prime-Minister Recep Erdogan counts on that. After the elections US President Barack Obama is to visit Turkey, and then - April 24… There is indeed a reason for anxiety. But now let us analyze the events in turn.

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".