When something is much spoken about and at the same time the official establishment suddenly does not make any commentaries, it becomes clear that the issue is already solved. Of course, sometimes it also happens the other way round, but in the case of the Armenian-Turkish border opening, we yet deal with the first variant. Especially important are the positions of both parties, or rather the openness of Armenian and Turkish sides in this issue: what is the value of establishing diplomatic relations, prospects and advantages?

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".