Only in the last month Presidents of Croatia, Syria and Georgia visited Yerevan; two other visits - those of the Presidents of Cyprus and Serbia - are expected next month. Even if we do not take into consideration the shuttle visits of the Head of the Armenian MFA to Europe, it becomes clear that the West makes every effort to tear Armenia away from the Russian influence, or to reduce that influence to a minimum. However, yet only the mechanisms of "soft" pressure and promises are put to use.

Basic political events of the dying week in Armenia were the work of the Council of Elders in Yerevan, sluggish protests of the opposition, break-up of the fact-gathering group of March 1 events, review of the tax bill in the RA Parliament, and suspension of funding provided to Armenia by the program "Millennium Challenges".