On July 13 the long-awaited agreement on beginning the realization of the Nabucco gas pipeline was signed in Ankara, which immediately gave rise to numerous commentaries and predictions by all interested parties. Quite naturally, the gloomiest forecasts apropos of the realization of the project were made by Russia. But it's fairly explicable, because in case of exploitation of the gas pipe, Moscow loses a very and dreadfully important lever of pressure on Europe and the Caucasus, which in no way pleases her. Accustomed to the policy of threats, Russian authorities will do everything in their power to hinder the realization of Nabucco.

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".