August 3, 2010 - 20:12 AMT
03:51 GMT
By signing with Yerevan a protocol providing for extension of stay of the Russian military base in Armenia for another 49 years, Moscow will finally establish hegemony in the South Caucasus. The disseminated information on possible amendments to the treaty on Russian military base, which, according to the protocol, shall exercise the functions of protecting the interests of Russia and together with the Armenian armed forces provide security of the country, has generated a lot of comments about the deepening Armenian-Russian strategic partnership and the age-old friendship between the peoples.