The year of 2005 in Armenia may be called the year of death of the opposition, Caucasus Media Institute Director, political scientist Alexander Iskandaryan stated at Caucasus 2005 international conference held in Yerevan. In his words, in 2005 the opposition rating kept on falling what could be vividly seen after the constitutional referendum when a small number of people attended the opposition rallies. "People are bored of talks about revolution. This became quite obvious after the events that followed the referendum. The domestic situation in Armenia can be interpreted the following way: weak power and absence of opposition," he remarked.

Alexander Iskandaryan also emphasized that the conflicting parties still work towards conservation of the Nagorno Karabakh problem. The political scientist supposes Karabakh has just become a "subject of talks". "All say that precise dialogue will become possible after a political decision is made. But the interested sides know that there will be no political decision," he said.

As for the rise in gas prices the CMI Director remarked Armenia loses most of all. "When Russia blocks gas pumping for Georgia it does not think of its strategic partner and ally. The same situation is with the withdrawal of the military base from Akhalkalaki. We are not asked weather we want these weapons. They just bring it," he remarked.