DEVELOPMENT OF ANTI-RUSSIAN MOODS IN ARMENIA NOT UNGROUNDED, V. HOVHANNISIAN SUPPOSES

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The development of anti-Russian moods in the strata of the Armenian society has deep and superficial reasons, supposes representative of Dashnaktsutyun Party (which is part of the ruling coalition), Armenian Parliament Vice-Speaker Vahan Hovhannisian. However, he did not specify which reasons he meant.

He also said that it is not clear what represents considerable danger: "either when the power is formed under the pressure of local oligarchs and is not accepted by the people, or when it is formed under the pressure of foreign oligarchs and international funds" meaning the revolutionary scenarios of Ukraine and Georgia. It is rather the case, "when you chose the lesser of the two evils," the Dashnaktsutyun representative summed up. Those scenarios, in his opinion, are possible in any of the countries of the CIS.

It should be reminded that Dashnaktsutyun (the Armenian Revolutionary Federation), which makes part of the Socialist International, is one of the traditional Armenian parties. Its basic principles include the national, socialist and revolutionary character. Recently the party is considered to be traditionally pro-Russian, however Dashnaktsutyun structures in the US and Europe operate autonomously and are rather oriented towards the West. Historically Dashnaktsutyun has abided by different foreign policy orientations.