Thus 2005 will soon be over but no revolution took place. It is delayed and according to the opposition it will take place next year. The opposition was not able to take advantage of the referendum and change power.
The approach of the Russian Federation seemed very quiet on the surface but there was inner worry within Russia. It’s possible to prove this by following certain publications of the Russian Mass Media. Thus, on November 2, head of a department of the “Parlamentskaya gazeta” newspaper Sergey Trusevish wrote the following, “It’s not a secret for anyone that the number of colorful revolutions in a few CIS states was not just an accident. Of course, the people complained, however the ideological and financial support of the revolutions was situated far from the states where revolutions took place. They were across the border.”
By mentioning that in Russia the attempts of the Americans fail all the time and in Georgia and Ukraine those attempts didn’t change anything for the better but only attitude is changed towards Russia, the author of the article says, “At present it is very important to understand where and when the colorful fire will take place and how dangerous would it be for Russia”. The rest of the article talks about Armenia and, according to Trusevich, the colorful revolutions first of all threatens us.
“On August 24, three members of the international relations’ committee within the House of Representatives visited Armenia. They had a task to discuss the program of providing aid to Armenia. Within three years Yerevan may receive $700-900 million. And you know what this much money means for 5-million population of Armenia”, writes Trusevich.
It’s a big question where the author of the article found the 5 million figure, however about 1/3 of the amount mentioned by him, more accurately to say, $235,65 million is already solved. It is given to Armenia to develop democracy, so to speak.
The fact that the US Ambassador to Armenia John Evans shocked the Armenian opposition by saying that the US doesn’t support street revolutions, doesn’t anyhow moderate Trusevich’s concerns. Another concern is that the provided money is going to be directed to the government, which is the real obstacle of democratization. Even before the referendum, the author of the article envisioned a more serious jeopardy in the elections of 2007-2008, which John Evans and others were talking about.
“John Evans announced that in the coming future the US will announce their new initiatives directed to conducting free and fair parliamentary and presidential elections in Armenia in 2007-2008. Within October a number of important US politicians visited Armenia. Furthermore, incognito these meetings were covered with dense fog of secrecy”.
The author assures that the US delegation also included a few CIS agents, who our opposition representatives met and talked for hours. Thus Trusevich is sure that “The Americans are full of confidence and stubbornness towards the situation of Armenia”. It’s only left to decide who we should bet for.
“The statistical survey, initiated and ordered by the US government, shows that 71,5% of the RA population finds it necessary to have a strong and strict leader for the stabilization of the situation in the country”, the article reads. According to the Russian author “don’t keep all the eggs in one box”. They have a few candidates in their horizon, one of which is the RA Minister of Defense Serj Sargisyan, whose rating, however, is very low – 1,8%. Trusevich concludes the article with the following, “If the dates of colorful revolutions are fixed in Armenia 2007-2008 then the leader’s position is still vacant and a cruel fight will soon start for that position. However, the Armenians may sacrifice the independence of their country.”
It’s hard to tell how accurate the Russian author is in his thoughts. In particular, the recent referendum and the events following it, showed how indifferent the people are to both the government and the opposition. Both the people and the RA opposition are disappointed of the US attitude. There is no one in the political arena yet who the people would approve.