A few days ago Russian media outlets released information that Armavia company had refused to buy the second airplane Sukhoi Superjet 100 of Russian production. As a justification they mention various reasons and versions – starting from the failure to come to an agreement on conditions of exploitation and ending with the assumption that by doing so the Russian side is trying to pressure on Armenia to purchase Armavia. The actual reasons of refusing to buy the second Sukhoi Superjet 100 will become known shortly. At any rate, the Armenian citizen should have accepted this information as illumination. As it’s known Superjet 100 planes haven’t undergone international testing and according to specialists they have serious defects. The rumors about this have especially become circulated after the plane crush in Indonesia in May of the current year. Superjet 100 was crushed during testing and 45 men were killed in the aftermath. In general, the processes around Armavia best express the quality of Armenian-Russian relations, more accurately the lack of quality for the Armenian side. And the story of Superjet 100 is the best evidence of that. In fact, the Russian plane producers forced us to buy a plane that was not only tested but also never interested any of the isolated countries of the world, such as Iran, Venezuela and others to buy these planes. And so Armenia becomes the first country to exploit these planes. Armavia has been exploiting the first Superjet 100 since April 2011. It means that Armenia and the Armenian citizens have been served as a testing instrument for the airplane production. And it’s no surprise that the Russian VneshEconomBank has offered 24 million USD credit for the purchase of the first Superjet 100. And it was willing to offer another chunk of loan to Armavia to buy the second plane. Thus, the Russian state bank finances the test flights of planes produced in the country and luckily for us so far there have been no wrecks. By the way, it may sound a little strange at the first sight but this theme is very actual in light of political movements currently formed in Armenia. Every day the lives of our citizens are put to threat but no wave of discontent is formed in this regard. It’s strange that political and civic groups do not demand to establish committees to investigate into this matter. The motives of staying silent are the same. Anything that is related to Russia is a taboo for both the Armenian government and opposition.
