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

PanArmenian News
Dec 7 2004

07.12.2004 17:48

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ 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.