“EFFICIENCY OF INFLUENCE OF FOREIGN FORCES IS DEFINED BY PRESENCE OF
DOMESTIC DEMAND,” ALEXANDER ISKANDARIAN COMMENTS ON SITUATION IN
KYRGHYZSTAN

YEREVAN, MARCH 21, NOYAN TAPAN. The experience shows that the
post-electoral situation in the CIS countries, with the exception
of Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan ruled by totalitarian regimes, is
accompanied by mass discontent. Alexander Iskandarian, Director
of the Caucasian Mass Media Institute, declared in his interview
to Noyan Tapan’s correspondent while commenting on the situation
formed at present in Kyrghyzstan. According to him, usually after the
elections the opposition of the post-Soviet countries doesn’t accept
the results of the elections and considers them falsified. So, the
stage of political pressure exerted on the authorities in the form of
rallies and demonstrations begins. As for the possible participation
of foreign forces in the current events in Kyrghyzstan, Alexander
Iskandarian said: “If there is social discontent and people able to
give political vent to this discontent the foreign forces may make use
of this but not on the contrary, such events can’t be ungrounded, there
should be the respective social base, i.e. no matter how much money
milti-millionaire Soros would invest in Norway no revolution might
take place there.” In A.Iskandarian’s estimation, the interference of
foreign forces is often exaggerated. “Naturally, this interference is
often present but the efficiency of the influence of foreign forces
on the situation in this or that country is defined by the presence
of the domestic demand, the respective domestic conditions.” To recap,
the situation formed after the second tour of parliamentary elections
in Kyrghyzstan (March 13) is accompanied by mass actions of protest,
in particular, in the south of the country. Thousands of actions of
protest were held in the regions of Jalal-Abad, Isik-Kul, Narinsk,
towns of Osh, Uzgen and others. The opposition protests against the
results of the parliamentary elections and demands the resignation
of President of the country Askar Akayev.