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15:57 22/03/06

`ARMENIA AND RUSSIA HAVE DIFFERENT ROADS TO PASS’

NA Deputy Shavarsh Kocharyan assures that the rise in price of Russian
gas is not against Armenia, the Ukraine or even Georgia. With her
policy Russia aims at consolidating its position in the world. `And we
think all that is against us whereas there is a deeper policy in
fact,’ the Deputy assured.

One shouldn’t have some great expectations form Armenian-Russian
relations and moreover we shouldn’t be offended by our strategic
partner. And what is more, the Deputy appeals to be more pragmatic
whereas we show sensitiveness in Armenian-Russian relations and take
everything either in black or white. Armenia and Russia have different
roads to pass as `life prompts Armenia to democracy and Russia carries
out the function of the preserver of authority regime on the
post-Soviet territory.’ /Panorama.am/