ABOUT CLASHES BETWEEN RUSSIAN AND ARMENIAN RULING CIRCLES
By Ruzan Poghosian

AZG Armenian Daily
27/12/2006

The Russian Federation gradually isolates itself from the South
Caucasus. Alexander Iskandarian, Director of Caucasian Media Institute,
political expert, expressed this opinion at the press conference at
Friday Club, on Tuesday. Iskandarian said that from the point of
view of economic cooperation, the European community takes a more
important part for Armenia as a partner.

As for the cultural commonness with Russia, it embraces rather
the older generation than the younger one. At the same time, the
political expert admits that Russia occupies leading positions for
Armenia in the issues of military-political cooperation. In response
to a question regarding the frequent murders of Armenians in Russia
on the ground of national intolerance and the respond of the Armenian
authorities to them, Alexander Iskandarian said: "Harsh statements
by the authorities could be serve as adequate response. However,
it would not security the safety of the Armenians in Russia. This
will just damage the relations with Moscow, which is not desirable
for the official Yerevan. From this point of view, the position
of our leadership is quite balanced and rational. It is just like
the behavior of an ostrich." Iskandarian emphasized that during the
pogroms of 1993-1994 and deportation of Armenians, no representatives
of the Russian media wrote about those events. Now, the picture is
quite different due to a "flash" in the consciousness of Armenians.