ARMINFO News Agency, Armenia Friday Forecast: Considering that in issue of Iranian gas transit, Serzh Sargsyan is guided by Moscow`s opinion, there will not be need to replace it Yerevan August 11 David Stepanyan. Certainly, in the first turn the issue of transit of Iranian gas through Armenia to Europe as a geopolitical background. Director of Armenian Center for Political and International Relations Aghasi Yenoqyan expressed such an opinion to ArmInfo. I do not think that there are special economic problems here, since technically the organization of the transit of Iranian gas through Armenia to Europe can be solved quite easily. In this sense, I consider the question of transit in the same plane as the actual lack of response to the US $ 8 billion investment proposal. All this is only discussed, and in theory. "The emergence of transit Iranian gas in Armenia will be a serious challenge for Gazprom, since the issue will not be in the sphere of providing gas to Armenia, but in the gas supply of the European market." This is in the context of Gazprom's longstanding policy of achieving gas monopoly in Europe "Of course, it should be noted that in recent years, such prospects have significantly escalated, in particular, thanks to the US sanctions against Russia," he said. Nevertheless, talking about the refusal of Moscow from the idea of becoming a gas monopoly in Europe, and for the sake of Armenian-Iranian projects, in Yenokyan's view, is premature. The main problem, according to his estimates, is not even in Tehran, but in the ability of the Armenian authorities to resolve the eradication of Gazprom's monopoly in the country. In this light, he believes that Serzh Sargsyan should still be guided by Moscow's opinion on this issue. The political scientist believes that Serzh Sargsyan does not refuse to discuss the establishment of gas transit through the territory of Armenia, thereby leaving a window of opportunity open for himself. Moreover, the situation at the global level is heated to the limit, allowing to hope for the resolution of the issue of Armenian gas transit in a matter of months. For example, it stipulates the possibility of Armenia gaining transit functions by significant changes in the relations between Moscow and Brussels as a result of the strengthening of the same sanctions regime. According to Yenokyan's estimates, Serzh Sargsyan is quite capable of sitting in the prime minister's seat himself. However, with the same success in this chair after 2018, Karen Karapetyan may remain. The political scientist is convinced that the main thing for Sargsyan is the preservation of the sole control over the corruption pyramid in his hands and if Karapetyan does not show any significant pincushion in the Prime Minister's chair, Sargsyan will not interfere with the continuation of his premiership. "Serzh Sargsyan can only assume the functions of prime minister to maintain complete control over financial flows in conditions of minimal responsibility." It is important who Sargsyan himself wants to see at the post of prime minister, and not someone in Washington, Brussels and even Moscow. I believe that his current policy puts Russians in need of his replacement, there is nothing to worry about, at least until Sargsyan follows their instructions. Therefore, he does not really need to resist his next re-enactment in power in Moscow Will be, "concludes Yenokyan.