ArmInfo. Apparently, the history of Azerbaijan is not too rich, and 3 factors have found significant place in it – the Karabakh conflict, the Azerbaijani Laundromat and Alexander Lapshin. The blogger Alexander Lapshin said this in an interview with ArmInfo correspondent.
He noted that today the solution of the Karabakh problem itself is not so important for Baku as the frozen conflict itself, in order to constantly focus public attention on the presence of an external enemy. "Of course, Armenia's external enemy is. And my arrest was also artificially inflated in order to create an image of the enemy for the people of Azerbaijan. Thus, the Azerbaijani authorities divert the attention of citizens from existing problems, switching them to the so-called enemies," the blogger noted.
Lapshin also said that today protests are held in Azerbaijan demanding the release of blogger Mehman Huseynov, which once again demonstrates the dissatisfaction of Azerbaijani citizens with Aliyev and his policies. "I think such protest actions will sooner or later lead to a change of power, this moment is already brewing, but it's hard to say exactly when it will happen. The residents of Azerbaijan see that the change of power has occurred in Armenia and they want to repeat this scenario in their homeland. After all, in fact, the country receives huge funds from the sale of oil, meanwhile, people live very poorly, much worse than in Armenia, "Lapshin stressed.
The blogger noted that the change of power in Azerbaijan is beneficial to the people, but it is unlikely to be in the hands of Armenia. "Today, Aliyev does not pose a threat to Armenia, he is predictable and not dangerous, besides, he is satisfied with Russia. And it's hard to say what the situation will be if a new government comes in, a number of opposition representatives are very determined, including in the Karabakh issue. There are two options – either to intensify the negotiation process, or to start a war. It is very difficult to say which scenario they prefer, "the blogger said.
To the question of ArmInfo correspondent, how much the people of Azerbaijan are interested in the Karabakh issue, Lapshin answered: "The Azerbaijani people as a whole want to live in a free country, live better. They know perfectly well what is happening in their country – they live in the country, they fear for themselves, they are much more concerned about their children and all these problems than the resolution of the Karabakh conflict and it is needed not so much by the people as by the authority of Aliyev. Today, two Aliyev and Pashayev clans have usurped power in the country, but there are other clans want to take power into their own hands, " said Lapshin.