ArmInfo.Very soon, Moscow will try to return its dominant role in the big game in the South Caucasus. Political strategist Vigen Hakobyan expressed a similar opinion to ArmInfo.
"I don't think that the Russia will try to fit itself and its own interests into a negotiating format supervised by others, in particular, in Brussels. I expect that there will be some turns that will allow Moscow to return to the great game of the Caucasus," he said.
According to the political strategist, at this stage, Moscow is trying to stay in the processes supervised by the West, with the participation of Armenia and Azerbaijan, perfectly understanding and seeing the attempts of Yerevan and Baku to finally fit into the Brussels format. Hakobyan explains the current passivity of the Russia by the Turkish factor. In his opinion, in this way Moscow is trying to avoid the prospect of confrontation now with Ankara.
The political strategist explains the current activity of the EU and the US in the Caucasian direction by the desire to form a new front for Russia, now in the South Caucasus, using for this purpose the Armenian- Azerbaijani contradictions in general and the issue of Artsakh in particular. That is why, first of all, they are trying to deprive Russia of the moderation of the negotiation process
"In reality, either Russia or Turkey can be the moderator of the region. Accordingly, the West is actually, rather hastily, trying to lead processes in the Turkish direction. This is due to their awareness of the prospect of lowering their capabilities in the Caucasus after the stabilization of the situation in Ukraine," he summed up.