"Echo Moskvy" Launches An Anti-Armenian Campaign

"ECHO MOSKVY" LAUNCHES AN ANTI-ARMENIAN CAMPAIGN

PanArmenian News
April 23 2009
Armenia

"Echo Mpskvy" Russian radio station yesterday dedicated the one of
its broadcasts to Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan. The campaign
launched last evening by Alexander Boudberg, was full of all kinds
of old and new labels, explicit hints and blunt demagogy.

The insolent provocative tone of the program was not something new. The
allegations on Shoushi being the "Azerbaijan’s ancient capital", the
hints on the Armenian President’s biography being similar to that
of African dictators, the tragic moment of praying to God during
the Khodjalu massacres (organized with the active involvement of
the Russian troops), allusions to former Armenia premier Andranik
Margaryan’s death unmasked the "well-informed" Editor-in-Chief of
the broadcast and revealed the true image of the first-class radio
station declaring its (and not only its) political preferences in an
open and explicit manner.

Nargiz Asadova’s statements on the conflict being a special
operation launched by Russian special services, Andrey Yakovlev
and Benediktov’s statement on Moscow’s intention to use pressures
against the RA President for the country’s possible participation
in the NATO trainings in Georgia almost became a specific kind of
know-how. Alexander Boudberg again started provocative statement,
considering President Sargsyabn’s upcoming visit extremely difficult
and stressing the importance of Russia’s strategic partnership with
Azerbaijan.

The investigation into the RA President’s personal life ended with
Nikolay Toyitskiy’s malicious statements expressing strong concerns to
spoil his Russian by pronouncing the awkward surname. He was all the
time sticking to the Communist past of the second and third Armenian
Presidents (forgetting about Heydar Aliev’s biography).

Such propaganda is intended to convince the public that Azerbaijan,
a country rich in energy resources and other reserves, will be a
better strategic partner compared to Armenia. But there’s one our
Russian colleagues forget: the establishment of closer ties with Baku
cannot bear a momentary and "instrumental" character for Azerbaijan
seeking to achieve the settlement of the Karabakh conflict the way
it desires. And it’s quite possible that those who