“Red card” from Pashinyan to Kremlin propagandists

Armenia Margarita Simonyan, director general of the “Russia Today” TV channel, as well as deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on CIS Affairs, Eurasian Integration and Relations with Compatriots, elected from Krasnodar Territory deputy The fact that Konstantin Zatulin was banned from entering the country was quite unexpected news of the last few days.

The head of “Russia Today” immediately made a statement on his Telegram channel Pashinyan appreciated this step of the government.

“The current head of Armenia, Konstantin Zatulin, who has strongly supported Armenia for many years, was banned from entering Armenia. By the way, the ban was also applied to me. What can you say here,” Simonyan wrote.

Deputy Zatulin’s official e-mail Armenia Republic National A letter was sent on behalf of the head of the foreign relations department of the Majlis stating that his visit to the country was “undesirable”.

“Armenia Republic National On behalf of the leadership of the Majlis, we regret to inform you that your recent public statements towards the Republic of Armenia harm the development of friendship and alliance relations between our states. In this regard, your visit to the Republic of Armenia in the future is considered undesirable,” the text of the letter reads.

Deputy according to him, although this step was unexpected and insulting for him, his attitude towards the country and the people living there will not change – writes “Bloknot Krasnodar”.

It is interesting that on the eve of these events – on October 24, Zatulin sent a letter to the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Grigoryan, and on October 29, representatives of the “Lazarev Club” and himself visited the city of Cermuk and the surrounding area. trip asked for help. Purpose Azerbaijan was to get acquainted with the situation regarding the “advancement of the armed forces into the depths of the territory of Armenia” in this direction in September. The next day, he received a letter stating that he was already persona non grata.

“This decision is symptomatic of the new course of the Armenian authorities news gives Of course, I have many friends in Armenia, but the masks have already been removed. However, my attitude towards Armenians and Armenia itself has not changed. In this case, real pests could easily be found in the republic itself, and believe me, there are quite a few of them. However, they are by no means deputies of the State Duma, especially not me,” Konstantin Zatulin said.

Of course, some Telegram channels of Armenia of the deputy standing up for this stepRussia harmed the relations of alliance with Russia The Union of Armenians called on the Armenian authorities to reconsider the decision to ban Zatuli’s entry into the country.

Armenia already on Wednesday judge a member of his team gave the first explanation about what happened.

Commenting on the ban on Zatuli’s entry into the country, the Speaker of the Armenian Parliament, Alen Simonyan, made a statement saying, “Armenian cannot remain indifferent to the disrespectful attitude towards sovereignty.” According to him, the borders of the Republic of Armenia are a “red line”: “All these false friends and “colleagues” should get used to this reality.”

Speaker As for Margarita Simonyan, the editor-in-chief of “Russia Today”, she said that she had no information about him. But he did not rule out that this could also be attributed to Simonyan and his wife Tigran Keosayan, as “agents and mangurts with Armenian surnames in different countries”.

The Armenian leadership has not yet given another explanation. The most interesting thing is this sudden change of position. What is this dictated by? Pashinyan His team has never been so openly hostile towards the Kremlin’s main propagandists. The same Zatulin often appeared in Armenia and from there he often went to Karabakh (apparently, this road is also closed for him now). But who is this signal really addressed to and what is it about?

Independent political expert, Azerbaijan Republic Ali Ismayil Ahmadov, a former deputy of the Soviet Union (Vienna, Austria), agreed to share his thoughts on this with the Press Club:

– This situation concerns Armenia in the second place. It is mostly about Nagorno-Karabakh. How does everything look? Of course, there is nothing obvious. But we know that Pashinyan With the West (i.e USA, France, Britain) is conducting intensive negotiations. For a long time, Pashinyan has shown that he wants to get out from under Russia, and now he is more clearly asking for support from the West at the highest level, of course, at the level of the heads of state. For this to happen, the West puts forward its own demands. Very transparent requirements. The inviolability of borders in the South Caucasus is theirs mandatory is conditional.

“If interstate conflicts on the borders do not end, we will not do business with you, Mr. Pashinyan,” they say in the united West. “What about Nagorno? Karabakh?” “This is no longer your problem, Mr. Pashinyan. This is our problem. We have experience. This is the Minsk group, and now the EU border monitoring group has been established. This is not your problem, Nicole, we will deal with it ourselves,” says West.

“Yes, but a certain electorate resists it” – Pashinyan answers them: “Ex-presidents Kocharyan and Sargsyan are muddying the waters, something must be done with them.” “Yes, this audience should be isolated so that it does not prevent you from fulfilling your duties as the head of the Armenian state.” “Where to start? What do you want? Yes, I understand. First, I will tie the hands of those who travel here often, those who pretend to be smart.”

Zatulin and Simonyan were chosen for the start, and I think the next steps will be taken soon. Probably, the entry of others into the country will be banned, the broadcasting of certain TV channels will be stopped – if those persons and the media are from Armenia and Azerbaijan if it is determined to prevent him from signing a comprehensive peace treaty. This is normal. It’s also good for us.

But the second Karabakh the topic is on a slightly different level. We know very well the mechanism of how these countries interfere in the affairs of others. I want to remind your readers only one thing. 2020-year 9-10 When the tripartite declaration was signed in November, the West welcomed it. Sincerely and completely formally. And the West, even today, to the so-called peacekeeping forces of Russia in Karabakh protest doesn’t. Why? Because with this he is telling his voters that he will not allow the peaceful Armenian population densely populated in Karabakh to experience any difficulties and problems. military there is a contingent. Therefore, the West still supports the presence of the Russian peacekeeping contingent in Karabakh, no matter how strange it may seem in the background of the ongoing aggression against Ukraine.

In general, in the South Caucasus of the West Russia has no problem with He does not see the need for new corridors. Because all the necessary corridors are already there. There is no need for the Zangezur corridor. Let me explain in a simple way – what will Armenia carry somewhere with this corridor? What will be different from the trains, cars and planes passing through Georgia now? That is, concretely speaking, Armenia simply does not need the Zangezur Corridor – it has nothing to export through this corridor. Interest as a 40 km long logistics center? How much can they make from it? Neither they nor Europe need this.

I will give a small example. China’s railways and all these logistics centers – Kazakhstan, AzerbaijanGeorgia, Turkey he talks about how he transports goods to Europe through And now Google ask through Europe the same iron way How much does it cost to ship to China?

But the main topic here is still Karabakh. I believe that there will be no strong contradictions between the West and Russia on this issue, today they want a peace treaty. I do not see how the situation related to Karabakh will be described in the peace agreement or the delimitation and demarcation document. But unfortunately, I’m sure all these foreign players have leverage and mechanisms to work it out in their favor. This too Azerbaijan it remains to be hoped that it will be beneficial.

Rauf Orujov