Aslan Rubaev: I am deeply convinced that this man is an agent of Western influence

Speaking with Alpha News, expert on Eurasian studies Aslan Rubaev expressed his point of view regarding the Western influence and its attempts to drive a wedge into Armenian-Russian relations.

“Ties between Moscow and Yerevan are being tested for strength, and the West is constantly trying to drive a wedge. It is very good that (Russian FM – ed.) Lavrov expressed such a constructive opinion, which means that even between the lines Lavrov said that we are ready for dialogue. This is extremely important today. Another thing is that we are so far only stating the fact of the influence of the West on Armenia, but we do not yet know what to do about it. No one is proposing any specific concepts, we are still only wandering around the truth, we do not know how to cope, how to break through this Western agency, the influence of Western interaction, which is planted today in the political establishment of Armenia.

It’s good that Lavrov is talking about this, because no one will blame Russia for the fact that, sorry for saying this, we ruined these relations. Yes, we are showing that we are ready to talk; we are ready for dialogue. But our relations deteriorated for some unknown reason. They simply deteriorated unilaterally because, at some point, it seemed to Armenia that Russia was an unreliable partner. I don’t understand why, or rather, I understand why, but it seems to me that destroying the relationships on which you depend in infrastructure, in various non-state and state institutions, is foolish and imprudent.

Having such a neighborhood and observing the experience of Georgia and today’s Ukraine, one does not understand that going into open confrontation with Russia means losing territory. Please note that Pashinyan agreed to this provocation. He endlessly provoked Russia and wanted to drag it into the war. He wanted to shift responsibility for the loss of Karabakh to the CSTO and Russia, but it was him who lost it.

And Putin said correctly during his press conference that it is not clear what we have to do with it. Pashinyan actually didn’t want to fight; he was following the manual. I am deeply convinced that this man is an agent of Western influence. He commits absolutely the same actions as about 10,000 journalists who today are working to ruin Armenian-Russian relations. They live in Armenia, receive salaries in dollars, and speak brilliant English, but there are no people there who speak Russian. There are no public opinion leaders who would say that you need to be friends with Russia because you are members of the CIS, the EAEU, and the CSTO. We are in extremely important unions together, both Russia and Armenia.

It’s difficult for me, as a person specializing in the region, to understand why Armenia constantly announces attempts to withdraw

It can actually do this unilaterally; we will not hold it back by force,” Rubaev noted.