If the West finds a common language with a country, democracy there becomes ‘very good’ – Viktor Soghomonyan

No matter what country the West finds a common language with, everything related to human rights and democracy becomes “very good” there, regardless of what is actually happening, said Viktor Soghomonyan, Alpha News founder, PhD Political Science, Professor of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations.

“Three-four years ago I met with a representative of the US Embassy in Armenia, to whom I clearly said that to restore its role as an advocate for democracy and freedom of speech, the US must first point out the violations of the past years, apologize for what it did not notice, and admit that it has double standards, only after that will it have the right to say something. Can anyone say what of all this the US has voiced so far? How many media outlets have been closed in Armenia over these years, how many political prisoners have there been in Armenia over these years, and are there any? They have not said a word about all this, and why should they say anything about June 12? That is, it is obvious that there is a government with which they do not want to argue and have found a common language. They have found a language in different senses, for example, in the sense of geopolitical orientations. Life shows that where the West finds a common language, everything ‘works out very well’ with human rights and democracy, regardless of what is actually happening there,” Soghomonyan noted.

When asked what makes some experts turn a blind eye to all this, he noted: “At the moment, both in the world and in Armenia, there is a fight without any rules. The stakes are so high, and we have seen this in the example of Artsakh—in order to win, states are ready to take very serious and unexpected steps. And the network that works for these states will, of course, say that everything is very good and we must continue to move towards ‘democracy.’