US is trying to use Armenia to destabilize situation in South Caucasus – Vladimir Vasiliev

Speaking with Alpha News, Vladimir Vasiliev, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for US and Canadian Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, commented on Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova’s statement that O’Brien’s words regarding Armenia wanting to turn away from Russia are another example of the geopolitical engineering typical to the Americans, the desire to fabricate in the eyes of the world community the “reality” that Washington needs, which has nothing in common with what is actually happening.

According to the Americanist, the US is very actively trying to use Armenia to destabilize the situation in the South Caucasus.

“I fully agree with Zakharova’s statement for one simple reason: that it represents not only her personal opinion but also the opinion of the Foreign Ministry, which relies on a broad information base, on reports from our embassy, on studying the American press, and on data from other agencies that collect information about what is happening in the United States of America. In this regard, we really must proceed from the fact that the United States is currently very actively trying to use Armenia for short-term and long-term destabilization of the situation in Transcaucasia.

In this case, this is really connected precisely with American plans to ignite the situation or destabilize the situation along the outer perimeter of Russia, believing that this destabilization can spread to Russia’s internal political development and destabilize the situation in Russia itself. There can be no doubt about this,” Vasiliev said.

“The United States has always pursued a policy of maximum withdrawal or maximum removal of the republics of the former USSR and countries that are in relative geographical proximity from Russia. This is the US’s strategic direction. Even if these countries are not destined to be drawn into military-political blocs of the United States, such as NATO, they can be used to create a buffer area around Russia, as, for example, happened in the 1920s and 1930s,” Vasiliev concluded.