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2024-03-31 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
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Deprive Russia of its voice. Why was Vladimir Solovyov 'canceled' in Armenia?
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
by Gevorg Mirzayan
[REGNUM] Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan took another decisive anti-Russian step - the country banned the broadcast of programs by TV presenter Vladimir Solovyov.
“CJSC “TV and Radio Broadcasting Network of Armenia”... blocked the broadcast of the programs “Evening with Vladimir Solovyov” and “Sunday Evening with Vladimir Solovyov” distributed in the Public Multiplex by the RTR-PLANET TV channel,” the organization said in an official statement.
Solovyov’s programs regularly criticized Pashinyan’s anti-Armenian and anti-Russian policies. And for this criticism, the Armenian authorities decided to simply cut the presenter off the local air.
At first glance, such actions look, to put it mildly, strange.
“My friend Vladimir Solovyov, of course, has a civic position. And on this issue it does not coincide with the position of the Armenian authorities - just as it does not coincide with me.
With this ban, they, in fact, showed their weakness and wretchedness. Instead of discussing with Solovyov, they are trying to remove him. But this is very stupid, since the Armenian population will still look for a way to watch and listen to it,” says political scientist and publicist, member of the Public Chamber of Russia Armen Gasparyan to IA Regnum.
At the same time, you need to understand that Pashinyan’s logic is based not so much on long-term calculations, but on the personality traits of the Armenian prime minister. And on the destructive goals he is trying to achieve.
“Pashinyan blocked the programs “Evening with Solovyov” and “Sunday Evening with Solovyov” on Armenian television solely out of fear of Vladimir Rudolfovich.
Pashinyan, despite the fact that he has been in power for 6 years, remains a journalist and is very afraid of the information war. The figure of Vladimir Solovyov today is so great that his every word about Pashinyan evokes horror and fear in the latter,” says Armenian blogger and activist Mika Badalyan to IA Regnum.
Of course, the point is not that Vladimir Rudolfovich is scary and terrible. He simply tells people what they want to hear from Russia - direct criticism of Nikol Pashinyan and his Russophobic policies.
Moreover, Solovyov’s status, the energy of his speeches and his good reputation in Armenia greatly enhance the effect of criticism. Which is what Pashinyan is afraid of.
“Even though he dresses up as a liberal, he is obviously trying to block any negative information. To prevent his voters from realizing the catastrophe to which he led and continues to lead the country,” Nikita Mendkovich, head of the Eurasian Analytical Club, explains to IA Regnum.
According to Mika Badalyan, now Russian LOMs need to speak as directly and openly as possible, since people in Armenia “want to hear the frank truth.”
“But what they want even more is action. And I’m sure that everyone will see these actions very soon,” Badalyan notes.
Moreover, it is worth talking not only with ordinary people, but also with representatives of the Armenian elite. Nikita Mendkovich is confident that the current elite, especially the government and the parliamentary majority, are dictating a course destructive for Armenia - and its consequences need to be explained to opinion leaders in Armenia itself, who are not controlled by the government and Pashinyan.
“Including organizations associated with the Karabakh community that suffered from Pashinyan’s betrayal of Karabakh,” says the expert, adding that this is a very large and serious work, but without such interaction it will be difficult to normalize bilateral relations.
Now, Mendkovich continues, Armenia is being consistently turned into “anti-Russia,” but moving along this path, Armenia will most likely cease to exist as a subject. After all, due to Pashinyan’s mistakes, we can no longer talk only about the loss of Karabakh, but about the loss of the statehood of Armenia itself.
“Constant confrontation with Azerbaijan, relying on European allies who only need to destabilize the Caucasus, will lead to a further deterioration of bilateral relations with Russia,” sums up the head of the Eurasian Analytical Club.
Actually, this is what Vladimir Solovyov spoke about - and others are talking about it. Unfortunately for Pashinyan, he cannot cancel these people on television, cannot ban them from entering the country (as he banned the head of RT Margarita Simonyan and State Duma deputy Konstantin Zatulin, who did many times more for the security of Armenia than Pashinyan).
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov recently stated that “the Armenian leadership, frankly speaking, under far-fetched pretexts, distorting the history of the last three years, is deliberately leading to the collapse of relations with the Russian Federation.”
Moreover, the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry directly said that Pashinyan is pursuing other people’s interests. The interests of those with whom he was associated before coming to power in Armenia.
“When Nikol Pashinyan was in the opposition and headed the movement he created, which - everyone knew - had connections with the Soros Foundation, the slogan of his movement was “Exit.” Exit from the CSTO and from the Eurasian Economic Union,” recalled Sergei Lavrov.
After coming to power, Pashinyan tried to assure Vladimir Putin that “both the CSTO and the Eurasian Economic Union are structures that are fundamental for Armenia, for the development of its economy, for preventing its isolation in the South Caucasus.”
However, now Pashinyan is returning to his previous slogans.
“Armenian officials - both in the Security Council of Armenia and in the parliament - directly say that we need to rely more on the European Union, that the CSTO allegedly does not fulfill its obligations to the republic.
That is, in essence, the circle is closing, and the Armenian leadership is beginning to express ideas similar to those with which Pashinyan formed his “Exit ” movement,” sums up Sergei Lavrov.
The main question: will the residents of Armenia hear Russian experts and diplomats before the circle closes completely?
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