September 27, 2002 - 20:55 AMT
RUSSIA ECONOMIC BAIL OF DEMOCRATIC REFORMS IN ARMENIA
Russia is an economic bail of carrying out democratic reforms in Armenia. Chairman of "Eurasia" Russian political party, advisor of the State Duma chairman and the Russian presidential administration Alexander Dugin expressed such an opinion in Yerevan. In his words, development of the Armenian-Russian relations means "reckoning for energy, all economic aspects, which even in case of the conjuncture being not profitable for Russia will be solved in favor of rapprochement of the two countries." A.Dugin also noted that the welfare of all Armenians residing in the territory of Russia depended on economic indicators and the Armenian-Russian integration in that regard would make a real profit to every Armenian. He emphasized that Russia, similar to the West, is politically oriented towards supporting democracy in Armenia. In his opinion, participation in the all-Eurasian democratic process is the pledge of Armenia's sovereignty.