  Expert: Russia prioritizes stability in Armenia to democracy problems April 6, 2012 - 15:35 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Stability in Armenia is more important to Russia than democracy problems, head of the Regional Studies Center said. According to Richard Giragosian, Russia needs stability in the region, particularly in Armenia, thus pushing the problem of democracy and fair elections to the background. “Russia prepares for Putin’s presidency. However, his popularity has sharply dropped. Public activity and surge of popular discontent was unexpected even for Putin himself,” the expert said, stressing the need for Armenia to consider the experience during the forthcoming parliamentary and presidential elections to prevent repetition of such a scenario. Armenian parliamentary elections are due May 6.   Top stories Grigoryan added that the situation around the world and particularly in the region is very difficult. The Armenian Defense Ministry has denied Azerbaijan's accusations of violating the ceasefire. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova.   Partner news |  Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats. |
