Azerbaijan, Baku, April 4 / Trend E. Mehdiyev /
The Russian leadership has a bad attitude toward Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan. It is not ashamed to show this attitude, Director of the Center of Political Innovations and Technologies, political scientist Mubariz Ahmedoglu said at a briefing held at Trend news agency today.
Ahmedoglu said that Artur Chilingarov, popular scholar of Armenian descent, having no political influence in Russia, was sent to the party congress, chaired by President Sargsyan.
At the congress Russia was represented by deputy speaker of the State Duma, deputy chairman of the "United Russia" party Sergei Neverov at the "Prosperous Armenia" party congress, Ahmedoglu added.
"Despite the fact that President Sargsyan participated at the summit of the Eurasian Economic Union for two days, he was received by neither Dmitry Medvedev nor Vladimir Putin," Ahmedoglu stressed. "Putin received ex-President Robert Kocharian 3 - 4 days before Serzh Sargsyan's visit to Moscow. Putin's press-service reported about this."
Referring to the upcoming parliamentary elections in Armenia, Ahmedoglu stressed that the struggle could go under the three scenarios during the elections.
Ahmedoglu said that Sargsyan is the author of the first scenario.
"Holding a show called "democratic elections", he wants to gather right people in the parliament," Ahmedoglu stressed. "About 2.450 million voters were registered in Armenia with a population of 2.845 million people. This is absurd. There are at least 700,000 people more in the voters' lists. Nobody wants to specify these lists."
"Making to adopt a law on a state of emergency, Sargsyan shows that the event, similar to that one on March 1, 2008, may happen," Ahmedoglu said.
"The following example shows Sargsyan's best intentions to rig the elections," he said.
"Referring to the absence of Khachatur Sukiasyan, well-known oligarch, former MP, a member of the Karabakh war because of the events that occurred on March 1, 2008, the Armenian police gave out a certificate of his non-residence in Armenia for five years.
"The second scenario belongs to the U.S," Ahmedoglu said.
"The U.S. wants Sargsyan's party to win the parliamentary elections and tries to implement them in a form corresponding to democracy," Ahmedoglu said. "They try to shut their eyes to some fraud."
Ahmedoglu stressed that the third scenario was prepared by Russia.
He added that Russia supports Sargsyan's fiasco at the parliamentary elections in Armenia.
"Russia is interested in the victory of "Prosperous Armenia" in the face of the multimillionaire, the member of the ruling coalition Gagik Charukyan," Ahmedoglu said.
"His name is indicated as the chairman of ex-President Kocharian's party. Javakhetia, associated with the Russian special services, calls for Armenians to vote for the Prosperous Armenia party."
The next parliamentary elections will be held in Armenia on May 6.
The official election campaign will start on April 8 and end on May 4.
Armenia's Central Election Commission registered the ballot lists of eight parties and one party bloc on April 1.
Besides three coalition parties - the Republican Party of Armenia, "Prosperous Armenia" and "Orinats Erkir" ("Rule of Law"), the Armenian Revolutionary Federation Dashnaktsutyun, "Heritage" (combined list with the party "Free Democrats"), the Armenian National Congress (party bloc), Democratic Party of Armenia, the Armenian Communist Party and the party "United Armenians" will compete for parliamentary seats.