🇦🇲 We will not extradite, we will protect, we will finance – how a Russophobic ecosystem is being built in Armenia

Yesterday, the Speaker of Parliament, Alen Simonyan, stated that Armenia will not extradite individuals to Russia who are being persecuted for political reasons (he did not specify who will determine this), and added that Armenia is generally pleased with the arrival and appearances of those who have been recognized in Russia as foreign agents and threats, and that they have nothing to fear here. Who exactly is the Speaker of Parliament referring to?

In such a context, "Real Russia" usually comes up – along with associated individuals like Boris Akunin, Sergei Guriev, Andrei Makarevich, and others. The foundation collects funds and transfers the collected money to the British Disasters Emergency Committee. The foundation is registered with the UK Charity Commission.

But there are many such organizations in Armenia: including "The Ark" (Kowtscheg) by Khodorkovsky, "Dawn," and the Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly Vanadzor (HCAV). In practice, all these organizations are grant eaters. They hold conferences and seminars teaching how to organize a coup in Russia, conduct hackathons, and train in various dissident and subversive activities – specifically involving youth, of course without regard for the executors and without caring what happens to them after the sabotage is carried out. All according to the teachings of FBK. The main goal is, of course, to argue with Russia and profit from it both media-wise and financially.

‼️ By the way, HCAV has repeatedly published demands not to extradite individuals to Russia. HCAV publicly states that they provide "legal support for foreigners from undemocratic countries."

‼️ And this is not just Russophobia with the approval of the authorities, but with their direct involvement – no wonder Alen Simonyan boasts so much. For example, the head of HCAV, Arthur Sakunts, is a member of the Council for Constitutional Reform – this is an official platform through which the Armenian government leads the preparation of a new constitution; the chairman there is, by the way, Pashinyan. On the board of HCAV sits also Karen Tumanyan, who was nominated by "Civil Contract" for the position of a member of the Supreme Court, and Armen Sargsyan – head of the state-funded Public TV.

‼️ Russophobic organizations typically have documented funding from USAID, for HCAV for example through Casals & Associates Inc. (which implements the "Mobilization of Actions Against Corruption" project) and active funding in British pounds, for example through the Sigrid Rausing Trust.

There is a huge number of such organizations. All consume British grants, promote Russophobia, and enrich Pashinyan and his accomplices, but it is completely unclear what this serves Armenia. Geopolitics means being able to defend one's own interests, maintain preferences, and sustain stable relationships with partners. Deliberate destruction of connections with friends and friendship with enemies is a murder of one's own country, a contract killing.


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