I wish you all a very Happy Sarikamish - January, 2015

January, 2015 marks the 100th anniversary of an epic military battle that saw Russian troops inflict nearly 100,000 casualties upon Ottoman army regulars during the Russian Czar's Caucasus Campaign during the First World War. I would therefore like to take this historic opportunity to once more revisit what came to be known in history books as the Battle of Sarikamish, a battle that had finally liberated Western Armenia from nearly one thousand years of Turkish/Muslim occupation.

Imperial Russian forces reinforced by a significant number of battle-hardened Armenian volunteers from the Caucasus preempted an impending Ottoman strike against the Russian Empire in the south Caucasus by advancing west towards Erzerum from the Russian held ancient Armenian city of Kars. It was late December 1914, the initial stages of the Caucasus Campaign during the First World War, when the two imperial rivals first met on the wind swept, snow covered mountainous landscape at Sarikamish. When the battle was over some four weeks later, the entire Ottoman force under the leadership of none other than Enver Pasha lay utterly decimated. Thousands-upon-thousands of frozen Ottoman corpses lay strewn across the frozen battlefield. The Ottoman war machine had totally collapsed on its eastern front. According to some accounts, out of a force of nearly 100,000 Ottoman troops about 60,000 to 80,000 were said to have perished during the battle and the rest had either fled or were taken prisoner. The following is a rare archival film footage of the battle's aftermath - 

Russian advances in Western Armenia during the Caucasus Campaign in 1915



Turkish advances after the Bolshevik revolution in 1917




Nevertheless, had it not been for the Bolshevik revolution in Russia (a Jewish funded and led revolution in which sadly many Armenians played an important role in), I strongly believe that the western reaches of Armenia today would have at the very least included Van, Erzingan and Trabizond - and there would not have been a bloody tragedy known today as the Armenian Genocide. In my opinion, Bolsheviks were indirectly responsible for the horrible tragedy that befell Ottoman Armenians. The Bolshevik leadership was also of course solely responsible for giving Turks and Caucasian Tatars (known today as Azerbaijanis) the Armenian territories of Kars, Ardahan, Nakhijevan and Artsakh. That Bolsheviks were the lesser of evils when fate once again came knocking on the door in Armenia in 1921 is all together another story.

Russians recently produced a very professionally made documentary for the 1ooth anniversary of the First World War. The following is the link to film's segment on the historic Battle of Sarikamish and the Armenian Genocide. I urge the reader, however, to watch the entire eight part series. Although the documentary unfortunately fails to mention the Jewish role in the Bolshevik revolution this film is a very welcome departure nonetheless from the standard Anglo-American-Jewish interpretation of historic events -

To liberate one's nation from oppression one must take calculated risks. Partaking in the Caucasus Campaign was a risk well worth taking. After all, no one expected the Russian Empire to suffer a devastating defeat at the hands of Germany so early in the war and no one could predict the total collapse of the Russian Empire as a result of the Bolshevik revolution. From an Armenian perspective, a historic opportunity was presented during the early months of the First World War to free Western Armenia from the bloody clutches of Ottoman Turks and several thousand Armenians from the Russian Empire were smart enough to take advantage of it. As noted above, it would be wise to recall once more that there had already been large scale massacres of Armenians by Turks in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Armenians wanted freedom from the Turkish yoke.

Therefore, when such an opportunity arises once again (and it will one day) I expect Armenians to take advantage of it once again. Preparing such a mindset is in fact what I try to cultivate through this blog.

Another good lesson to be learned from the First World War is the importance of having a powerful Russia that is under Slavic, Christian rule. Russia's sociopolitical health should be a concern not only for Russians but for all Armenians as well because Armenia is destined to remain within Russia's orbit. Similar to how Jews deeply involve themselves in American political affairs, Armenians need to deeply involve themselves in Russian political affairs. Official Yerevan needs to setup an academy of Russian studies. Official Yerevan must establish professional links with prominent Russian officials. Armenians need to be a constant presence within the walls of the Kremlin. Russian-Armenians need to become better organized and politically active throughout the Russian Federation.


In my opinion, Armenians should be faulted for not exploiting the full potential of Russia's alliance with Armenia. Armenians should also be faulted for whatever flaws there may be within Russian-Armenian relations. In this regard, I see two fundamental problems: 1) The lack of Armenian lobbying efforts in Moscow. 2) Yerevan's persistent flirtations with Western powers. Simply put: We have plenty of assholes that are ready to curse Russia for supplying arms to Azerbaijan, but we do not have enough Armenians trying to deepen Russian-Armenian relations so than Russian officials begin taking Armenians concerns more seriously.

I'd like to remind the reader that the south Caucasus is like a table where Turks, Persians, Azeris, Georgians, Islamists, Western energy interests, Russians and Armenians sit and discuss various matters - and at times come to blows over one issue or another. Imagine this table and whatever fight it may produce, without its Russian occupant. In other words, imagine the plight of Armenia in a Turkic-Islamic dominated, violent political landscape without having the Russian Bear as a geopolitical factor to rely on.

Nevertheless, what's important to recognize is that as a result of Russian-Armenian collaboration during the First World War, even as late as 1917, Western Armenia had been liberated for the most part. Armenians must be collectively seeking for a rematch if we want to liberate Western Armenia. But, looking at Armenians in general and our traditional Diaspora (the off-springs of the Ottoman Armenian genocide survivors) in particular, there is much left to be desired.

Misunderstood history, misplaced priorities, misled politics

Our politically shortsighted and genocide recognition obsessed compatriots in the Diaspora are afraid of discussing these kinds of historical events simply because of fears that doing so might somehow undermine genocide recognition efforts in the West - as if the decades long now standard modus operandi of acting like pathetic victims has bared any fruit.

We as a nation must commemorate the Armenian Genocide on a yearly basis and always treat it as a historical fact. Debating whether a genocide occurred or not is an insult to the memory of our martyrs. Having said that, we must also recognize that the Armenian Diaspora's decades long obsession with achieving genocide recognition in the Western world has only served to create several generations of terribly insecure, emotionally scarred and self-hating Armenians with serious victim mentalities and severe political illiteracy.

Beyond proudly and enthusiastically acknowledging that Armenians were victims of "the 2oth century's first genocide" and of course "the first Christian nation", the typical "proud" American-Armenian today knows next to nothing about Armenia's vastly rich national heritage and understands next to nothing about the complex political landscape within which Armenia is unfortunately located in today. Our unhealthy approach to Armenian matters, be it issues regarding the Armenian Genocide or sociopolitical matters pertaining to Armenia itself, has created abnormalities within our Diasporan communities. The following is a brief look at how intellectually deficient, psychologically compromised and emotionally disconnected Armenians have become in the Diaspora today -
American Armenians boycott donations: http://www.azernews.az/aggression/74028.html
Diaspora Historian Argues Against "One Nation, One Homeland" Myth: http://hetq.am/eng/interviews/31938/diaspora-historian-argues-against-one-nation-one-homeland-myth.html
The voices above, including that of the freaky-nutjob called Ara Manoogian, are not rare within Diasporan circles. We have quite a few "proud" Armenians these days that have emotionally divorced themselves from Armenia and see themselves first-and-foremost as "American Armenians" and "Western Armenians". We have significant numbers of Armenians today that see patriotism and national preservation as backward and dangerous concepts not worthy of "righteous" Armenians. We have significant numbers of Armenians today that seek unconditional "reconciliation" with Turks. We have significant numbers of Armenians today that wants Yerevan to curtail its ties with Moscow. We have significant numbers of Armenians today that are more worried about the plight of homosexuals in Armenia than about Armenia itself. 

We have significant numbers of Armenians today who want nothing to do with their homeland simply because the less-than ideal realities of the Armenia we have today does not live up to their personal fantasies of what Armenia should be like.

I personally know quite a few of the aforementioned types in our society and in my extended family. This is what we get for becoming assimilated, this is what we get for basing an entire nation's identity on a genocide. We have damaged and deformed the Armenian spirit. And the more recent doom-and-gloom campaign and the information war against the fledgling Armenian state by Western operatives throughout Armenian society has only exasperated the already bad situation. 

Nations with victim mentalities, misplaced priorities and political illiteracy will always be manipulated and led astray. Insecure and politically ignorant nations that beg at the feet of others (especially at the feet of reptilian politicians in the West) can never accomplish anything in the world of realpolitik - nor will they ever be respected by the international community.

Spurred on by self-serving, Western-financed opportunists like Ara Papyan and subversive organizations such as Turkish Armenian Reconciliation Committee (TARC) and the Zoryan Institute, our hopelessly naive and deeply scarred compatriots still talk about "justice" and "international law" being on the side of Armenians and the need for "reconciliation" with Turks. But the same utterly fail to realize that as long as Armenia does not have the strong Russian backing and the military and/or financial power to push its political weight upon the international stage, Armenia shall remain vulnerable in the eyes of Turks and worthless in the eyes on the international community.

Despite the wildest dreams of our reconciliation obsessed compatriots, Turks will never look at Armenians without hostility, nor will they ever willingly put aside their pan-Turkic fantasies. Yes, they live next to us, but neighbors like Turks and Azeris can only be dealt with from a position of strength. Mind you that I am saying this as one that fully supported the "protocols" several years ago. Yes, the border between Armenia and Turkey needs to open. Yes, there needs to be dialogue between Yerevan and Ankara. But all this needs to happen very carefully and from a clear position of strength - and free of Western meddling. In recent years there has been a concerted effort by the West to bring politically ignorant Armenians and sweet talking Turks together. This Western agenda essentially seeks to solve the Armenian problem with merely an apology or some other largely symbolic gesture from Ankara. Needless to say, such Western-backed initiatives are counterproductive and are in fact dangerous to the long term health and well being of the Armenian state. It would be very advisable to look at Western and Turkish intentions with regards to Armenia within the following political context -
George Friedman: “Russian presence in Armenia is bad for Turkey”: http://theriseofrussia.blogspot.com/2010/11/arye-gut-israeli-jewish-expert-in.html
Turkish Advice: Armenian diaspora, focus on Russia rather than Turkey! http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/armenian-diaspora-focus-on-russia-rather-than-turkey
Russian General Leonid Ivashov: Turkey Seeks Separation Between Russia, Armenia: http://news.am/eng/news/36696.html
Despite their economic blockade of a tiny, remote, landlocked and impoverished Armenia - as well as their periodic threats to finish-off what they couldn't during the First World War -  Armenia's stature in the south Caucasus is increasing with each passing year largely thanks to the Russian presence inside Armenia. As a result, Turks have begun to take the advise of their Western/Jewish counterparts by attempting to convince us Armenians (well, at least the idiots amongst us) that Turks and Armenians can indeed live side-by-side once again... if only it wasn't for them pesky Russkies! 

When it comes to Armenia, there is nothing that would please Western powers and Turks more than driving a permanent wedge between Yerevan and Moscow. This is the geostrategic agenda Turks and Westerners have been working on in Armenia. Listening closely to Armenia's Western-led political opposition, one immediately recognizes the above mentioned Turco-Western agenda in their rhetoric. Keep this in mind next time you happen to come across speeches from political opposition activists in Armenia.

The venomous anti-Putin protests we saw during the Russian president's visit to Armenia a year ago may be a troubling sign that the Turco-Western agenda to sow Russophobia within Armenian society is working to a discernible degree. I'd like to remind the reader once again that many Armenians already blame Russians for the genocide Armenians suffered during the First World War, and Armenia's most beloved "nationalist leader" Paruyr Hayrikian and his politically illiterate followers think that Russians are worst than Turks. The same could also be said about the followers of the extremist nutjob called Jirayr Sefilian and the American agent known as Raffi Hovanissian. Despite the fact that Russia is a critical lifeline to Armenia, Western interests inside Armenian society have managed to sow a significant degree of Russophobia. If this Russophobia, yet fledgling, somehow goes mainstream, it will kill the country.

In short, as Stratfor's George Friedman candidly put it: "Russian presence in Armenia is bad for Turkey". And as "Barcin Yinanc" slyly advises Armenians: "Focus on Russia rather than Turkey!"

Get the picture?

Amazingly many Armenians are not getting it. 

Anyway, when it comes to the Armenian Genocide, Turkish "recognition" per se is worthless and may even be counterproductive. With the Armenian Genocide matter resolved, the Armenian Diaspora in the western world will cease to exist within a single generation. Armenians don't need genocide recognition or apology by Turks if it is not accompanied by significant reparations. With that said, it's downright delusional to think that Ankara will voluntarily return historic Armenia to its rightful owners or pay the tens-of-billions of dollars in reparations as a result of "recognition", "reconciliation" and/or "international pressure". Therefore, pursuit of reconciliation with Turks only serves to distract us from placing our pan-national emphasis on militarily, economically and politically strengthening the Armenian homeland we have today.

Russians and Turks will come to blows again, will we be ready?

I'd like to remind the reader once more that despite Moscow's very lucrative trade deals with Ankara during the past two decades (to the tune of tens of billions of dollars annually), Moscow has not stopped recognizing the Armenian Genocide, Russian officials have not stopped from appearing at the Armenian Genocide memorial in Yerevan, Moscow has not allowed Artsakh to be invaded by Azerbaijan - nor has Moscow's profitable dealings with Ankara stopped the Russian military from paying less attention to the security of the Armenian-Turkish border. Unlike in the Western world, where virtually everything has its price, Moscow's approach to regional politics is firmly based on its national security needs, and Armenia is an integral part of Russia's national security and it will remain so for the foreseeable future. Don't take my word for it. Let's take a quick look at what some prominent Russians have to say about Russian-Armenian relations:


This by the former Russian ambassador to Armenia,  Vladimir Stupishin -
This by a Russian-Muslim political analyst, Ilqar Mammadov -
Armenia is a major strategic asset for Russia, an asset it will go to war over. Russians know this. Azeris know this. Georgians know this. Iranians know this. Turks know this. Westerners know this. Amazingly, the only people that do not yet fully comprehend this are Armenians! Historically, Russian officials have looked at Armenia as a strategic fortress protecting Russia's vulnerable underbelly. Even Bolsheviks, yes those that had mutilated some parts of Armenia in hopes of luring Turkey into the Soviet Union, recognized the overall strategic importance of preserving an Armenia state in the region. In fact, we have an Armenia today primarily because of this recognition by Soviet leaders. Simply put: Armenia's strategic importance and value to Russia will remain unchanged for as long as Turks, Iranians, Islamists and Westerners have designs for the Caucasus. There will be no alternative scenarios or alternative geostrategic formulas for the Kremlin for the foreseeable future. Regardless of how close Moscow and Ankara get, not a square centimeter of Armenia or Artsakh proper will be in danger. Therefore, Armenians need not panic. 

Besides, had Russians really wanted to sell Armenia to the Turks (what many of our delusional idiots fear) they would have done so during the 1990s when Russia was on its knees and the Kremlin was in the hands of criminals. Even then, even when Russia was weak and in no shape to fight anyone, when Ankara began mobilizing military assets to intervene on behalf of Azerbaijan during spring of 1992 when the war in Artsakh had suddenly began going very badly for Baku, Moscow threatened Turkey with a world war. Yes, Russia threatened Turks with a world war over a little Armenia that was no longer under its control. Russia was ready to risk everything for our little homeland in the south Caucasus even when Russia itself was in chaos and in danger of falling apart. The following is an excerpt from a 1996 analysis by Dmitri Trenin -
If Russia was willing to go to war over Armenia in the 1990s, what would it do now? Therefore, I ask the reader again to disregard the Russophobic rhetoric coming out of Armenia's Western-led political opposition. Armenia's territorial integrity will be of vital strategic importance to Moscow for as long as Armenia remains firmly allied to Russia. I therefore do not fear closer Russian-Turkish relations. There are, however, other geopolitical ramifications to consider.

In a very serious setback for Western powers Moscow recently reached a major natural gas deal with Ankara. Closer Russian-Turkish relations is one of the unintended consequences of Western aggression in the region in recent years.

In my opinion, while cold relations between Moscow and Ankara is better from an Armenian perspective, warm Russo-Turkish relations should not been seen as necessarily bad. Good relations between Moscow and Ankara may cause Turkey to drift further away from Western powers. The further Ankara drifts from Western powers higher the chances that it may suffer serious repercussions. After all, Western powers and Jews still maintain quite a bit of influence inside Turkey, especially amongst its secular population and its economic/financial elite. The recent natural gas deal reached between Russia and Turkey is a serious insult from Ankara to Baku and Kiev for it signals less Turkish support for both nations.

Nonetheless, Western powers are currently in the danger of losing more leverage over Ankara. Some of the readers may recall that back in the autumn of 2008 NATO came somewhat close to losing Turkey. Fearing at the time that Moscow would send its tanks all the way down to the Georgian-Turkish border and cut it off from energy supplies, a panic-stricken Ankara placed its bet with Mother Russia. Soon after the shooting ended in Georgia, Ankara began signalling that it was ready to curb its relations with NATO and seek closer ties with Moscow. It was at this time when Turkish officials put aside their pan-Turkic pride, sent President Abdullah Gül on an official visit to Yerevan and announced their desire to form a "Caucasus Union" that was envisioned to include Russia, Turkey Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia -
Turkey in tight spot between Russia and NATO (September, 2008): http://theriseofrussia.blogspot.com/2009/06/turkey-historic-presidential-day-trip.htm
Turkey lays out plans for Caucasian alliance as Georgian FM in Istanbul (September, 2008): http://theriseofrussia.blogspot.com/2009/06/despite-objections-from-baku-and.html
This unexpected proposition by Ankara fit perfectly within Moscow's grand geostrategic agenda in the region because Moscow had been trying to lure Ankara away from NATO as a part of Russia's historically successful divide and conquer approach to regional politics for some time. With tensions in the region increasing, Moscow and Ankara are once again looking to deepen their cooperation. 

Ultimately, Moscow may or may not succeed in luring Ankara out of NATO. I personally do not think it will happen because taking Turkey out of NATO without destroying it in the process cannot be done. Regardless of what may or may not happen with Ankara's NATO membership, what is important from an Armenian perspective is Turkey's increasing reliance on Russian trade and energy. After all, with the annexation of Crimea Russia has become the dominant force in the Black Sea region and its regional clout is continuing to grow. Russian-Turkish trade is primarily one way - Russian energy to Turkey's energy starved economy. In other words, Russia is the region's dominant military power and Turkey needs Russia more than Russia needs Turkey. In my opinion, better relations with Moscow will force Ankara to abandon its Pan-Turkic and Neo-Ottoman wet-dreams in the Caucasus. With better relations between Moscow and Ankara, the Armenian-Turkish border may just open after all. After all, the so-called "protocols" were at least in part a Russian agenda -
Looking at Armenian-Turkish Relations - Without the Paranoia, Obsessions or the Hysteria: http://theriseofrussia.blogspot.com/2010/08/looking-at-armenian-turkish-relations.html
Nevertheless, whatever Russia is doing today it is doing from a clear position of strength. Unlike in 1914, the Russian state today does not have any major sociopolitical issues within its borders. During the early 20th century, Russia was ripe for a major sociopolitical upheaval and Marxism was a growing force. Nothing of the sort exists today. Other than some Pussy Riot sluts acting all hysterical periodically; other than some angry gay activists throwing temper tantrums now-and-then; other than a suicidal Islamist fanatic blowing him or herself up from time-to-time, there is no major movement brewing inside the country that can even remotely pose a real threat to the Russian state. Unlike in 1914, Russian society is not in despair. In fact, Russia has had one of the fastest growing middle class in the world. If Russia did not collapse in 1990s, it certainly ain't going to do so now or in the foreseeable future despite any Western sanctions. Unlike in 1914, Russia today is a massive nuclear superpower who's military capabilities rival that of the West's. Unlike in 1914, Europe and much of Eurasia (including Turkey) are very dependent on Russian energy and trade for survival. More importantly, unlike in 1914, the Russian nation has learned the lessons of the 20th century all too well.

With a land stretching virtually from the Atlantic to the Pacific, with natural resources virtually inexhaustible and with a massive nuclear armed military that is unbeatable on the battlefield, whatever serious campaign, military or otherwise, the Russian nation decides to embark upon today will be a safe bet. Having suffered the darkest period of its history during the first half of the 20th century, the Russian nation is once again on the rise and will certainly be continuing its forward momentum for the foreseeable future.

Once more: From an Armenian perspective, any degree of increased Russian control over Turkey is welcome. The relationship in question does not have the potential of deepening or lasting very long. At best, Moscow-Ankara relations promises to be business like and remain at arms length. With that said, there will always be the potential of hostilities between the two nations.



Fear of the Russian Bear by Turks is as prevalent now as it has ever been. When the time is right, and if Moscow decides they can afford going to war to establish a wider buffer zone around their vulnerable underbelly and perhaps obtain direct access to warm water ports for their navy, there is nothing Turkey - or its friends - can do to stop the Bear.

After all is said and done, one thing remains crystal clear for me:  If Western Armenia is to get liberated someday (and I think it's a very real possibility), it wont come by the way of an Armenian-Kurdish cooperation (what a laughable idea) as some delusional ARF-ers think and it wont happen as a result of collaborating with Islamized Armenians inside Turkey (another laughable idea). It will only happen as a result of Russian-Armenian troops once again marching westward from the south Caucasus. Kurds and Islamized Armenians will be utilized as factors on the ground only when such a Russian-Armenian force from the Caucasus enters Western Armenia. Therefore, the road to Western Armenia starts in Eastern Armenia. And the keys to Western Armenia's liberation are found in the Kremlin. The aforementioned is the only hypothetical possibility we Armenians must learn to recognize and hope for. And this is the long-term, pan-national agenda we Armenians must embark on, that is if we want to see Western Armenia liberated one day.



When remembering historic events such as the Battle of Sarikamish and the Russian Caucasus Campaign during the First World War, Armenian nationalists cant help but be reminded of the plight of Western Armenia. The Russian-Armenian advance into the Armenian Highlands during the First World War shows us all that doing so is very possible (given that it is done under the right circumstances) and it encourages us to prepare, at least mentally, for the next historic opportunity. I have no doubt that when opportunity does come knocking once again, a renewed Caucasus Campaign will yield a drastically different result. I have no doubt that Russians and Turks will come to blows once more. And when it happens, it will be a vastly different outcome. Will we Armenians be ready?

Liberation of Western Armenia

A nation that is tiny, landlocked, impoverished, remote and blockaded by hostile neighbors in a very volatile geographic environment will suffer severe socioeconomic and sociopolitical instability even under the best of circumstances. Therefore, toppling Armenia's "oligarchs" will not solve any of Armenia's most fundamental problems and will in fact make things much worst.


Therefore, the "enemy" is us.








Anyway, that was then, this is now. We need to learn from our mistakes and look forward.







Will Iran participate? Iran's position in such a scenario is more difficult to predict for Iran is an Islamic state and it also has a natural fear of Russians. But, with proper negotiations with Moscow and Yerevan and perhaps some incentives Tehran may very well be convinced to seek the destruction of its historic rival, the Turk, as well.


What about the Kurds? There is a possibility that Kurds may be willing to accept the liberation of Western Armenia if they receive sovereignty in other Kurdish populated territories in exchange. In the event, however, Kurds oppose the liberation of Western Armenia, they will be made to move to northern Iraq or south-west of Van. It's no big deal. During times of geopolitical unrest, these things occur naturally. During their 2006 war against Hezbollah, Israel was been able to displace close to one million Lebanese within two short weeks. The much less capable Artsakh army was able to do the same with Azeris in 1993. Kurds who decide to remain within the liberated territories will do so as Armenian citizens (just as they are Turkish citizens now, there is no reason why they cant be Armenian citizens). Having said that, however, the emphasis should be placed on convincing Kurds to accept sovereignty in territories south and/or west of Van.


The only way we Armenians will be able to get some respect from the international community is by creating a large and powerful nation: A nation that would be able to sit on the table as an equal with major powers. Let's not forget that politics is always dirty business. If we Armenians want our homeland to truly prosper we need to be aggressive. Isn't this how the wealthiest and the most powerful nations on earth got their start? Isn't this how the wealthiest and the most powerful nations on earth live today? To this effect, we need to get rid of our genocide complexes. We need to get rid our our Diasporan mentalities. Unfortunately, we Armenians think small. When one thinks small one accomplishes small. But as long as we remain small, dependent on foreign aid and politically indecisive and thus vulnerable, the international community will give us lip service at best or plot our destruction at worst. It's quite natural, for that is the natural order of international relations. Nevertheless, whether or not we will be able to liberate our historic lands in Western Armenia is more-or-less based upon the following factors:
A settlement of the Artsakh dispute in Armenia's favor; The strength of the Armenian economy; The strength of the Armenian military; The strength of Russian-Armenian alliance; The strength of Armenian-Iranians relations; The strength of Armenian-Kurdish relations; The strength of Armenian-Arab relations; The strength of Armenian-Greek relations; The degree of Turkey's internal problems; The degree of Turkey's problems with Western powers; The readiness of the Armenian

As we have unfortunately been seeing in recent years, throughout our history our people have been Armenia's biggest and most insurmountable obstacle. But with proper Social Engineering (conditioning of the masses) our very talented people can potentially become Armenia's catalyst to a greater future. Despite its severe yet natural growing pains, our homeland in the south Caucasus is making good progress in many areas, but there is a lot more to accomplish.


The Russian factor in Armenia's rebirth











No matter how one chooses to look at it, the fact is that we have an Armenia today simply because of the Russian factor in the region's recent history. The Russian occupation of the southern Caucasus allowed the Armenia's merchant and peasant classes to finally cultivate and fine tune their natural, God given talents within all field of modern civilization. We Armenians are proud to have had great men such as Mikhail Loris-Melikov, Valerian Matadov, Israel Ori, Davit Bek, Mkhitar Sparapet, Garegin Njdeh, the Orbeli brothers, Aram Khachaturyan, Artem Mikoyan, Arno Babajanian, Hovannes Tumanian, Khachatur Abovyan, Hovhannes Baghramyan, Alikhanian brothers, Aram Hambartsumyan, Hovhannes Ayvazovsky, to name only a few - because of the great natural talents we Armenians have been given by God, coupled with the Russian factor in our modern history.



I would like to briefly deviate for a moment for a point I would like to make by asking: How did Armenia's peasantry thank a great patriotic war hero and liberator like Mkhitar Sparapet? ... Armenia's peasantry at the time thanked the great military leader not much unlike how Armenia's peasantry has often thanked its leadership: They murdered Mkhitar Sparapet, cut off his head and sent it as a reconciliation gift to the Turkish Pasha of Tabriz. Our worst enemies have always been found amongst us.

The enemy within: I
diots or traitors?

Once more: The south Caucasus is like a table where Turks, Persians, Azeris, Georgians, Islamists, Western energy interests, Russians and Armenians sit and discuss various matters - and at times fight each other. Imagine this table without its Russian occupant. Imagine Armenia's situation in a Turkic-Islamic dominated political landscape without having the Russian Bear as a geopolitical factor to rely on. Armenia cannot exist without the Russian factor in the region's political climate. Simply put: No Russia in Armenia = no Armenia in the south Caucasus. Russian realize this. Westerners realize this. Turks realize this. Azeris realize this. Again, the only people that do not fully realize this are Armenians.

Which should make one wonder: Why are so many Armenians today trying to undermine Russian-Armenian relations? Which should make one ask: Are these people idiots or traitors? In my opinion, the most accurate answer to the above question would be: A mix of both.

Armenians need to recognize that Armenia is in serious danger today. Washington has marked the country with an agenda that is meant to cause serious political unrest similar to what it has done in the Ukraine and elsewhere. Hosting one of the largest numbers of Western funded NGOs and one of the largest US embassies in the world, Armenia is one of Washington's major targets. Alarmingly, not enough Armenians are recognizing this danger. As we have seen in places such as Venezuela, Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Syria, Serbia, Russia and Ukraine, Western funded NGOs and their supporters remain the single most dangerous element inside Armenia today. It should be of little consolation that Washington does not yet have the number's advantage in Armenia currently because Western assets in the small nation are like cancerous cells that can grow and metastasize unexpectedly. Many nations have made the mistake of not taking Western led and financed assets in their countries seriously.

Behind the seemingly “humanitarian” agendas of Armenia’s Western-funded activists lurks a very dangerous Western imperial agenda.

Although they talk about "civil society" (which in reality means tolerance of ethnic minorities, religious cults and homosexuals), "freedom of speech" (which in reality means allowing Western propagandists a free hand in the country to manipulate the sentiments of the ignorant masses) and "democracy" (which in reality means allowing the manipulated masses to decide political discourse), the expulsion of Russia as a geopolitical factor from Armenia is precisely what Armenia's Western-led political opposition groups like Raffi Hovanissian's Heritage party, Vartan Oskanian's Civilitas, Paruyr Hayriakian's National Self-Determination Union party, David Grigorian's Policy Forum Armenia and and Jirayr Sefilian's Preparliament movement, as well as an army of Western funded think tanks, NGOs and their supporters are what they are after.

Armenia’s Russian backed security services need to monitor every single NGO or individual that receives funding from any Western nation. Once more I would like to bring to the readers attention the following partial list of individuals and entities currently working to undermine Russo-Armenian relations by advancing Western sociopolitical agendas inside Armenia today -
Looking at the overall low quality of the Armenian Diaspora today and the Western-led activists in the political opposition in Armenia, I'm afraid not much seems to have changed in the Armenian psyche: If ever given a chance, there are a number of nutjobs in Armenia that would gladly behead Armenia's leadership today and present the head on a platter to Westerners, Turks and Jews. Armenians today are ready and willing to decapitate their leadership for their political illusions and/or personal ambitions.

While bloodless, what Western-led whores like Zaruhi Boztanjian did in Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg was essentially the same: She figuratively beheaded her nation's leader in a public square in front of foreign leaders known to be hostile towards Armenia. I'm sure that in an earlier time or under different circumstances, her beheading of the Armenian President to appease foreigners would not have been such a figurative one. Needless to say, it was only a matter of time before puppet-masters in the West rewarded Zaruhi for her blatant treachery. Soon after her abominable act it was reported that she would be sent to the US for a six-month training program at the CIA affiliated Tufts University. I'd like to remind the reader that Tufts University is the Alma Mater of Raffi Hovannisian and Vartan Oskanian. With that said, the treasonous whore Boztanjyan is not alone in trying to decapitate the Armenian state. 

With Armenia's acceptance into the Russian-led Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), Washington has been doing its best to prepare the field for a Ukrainian type uprising in Armenia. Therefore, in the coming months, expect Raffi Hovanissian's Heritage Party and Jirayr Sefilian's Նախախորհրդարան (Preparliament) to provoke sociopolitical unrest, similar to what has been happening in Ukraine and elsewhere in recent years.

Threats of a violent coup on April 24

As the historic centennial of the Armenian Genocide approaches the biggest obstacle to commemoration events in Armenia will not be Turks or Azeris but Armenians. With Armenia's official entry into the Russian-led EEU sealed, Uncle Sam's angry operatives in Armenia have gotten increasingly desperate. Preparliament extremists will attempt a regime change in Armenia come next April 24, during the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide - by the use of arms if need be! In their public speeches Preparliament extremists are also implying that the murder of Armenian security officials and politicians is justified now because, in their opinion, the two serve foreign interests (i.e. Russian interests). No, this is not some satirical dark comedy skit. This is real, folks. Listen to them speak for themselves -
Սթափվե´ք, այլապես կգա այն օրը, երբ ժողովուրդը կստիպի ձեզ սթափվել: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNEz5W9_lKo
How despicable of these people to exploit one of the greatest human tragedies in history. How despicable of them to exploit the memories of 1.5 million Armenian martyrs. All of this, however, should have been expect for a little country that hosts one of the largest CIA headquarters in the world and a little country where thousands of Western funded NGOs operate freely. Can anyone name me any self-respecting nation-state today where such kinds of threats are made publicly and those making such threats are not taken in by police to be questioned or imprisoned? Preparliament's equivalent in any Western/developed nation would today have been hunted down like dogs. Preparilament extremists are shamefully taking advantage of Armenia’s ample political freedoms to cause unrest in the country.

Shamefully, not a single voice of concern or protest has yet been heard anywhere in Armenian society, even amongst Diasporan circles where Armenian Genocide commemorations are taken very seriously. It's not that Armenians support these imbeciles. Despite how they try to spin their lack of popularity, Preparliament has a very small following of activists. The problem here, as I see it, is Armenian apathy, political illiteracy, general indifference and cowardice. Times like this remind me that we Armenians don't have a backbone or honor when it comes to our homeland. You curse an Armenian man's mother and he will risk everything to see your blood - but the same could careless about what happens to his motherland. Had Turks gathered at the Armenian border and hurled insults at Armenian mothers Armenian men would have gone to war and resurrected Tigran the Great's empire in doing so. But people are screwing with Mother Armenia on a daily basis but that's ok because the typical Armenian male in Armenia today is more interested in protecting his family member's vaginas from foreign intrusion then in protecting his motherland from foreign invasion. In the big picture, this general indifference towards the homeland is the underlying factor to many of Armenia's fundamental problems today and it is more-or-less why we have Preprliament type freaks running around with impunity inside Armenian society.

Preparliament extremists are publicly threatening to kill (սատկացնել) Armenian officials and security personal as if they are animals because according to them Armenian authorities serve Russian interests. Yet, no police investigation and no outrage from any corner of Armenian society. Are there any limits to our people's self-destructive behavior and stupidity? Perhaps the killing of Preparliament members is now justified as well, specially since their actions in Armenia directly serve the interests of Western powers and Turks. It is not surprising that Armenia's Western-led activists have lately become the darlings of Azeri news media -
Armenian opposition warns it may revert to armed protests: http://www.azernews.az/aggression/74211.html
Armenian opposition calls for removal of authorities: http://www.azernews.az/aggression/75284.html
Although they speak of "nationalism", "human rights" and "civil society", Armenia's Western-led activists are wolves in sheep's clothing. They serve foreign masters and are in fact the enemies within. It is their kind that has ruined Armenian statehood time-and-again. It is their kind that has turned Armenia into a desolate battlefield time-and-again. It is their kind that has kept Armenia torn between great powers. It is their kind that murdered and beheaded the great Mkhitar Sparapet. Representatives of Preparliament - along with Paruyr Hayriikyian's National Self-Determination Union, David Grigorian's Policy Forum Armenia, Raffi Hovanissian's Heritage Party and Vartan Oskanian's Civilitas - represent the single greatest threat to Armenian statehood for they are cancerous cells within the Armenian body.

Ten years ago I would have somehow found room in my heart to understand these crazy people. Today, despite how hard I try I cannot find any rationale behind what they are trying to do. Allow me to also say that at worst Armenia's despised "regime" is no worst than most fledgling governments around the world today. And in many ways Armenia's current political system is actually better than that of most fledgling governments. Armenians are not fleeing Armenia because of "corruption" and "injustice", Armenians are fleeing Armenia because of two fundamental reasons: The mass hysteria being created and spread by Armenia's Western-led political opposition and Armenian օտարամոլութիւն. As the modern Armenian slogan - որտեղ հաց այնտեղ կաց - implies, Armenians, not much unlike gypsies, are ready to pack up and go when things are not to their liking.

More impotently: Didn't we see enough death and destruction by the ideological brethren of our Preparliament types in places such as Venezuela, Greece, Serbia, Ukraine, Libya, Egypt and Syria? Haven't we seen democracy now(!) extremists and civil society fagots destroy enough countries around the world?

Preparilament extremists should play with fire in their homes, not in my homeland!

Once more, Armenia's self-destructive peasantry is very willing to burn down their village to save it from imaginary monsters that only exist in their heads. Very surreal indeed. Armenia are still generations way from truly deserving political freedom for Armenians do not yet understand the responsibilities that come with having an nation-state.

In their unbridled hate and jealousy, massive arrogance and egotism, mental and emotional illness, political ignorance and in some cases treasonous pursuits, Armenians today continue being Armenia's first and foremost obstacle. If one unfortunate day, like a day after Russian forces are somehow forced to retreat from the south Caucasus and Western powers begin bombing Armenia for one geopolitical reason or another, it would be Armenia's Western-led activists appearing on CNN and BBC to explain an/or excuse why the "democratic world" needed to bomb their "authoritarian" homeland into submission. We saw similar processes play out in places such as Serbia, Ukraine, Iraq, Libya and Syria. Armenia's Western-led political opposition should be a reminder to us all that throughout our history the Armenian state has had to prepare for battle not only against external enemies but also against internal enemies -
Due to its very difficult geographic location Armenia is a nation that demands the most of its sons and daughters. I'm afraid Armenia's sons and daughters are not yet up to the task given to them by destiny. I had a very harsh awakening on March 1, 2008 when I woke up that day to find tens-of-thousands of my "compatriots" ransacking our capitol city in the name of a filthy criminal that had already once raped and pillaged the country during the 1990s. Before 2008, like many of you reading this, I was very positive about Armenians - even arrogant about our perceived strength. I thought we had more-or-less learned from our previous mistakes. I thought we had a nationalistic and powerful Diaspora in the US. I thought we were somehow better than all the others. Well, not anymore.  I was profoundly impacted by what I saw happen on March 1, 2008 and by what I have been seeing since then. Watching Armenian activists last year protesting in the vilest of manners against a allied nation that has single-handedly kept Armenia from disappearing from the world's map and against a man that is the greatest ruler of our times was profoundly depressing for me.

Today, I have but one prayer: God, please save Armenia from democracy.

I hope the readers can now begin to understand that political illiteracy is part of the reason why we Armenians have not had a state to be proud about in well over one thousand years. I hope the reader now understands why I say democracy is one of the most serious threats facing Armenia today. I hope the reader now understands why I say Armenians need to be ruled by an authoritarian government. I hope the reader now understands why I reserve more hope in Russians than in Armenians when it comes to the security of Armenia. I hope the reader now understands why I have been saying that one must search the deepest African jungle or the remotest Arabian desert village to find a tribe of people more politically ignorant and self-destructive as us Armenians. 

In my opinion, Armenians per se do not deserve any credit to any of Yerevan's diplomatic successes. A handful of men - the Karabakh clan in particular - are why Yerevan has expertly navigated the turmoil of the south Caucasus during the past twenty years and the same is the reason why Armenia is allied to Russia.

The pursuit of Western fairytales such as "democracy" and "human rights" in Armenia are dangerous red-herrings that only serve to stagnate the fledgling nation politically and economically and prevent Armenians from collectively pursuing more important, more strategic matters facing our embattled nation. With all that said, I believe better times lie ahead. Despite its severe growing pains, Armenia today stands poised to become a major regional trade hub. Despite its Western-led self-destructive political opposition's wishes, Armenia stands poised to be a strategic point between the EEU and the Middle East, Turkey, Iran and Europe. I finally see some light at the end of our long and dark tunnel. Thankfully, we have had some competent leaders at the helm in Yerevan. President Sargsyan's decision to join the Russian led EEU was a wise geostrategic move that will begin paying enormous dividends in the future for Pax Russica in the south Caucasus holds many promises. Therefore, it's high time we use this historic opportunity for the betterment of our sacred homeland in order to strengthen it so that when the day comes to move westward, Armenia will be ready to accomplish its sacred mission.

In conclusion, we Armenians desperately need to place more emphasis on the heroic aspects of our vastly rich national history. We Armenians desperately need to better understand our national history. We Armenians desperately need to better understand ourselves. We Armenians desperately need to better understand the harsh realities of the political world we live in. We Armenians desperately need to better understand the importance of deepening Armenia's ties to Russia. It's high time we collectively strengthened the Armenian homeland instead of undermining it in our pursuit of outlandish Western fantasies.

Let us therefore put aside our Washingtonian wet dreams, EUrotic fantasies, self-pity and Disporan mentalities and let's properly salute the heroic participants of the Russo-Armenian army at the Battle of Sarikamish - an epic battle where brave Armenian warriors from the Caucasus together with their Christian Orthodox Slavic brethren from the north brought the mighty Ottoman army to its knees and in doing so liberated Western Armenia! The reader may be interested to know that the Battle of Sarikamish has been turned into somewhat of a solemn holiday in Turkey in recent years. Every year, the Turkish military contemplatively commemorates the historic event that took place between December 1914 and January 1915. Therefore, in my humble opinion, I think it would be very appropriate, I would even say polite, to wish all Turks a very Happy Sarikamish!

And I wish you all a very Happy Sarikamish.  Let's hope that the blessed memory of all those Armenians and Russians that gave their lives for the liberation of Western Armenia may inspire a new generation of brave warriors. And let's collectively pray that Sarikamish II - of course without the first one's Bolshevik ending - is not too far down the Anatolian road...

January, 2015


The Battle of Sarikamish

Russian-Armenian trenches in the forests of Sarikamish




















Source: http://wapedia.mobi/en/Battle_of_Sarikamis

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Historical context

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Russian-Persian War







Armenian, Russian Presidents open Hill of Honor




Russia, Our Best Friend




















100 лет назад Османская империя начала войну против России



Положение Османской империи накануне Первой мировой войны












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ИА REGNUM: Развивали ли вы военные связи с другими государствами?




Честь имею!

Regarding the little known Russian involvement during Armenia's 1918 war of liberation:

Shoulder to Shoulder in Armenia during May 1918
  The contribution of Russian officers to the Armenian independence

By Hrant Sarkisov















Source: http://armenia.ru/

A partial list of prominent Armenians that have contributed greatly to the betterment of Armenian-Russian relations

Israel Ori

Valerian Madatov

Valerian Madatov: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerian_Madatov

Mikhail Loris-Melikov

File:LorisMelikov Aivazovsky.jpg

Ivan Aivazovsky


Khachatur Abovyan


Orbeli Brothers
Alikhanian Brothers


Gevork Vartanian

Gevork Vartanian: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gevork_Vartanian

Marshal Ivan Baghramyan


Aram Khachaturyan

Aram Khachaturian 1971.png
Aram Khachaturyan: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aram_Khachaturian

Victor Hambartsumyan

Victor Hambartsuamyan: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Ambartsumian

Artem Mikoyan

Artem Mikoyan: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artem_Mikoyan

Anastas Mikoyan

Anastas Mikoyan: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anastas_Mikoyan

Arthur Chilingarov

Arthur Chilingarov:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artur_Chilingarov

Sergei Lavrov

Sergei Lavrov: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey_Lavrov

Margarita Simonyan



  1. I wish you all a very happy Sarikamish.

  2. One thing we know well are the liberal types in their attacks against Putin and all who seek closer relations with Russia, but in Russia's media sphere I have noticed a certain trend of attacking Putin.

    The liberal failed, so now the bets are on the "nationalists" to get Putin out of the Kremlin.

    I am noticing these people everywhere now. Commenting on youtube, news sites, and popular blogs that cover the events in Novorossia.

    Now its "zhid-Putin" (kike-yid for english equivalent) betrayed everybody, has sold Novorossia down the river and so on. Russians in Russia don't have any rights, mongrel immigrants taking over everywhere. So on... and so forth...

    Basically, these rats waited for the euphoria after Crimea to settle down, for difficult situation to settle in (ruined infrastructure in the Donbass, lots of people killed, maimed, displaced) and they squek out of every corner.

    Given the general "debate" tactics and the terminology they use, I can only assume that is is an organized effort. The liberal types are out, they are hated and they are on the defensive -- so now the "patriots" and "nationalists" take center stage.

    They also don't have any solutions. I recently watched an anna-news debate betwwen Strelkov and Boris Mironov (opposition type). Well Mironov was all over the place, Putin is responsible for the ethnic cleansing of Russians in in Chechnya, Putin could have changed the economy for self-reliance but didn't, Putin broke agreements with Ukraine. Everything is Putin's fault.
    Strelkov asked, so "what are you proposing? you want to take revenge against the president?" That was left without an answer, for none of Russia's problems did this individual have a solution -- only blaming Putin for every woe as if Putin is the almighty himself.

    Same thing with Armenians, whether its the "liberals" or the "nationalists" -- pay attention to reactionary emotional blather, jew-hating and that the ruling elites are all of course, "kikes", arrogance and delusions of grandeur outside the realm of real possibilities.

    1. Russia is a very large. Russia is a multi-ethnic society. Russia can be torn apart via ultra-liberalism. Russia can be torn apart via far-right extremism. Western powers have used the ultra-nationalist types in parallel with ultra-liberal types in Russian society. Isn't Western support for Pussy Riot and Alexei Navalny enough proof of this? Go to an extreme right group website like Stormfront or VNN and look at their Russian section. As far back in time as you can go you will find an army "nationalistic" Russians spewing vitriol against Putin. We have seen more of the liberal types in Russia only because they outnumber the far-right extremists types.

      What I am saying is they have both sides covered, and Moscow has an uphill battle.

      Closer to home: We have Armenians that directly blame Putin every time a "dark" Armenian gets beaten up or killed in Russia by right wing extremists. We have Armenians that blame Putin because he is liberal enough to allow Russian Muslims to build Mosques. How can Putin ever win? After twenty years of pushing liberal/globalist ideals upon Armenian society, now that Armenia is a full member in the EEU they are beginning appeal to Armenians' nationalistic senses. I suspect this approach will gain momentum in the coming months and years...

    2. Skhara highlights an interesting strategy long used by the west. The Anglo-American-Jewish alliance will use whatever tool is convenient at the moment to strike its enemy, and then discard those tools like a used napkin when the enemy has been defeated (like the Kurds at the end of the first war of aggression against Iraq in the 1990s) or outright abandon those tools when the plan fails (like Georgia in August 2008). Same with liberals and right-wingers. The problem in the case of nationalists is that oftentimes they are impudent, uneducated idiots who can barely see past their own noses, let alone make strategic calculations; hence the "nationalist nutjob" phenomenon that Arevordi has identified. Usually these nationalists are just simpletons who are angry but lack the education/intelligence to place the blame for the poor state of their countries at the responsible parties (almost always the west). Nationalists often also have extremely unrealistic expectations, and dangerously overestimate their own individual and national capabilities (e.g. "Armenians can take on Turkey and Azerbaijan all by ourselves" or "Putin should have just ordered a genocide in Chechnya and militarily occupied all of the former Soviet and Warsaw pact nations")

      Another manifestation of the west's varied weaponization of nationalism is the way German National Socialism ("Nazism") is framed. According to the west it is the ultimate evil when it appears in Germany (where they were trying to protect Germany from the Marxist threat), but when Baltic or Ukrainian Nazi collaborators/wannabes come up then all of a sudden the west expresses respect and sympathy because they were "trying to protect their countries from the Marxist/Soviet threat". It's because Baltic and Ukrainian "Nazis" fanatically hate Russians more than they are capable of caring about their own nations, while Nazism in Germany would focus the Anglo-American-Jewish occupiers of Germany rather than Putin's Russia. Same with Poland, nationalism is under attack in western Europe and EU vassals like Greece because it threatens their multicultural and mass immigration plans, but welcomed in Poland because Polish nationalists fanatically hate Russians. Same with Georgian nationalists, and to a much lesser degree with certain Armenian nationalists.

      And same with the nationalists in Russia, easily manipulatable idiots who think they are doing something noble by gathering in packs of five and stabbing Central Asian or Caucasian migrants on the subway at nighttime, and who believe Putin is destroying the Russian Federation because he is not as extreme as Hitler or Genghis Khan. At the end of the day these idiots are the mirror-image of the gay rights activists and Pussy Riot sluts, too stupid to see the irony of marching shoulder-to-shoulder with pro-western ultraliberal activists against Moscow. Such stupidity deserves no pity, the Kremlin should and will crush these scum.

    3. And of course both Pussy Riot and Alexei Navalny are supporters of Maidan. If anyone remembers the attempted "Maidan" in Moscow on Bolotnoj square where liberals, homos, neo-nazis, feminists, skin-heads, jews, all joined together to scream about how horrible Putin is. A circus freak show is what it was.

      There is always a button to press with whoever something happens to be important in their own simpleton understanding of the world.

      Just recently in Lugansk there was a disturbing killing that took place of a commander of one of the guerila batallions of Lugansk Peoples Republic. Alexander Bednov (call name "Batman"), was killed in an ambush along with 6 of his bodyguards. This has some importance because his group is the only "recon-guerilla" type group that is well know and they put out a lot of videos of decimated armoured columns of their enemy, clearing towns and villages of the enemy, and so on. There was some conflict with the Lugansk authorities, but some mysterious entities just killed Bednov in a mafia-style hit.

      So without knowing all the fact, the blogosphere lit up with accusations specifically at Putin -- that it is Putin, Putin's henchmen and so on.

    4. What you describing probably is not that different in Armenia: play both sides against the middle.

      However, one could make the case that Russia's problems really come down to having an oligarchical form of capitalism that wants to be Western, or at least offers no difference. Along with that comes the professional class who love all things Western. So what are you fighting and why? Many argue that the Kremlin's strategy for quite some time has been what might be called convergence with the EU. Now that war has been declared, what is the message to give the troops?


    5. Eurasian,

      I agree. Western power lies in its highly addictive pop culture and materialistic life style. The 1990s started a precedence in Russia because the Soviet system had failed miserably and the Western system looked larger than life. As a result, Russia's gates were opened wide to all kinds of Western influences and operatives. By the 2000s, with Putin at the helm, Moscow did its best to come to some form of balance between the Western way and the Russian way. Russia's political/financial/military elite, including Putin and company, would have preferred to enjoy the benefits of both words. This was a flaw in Russia that the West recognized. When it seemed that Putin's Russia was succeeding somewhat in maintaining the equilibrium between east and west, the West decided to pull the run from under Moscow's feet. Now, Moscow is faced with a massive task to redo about twenty five years of damage. The task wont be easy or mess free.

      Although Russians do suffer terribly from Westernmania, we Armenians have a worst case of it. What's more, we Armenians do not have our Putin equivalent.

      Again, I'd like to remind the reader: If we yearn to speak their language, listen to their music, watch their movies, worship their currency, posses their products, live in their lands, learn in their insinuations and get our news from their sources... how can we ever think of them as our enemies?

      This, in a nutshell, is why an American official can get up on a press podium in Washington and start an uprising in a far away country merely by calling for it. In the big picture, it is we the sheeple that give them the Western political system their destructive power.

  3. I hope all of the regulars here had a great New Year's Eve with their friends and families. Thanks for contributing to this blog; it's remarkable what a great medium of change for ideas and knowledge this place has become. And thank you Arevordi for putting in all of the work that you do in order to keep this blog an updated and quality place to learn. I'm looking forward to the Eurasian Union taking off in 2015; in general I think things look promising for Armenia due to the wise policies undertaken earlier during the Kocharyan and Sargsyan presidencies starting to pay dividends, but the world at large is getting tenser and riskier.

    Below are various interesting articles. The titles are enough to get the gist of the article in most cases:

    Putin: First CSTO humanitarian center will open in Armenia


    Classified Evidence: US Soldiers Raped Boys In Front Of Their Mothers

    The war-crimes of the self-described world's "policeman" are numerous and disgusting. Yet Paruhi Hayrikyan and other opposition traitors regurgitate ad nauseum every word of criticism which American diplomats and -controlled media have to say about our Հայրենիք or our allies like Russia, Iran, or Bashar Assad.


    Russians Rage Against America

    Frankly I'd be shocked if "only" "75% of Russians do not believe that their country is responsible for the events in Ukraine". Is a quarter of Russia's population retarded?


    Abe Foxman's son marries partner in same-sex wedding

    I'm glad to see this piece of trash's family being afflicted with the poison he and his kind have been spreading to their host nation for years. Like all parasites, in the end these people are self-destructive.


    Ted Cruz is billed as a Passover vacation attraction

    Cruz and his fellow Israel-worshippers are devoid of even an iota of dignity. If this is the quality of politician that American-level economic success, free media, and democracy result in the more rational segments of the democracy now(!) activists in Armenia and the diaspora have some serious soul-searching to do regarding the type of system they want for Armenia.



    Gazprom confirms Ukraine settled $1.65bn gas debt

    Idiots, they could have been a founding member of the Eurasian Union, had large amounts of their debt forgiven, maintained sovereignty over Crimea and Novorossiya, and gotten the same energy they are paying for now at a discount minus all of the terrible death and destruction.


    Սերժ Սարգսյանն ու Ռոբերտ Քոչարյանը քննարկել են ՀՀ նախագահի թեկնածուի հարցը․ «ՀԺ»

    I don't know how reliable this is, but it says President Sargsyan and former President Sargsyan have discussed Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian as a potential candidate for the next president.


    Armenia Claims To Have Retaliated Against Azerbaijan For Helicopter Shootdown

    No official details from either Armenia or Azerbaijan.

    1. Thank you for your indispensable participation here, Sarkis.

  4. I got a kick out of watching this "debate":

    If you want to see the definition of banality -- there it is! The banality of the anglo world media establishment.

  5. That was a pretty humurous article "Russians rage against America". The "Pindos" part -- that term has spread like a wildfire all across the post-Soviet space and is pretty much the coloquial expression when referring to Americans. Un-official Russian conversations don't use the term "Americans" any more. Its pindossy. Apparently the Russian peacekeeping troops in Bosnia and Hercegovina picked up the term as this is how the Croats and the Serbs referred to the Americans. Russians decided that the term described perfectly the "armed to the teeth but 'cowardly' " American forces.

    Also, a comment on liking all things "western". Indeed, when in Rostov I observed the things you would typically see in sheeple behavior in the US. I was at a 'mall-type' facility with a "food-court" and saw women with their kids sitting there and chowing down on the poison like fried chicken and french fries. Kvas is a fantastic drink and certainly cutting out coca-cola for Kvas would be a win for Russia's economy and for the health of the public -- it is a drink that balances PH, electrolytes, packed with vitamins and minerals, quenches thirst and hits the spot when you feel hunger. So yes Putin, get rid of Coca-cola and promote Kvas.

    1. I agree, and it's not just Coke that should be shunned in favor of national alternatives. I'd like to Russian airlines start using Russian civilian aircraft again for medium and long haul flights. It is wrong that Russia should be dependent and held hostage to Airbus and Boeing when Russia is a space-faring nation - look at the damage western sanction against aircraft parts did to Iran's air safety record. Additionally, Russians should ditch Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo in favor of domestic companies like Yandex, Mail.ru, Kaspersky, and others who have their servers and data centers in Russian territory. It's a sad fact that any project affiliated with western partners will be compromised ideologically, as is the case in the Russian-edition of Wikipedia.

      There are other technological areas where Russia should divorce itself from western companies, like cell phones and tablets. Instead of paying premium prices to US-based companies like Apple, and indirectly funding Washington in the process, for backdoor-laden devices, Russians could look to domestic start-ups (http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/05/business/international/russias-first-smartphone-goes-on-sale.html) or to Asian alternatives (https://www.techinasia.com/2013-list-new-asian-homegrown-smartphone-brands/). Of course it would be even better to see made-in-Russia microchips and operating systems used in these products because Windows, OSX/iOS, Android, and various Linux distributions are almost certainly compromised.

      And of course there are social areas as well, the most obvious of which would be ignoring Hollywood's movies (which almost always inserts some stereotypical negative image of Russia in its films) for domestic cinema. In this regard, both Russia and Armenia need to force its domestic producers to stop copying American pop culture and actually create worthwhile alternatives which educate and uplift the local populations - I'm targeting Armenia's "crime drama" shit specifically for criticism. Fortunately there are also bright spots, like the WWI documentary Svediatsi found, RT, the Armenian Njteh film and others. But focusing on educational/documentary mass media is not enough, because it's the mass media of entertainment which most people start to imitate and get their social norms and values from.

      ps apart from Pindos, I don't understand why Russians don't openly call the Europeans and Americans faggots and pussies in general conversations. If I was Russian, I'd laugh at every European and American male I came across and constantly point out that they have become so feminized, castrated and flabby under "freedom and democracy" that their women have to turn to third world immigrants or lesbianism to experience satisfaction. It's only right because western Europeans are so quick to insult Russia/Putin, but better Russia's "undemocratic and intolerant society" than the sick, dying nightmares that western European societies have become. Those pathetic losers in Europe deserve every kind of insult after the servileness they have demonstrated to the US over the past decade on every issue of significance.

    2. Skhara,

      From what I recall, you had first gone to Armenia as a child fleeing the pogroms in Baku. You then lived in Russia for some time. Currently, you reside in the US. Your biography makes your take on political matters very valuable, in my opinion. So please share your overall impressions/observations from your trip to the region.

    3. And probably buckwheat for breakfast instead of corn flakes. I have from credible source that it worked well in keeping in check symptoms of Parkinson's disease and depression (due to the high content in dopamine).

    4. @Sarkis -- I generally agree with you, but concerning the tech and computer stuff -- Russia does have the know how for domestic, I was convinced of that myself, but the problem is global standardization. It makes it difficult for both Russian systems integrators and end users of systems if they go their own. It would take a long time to work the global market or to make these systems so similar to their competitors in the west, that users can switch from one to other without missing a beat. Its not just microsoft type stuff. I work in Controls Engineering, and Russia mostly makes use of German systems, and North American based Rockwell. There are a lot of cheap Chinese automation systems, but even the Chinese developed their state of the art high speed rail system based on the Siemens controls platform. The other problem right now that Russia has is that that unlike the empire of west with a billion people, that can provide the labor to develop and maintain these systems, Russia critically lacks the worker force and the skilled cadres to execute. After Yeltsin's "capitalism" took, there is a whole generation of young people who's were educated in the wrong professions when it comes to developing systems and infrastructure. I've communicated with some people who went to school in the 90s and 2000s in Russia and Ukraine, and their professions are mostly: financials, managers, laywers, paralegals, marketers... That brings up a question: where are the system's designers, the egineers, the factory equipment operators, the electricians, the mechanics? I looked into what my peers in Russia tend to make, and found that these are very smart people, very capable, but make anywhere from 4 to 6 times less than I do. In Rostov, a controls engineer makes a month as much as a cop. Kind of a bunch of crap if you ask me for people to go through difficult and stressful schooling and they continue to work in a very challenging field, but get paid the same as a cop. There is of coarse still a problem of a lot of low-level type corruption, obviously Putin is not one who could deal with it, there is just too much of it on the lower echelons.

      Yes that's right. Family fled Baku in 1989. Some things I remeber was a major shock, shake-up after the Sumgait events, deployment of the army and military police who patrolled on practically all bus stops, subways, and major prospects. The city we stayed at in Armenia was Hrazdan. On my trip just recently, we stayed with relatives at that exact same apartment which was a little surreal to me. I remember everything being much larger than it really is- (but I was small then, so I suppose things looked bigger). Was stricken by obvious signs of poverty. 1989 this was still the Soviet Union, but today I saw a lot broken roads as well as private mansions (no such mansions existed in 1989). One impression I got was that even in the small and landlocked Armenia, there is potential -- but I feel that potential can be realized with downright despotism (enlightened despotism). Took a trip to Stepanakirt from Hrazdan (have some friends there) - had some fresh blackberries on the way and was a little bit disturbed by how much organic blackberries cost in a supermarket in the US, and in eastern Armenia and Artsakh they are snacks for cows. Plenty of agriculture in Armenia, where a sound economic policy could make Armenia an exporter of all those berries, plums, pears, lamb meat, cow meat, and milk products to Russia. So I have some hope at least that these projects can start to make way over the years in the Eurasian Union.

  6. We need to remind ourselves that Europe is a continent under American-Judaic occupation. Europe and its vassal states are not sovereign; therefore their populations are most likely to be eviscerated, faggotized, deracinated ,debauched, etc. It is not their fault, a vanquished nation, a vanquished continent ends up the way it is now. Furthermore the occupation powers are exerting sophisticated leading edge technologies and boring their indoctrinating techniques on fraudulent and pseudoscientific theories to back up and incrust spurrious dogmas on a vanquished and headless populace. I was listening to an interview by Nune with the premier of the "Western Armenian territories". The man's lofty dissertation came unstuck when in a moment of self exhilaration he postulated that citizenship of Western Armenian is open to "all". One does not have to be Armenian or descended from Armenia. If that is the case I would like to remind the gentleman that he can collect numerous applications for citizenship from the continent of africa, without much effort. If the gentlemen thinks that an IC of Justice will redeeem those territories on account of the " number of citizens" these virtual teritories have, good luck to him. Hypothetically speaking he can easily amass 5m new citizens from Zimbabwe, who gladly will apply for citizenship in exchange for a corn on the cob. This is a tragicomedy. Also what is preventing Turks from applying for his WesternAm citizenship , if it is open to all ?. It is game , set ,and match; turks become citizens of WA ( the gentlemen made it abundantly clear that they can not discriminate on grounds of religion, race, or political affiliation for the granting of citizenship, based on the human rights doctrine espoused by the UN.) and the gentleman can go and make his claims to Nazeritin Hodja. Once you apply the insensate ruling of No discrimination, you have had it, because you are applying discrimination not against others but against your own people.

  7. I thank Arevordi for posting about Sarikamish every year. Many Armenians are clueless about this very significant battle. I was one of them until I found this blog.

    As the blog mentions, Armenian culture (as well as scientific fields) has flourished during Imperial Russia and post-WW2 Soviet Armenia. Armenia and Armenians need access to many resources in order to exert their talents. In order to acquire those resources we either have to control huge chunks of lands (become a superpower) or become allied to a superpower and be part of an economic-military union (EEU-CSTO). There is no other way for Armenia, or any other small nation, to prosper.

    Every country is part, or is trying to become a part of a regional economic union. The Europeans have one, the North Americans have one, the Latin Americans have one, the Africans have one, the East Asian countries have one, why shouldn't the Eurasian countries not have one?! Why should Russia be blamed for creating an economic union, and why should Armenia be blamed for joining it?! To those who claim that Armenia should have chosen the EU, it's safe to tell them good luck convincing turkey, France, Britain and the rest to guarantee Armenia's and Artsakh's territorial integrity, to give us affordable energy and weapons, to help preserve our culture without invading and assimilating it with turkish/western garbage.

    Coming back to Sarikamish and to the Armenian volunteer corps. This may be one of the few periods in recent history where Armenians actually took the right decision and prepared warriors. But I would like to give the readers a small historical context on what could have happened had the following not occurred:

    I suppose most of you know a famous Armenian fedayi called Hrayr Tjokhk. What we know about him is mainly his guerilla wars against the turks and his martyrdom at the well-known battle of Surp Garabed church in Mush. Hray Tjokhk had a different plan. Instead of starting to fight the turks with only a handful of fedayi groups and hiding the mountains of Western Armenia, the ARF should focus on educating the people, the villagers and make them understand that the only way to liberation is through armed struggle. Hrayr Tjokhk basically suggested the party to wait for now, get the backing of the people, and only then organize a big liberation campaign. It is well-known that when an army, or an armed group, has the people on its side, victory and better results are more guaranteed.

    The party at the time did not agree. It is also said that General Andranik was so mad that he slapped Hrayr Tjokhk for what he said. General Andranik was the complete opposite of Hrayr Tjokhk. The former is a mad-man fighter (equivalent to today's Jirayr Sefilian) while the latter was a strategist/diplomat (equivalent to Komandos Ter-Tadevosyan).

    I shared this small piece of information in order to show how much potential Armenians had, and, if planned carefully, not only would the Armenians had organized more successful guerilla wars, but that also would have encouraged Russia to back us directly or indirectly.

    Anyways, enough of the could have, should have, would haves. Let us know our mistakes of the past, as painful as they are, and stop repeating them.

    1. You are welcome, enker,

      I couldn't agree with you more on your comments. General Andranik is in many ways a symbol of our pride as well as symbol of our flaws. We need nationalistic leaders with a clear world view and a clear understanding our people's abilities - as well as our people's disabilities. We need pragmatic leaders with a healthy understanding of international relations and history. We need opportunistic leader that are ready to exploit a superpower like Russia for Armenia benefit. Sadly, we have not produced many such leaders. Today, what we have are low quality officials that sit back and allow Russians to run the entire show and Western-backed mercenaries that are doing their best to turn Armenia into Turkish brothel. The past one thousand years has bred us into being self-hating peasants and petty merchants.

      PS: I agree with you in a larger context. But please don't compare a nutjob like Jirayr Sefilian with a highly regarded general like Andranik. Although I have some fundamental problems with the general's character, Jirayr is not worthy to be mentioned in the same breath as him.

  8. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MF5BU9t3ans

    Military culture and Russians go together like hand and gloves.

    Greetings to Armenian friends. Constantinople will be a Christian city again one day.

  9. Arevordi,

    I agree with EVERY statement that you made. Keep up the great work! If only one in a thousand of our sheeple would care and read your work, Armenia could become truly independent. As it is, I'm afraid it's only a dream.


    1. Many good things have started with a dream...

  10. Some videos of European media debates about Russia and Putin





  11. @Skhara
    I think it does not make sense for Russia to focus on electronics/tablets etc.
    It is more efficient to just buy them from China, that's what the Russian-Chinese deal is about, get hard currency and chinese commodities. Russian engineers and designers better focus on cutting edge military research and production. Good muscles is key to a nation's stability.
    Production can take place in India and China. I would also like to see Armenia as center of hi-tech military research, we have brain muscles.

    Excellent tip on Buckwheat (it is gluten free which makes it much more easy to digest than corn or other grains likewheat). I usually soak them overnight,in the morning I just put the buckwheat in a blender with some honey, apple, berries or whatever flavor, very tasty and rich in nutrients.

    Happy New Year to everyone. Remember, individual health is the foundation for our nation.
    Doctors take care of sick people, healthy people are taken care of by Nature.

    This is a video of a Russian festival. At minute 2:55 there is one Armenian who is famous in Russian circles for his healthy age (95 years old) and his diet (eating only raw food)


    PS: This is the best political blog out there and most comments are of super high intellectual caliber, that makes it hard for common people to interact seeing such well informed discussion. When we have such calibers, it is normal that trolls and shills will stay away, like vampires in the light :) keep it up

    1. I agree with you Aroutin. While I agree with Skhara and others here that Russia needs to do all it can to develop "gadgets" domestically, people don't realize just how difficult it is to start such an industry - and make it competitive. Profit, after all, is still the name of the game. I also think Russia needs to primarily concentrate on exploiting its natural resources, developing its heavy industry and make sure it maintains its procurement of cutting-edge military technology.

      PS: Hippocrates's words "let food be your medicine and medicine be your food" rings truer now than ever before...

    2. @Anon, re:Buckwheat,

      Thank you, glad to be of service. Another tip, seeds of buckwheat applied on accupressure points in Sujok therapy.

  12. Just finished reading the commentary, it has become a very important tradition to wish us all Happy Sarikamish. In this day and age when anti-russian hysteria is becoming the norm and our own traitors are ready to blame Russia for everything bad happening in the country it is more than ever important to poke them in the eye and remind them that if no Russians there would have not been Armenia today. Basically by the end of 18th century what remained from once powerful Armenia was half islamized regions on the last breath. If Russians haven't decided to come south fight Turks and Persians and in the process revive Armenian spirit I highly doubt that anything would have left of us by the end of 19th century. Armenian life as an independent national cultural, scientific, economic or political was almost non-existent in 17-18th centuries. What do we have to show for those time periods? We were dying as a nation and we can't thank enough Russians for making a decision to look South even for their own geopolitical reasons. But today Russians are not even asking for that, they want to be respected for the deeds they did, many Russians died in Armenian lands. I have no words to describe people who call themselves Armenian and are full time Russophobes. Unthankful bustards, what mother gave birth to such a parasite? Probably turkish.

    1. As I have always said, had Ivan not come down to the south Caucasus some two hundred years ago, Armenians today would be living lives not very much unlike Yezdis of the Middle East. Had Ivan not come down to the south Caucasus our Russophobes today would be herding goats or making donkey saddles somewhere in eastern Turkey or norther Iran.

      Although many "proud" Armenians are not emotionally mature enough or intellectually honest enough to realize it, it has been the Russian that helped us Armenians to rediscover our identity and our dignity. It is the Russian that has given us the opportunity to develop our God given talents. It is the Russian that created the right sociopolitical conditions in the south Caucasus for an Armenian state to exist. It is the Russian that provided the security umbrella under which Armenians used to turn a desert into a modern republic. It is the Russian that is continuing to provide Armenia with a lifeline.

      It does not matter why the Russians do it. What matters is that they did it and they are continuing to do it. Instead of fear mongering about the growth of Russian influence inside Armenia we should be rejoicing. We should be using our close friendship with the Bear as an opportunity to strengthen Armenia. Instead, many of us are playing with Armenia's very existence with our pursuit of silly fantasies, similar to as self-destructive peasantry trying to burn down their village to save it from monster that only exist in their minds.

      If Bear ever took its attention away from the south Caucasus one day (as it happened back in 1917) the Wolf will devour Armenia the very next day - and not even a million of our big talking nationalist nutjobs will be able to save her. I am astonished at how little Armenians have understood from history. I am astonished at how politically illiterate we continue to be. And I am actually frightened at how powerful many of us think we Armenians are. Reminds of the cat that looked in the mirror and saw a lion. God forbid this cat ever decides to go out into the wild to play with lions...

      Real Armenian nationalists understand the Russian factor in the creation of an Armenia in the south Caucasus. Real Armenian nationalists understand the Russian factor in maintaining the Armenian state today. Real Armenian nationalists seek to deepen and strengthen Russian-Armenian relations. Real Armenian nationalists try to use Russia as an opportunity to strengthen Armenia. This is what Armenian nationalism should be about. All those who claim to be nationalist but work to weaken Armenia's ties with Russia are actually enemies of the Armenian state whether they realize it or not. As far as I'm concerned, Russophobes in Armenian society are either mentally disturbed idiots or Western operatives - or a combination of both.

      Simply put, an Armenian cannot be a Russophobe and an Armenian nationalist at the same time.

      Sadly, going forward, we can all expect to see nationalism get hijacked by Western powers. They will use nationalistic sentiments in Armenian society (e.g. calls for independence, freedom, national dignity, pride, etc) against Armenia's membership in the EEU. We are already seeing the process begin. Preparliament extremists are living proof of what I am talking about.

      Thank you for reading, TK. I genuinely appreciate your input.

  13. @Arevordi,

    Thank you for reminding us some essential facts. The situation that obtained on the Caucasus front in 1916 does not suggest that Russia, despite her reverses, was far from being defeated. Even on the eastern front 1916 was a year of successes (the Brusilov offensive regained much of the ground lost in previous years, the tactics and equipment of Russian Army improved).
    The successes in the Caucasus could not have been viewed with equanimity by the British (who maintained a very duplicitous relation with Russia - it is clear for instance that the Gallipoli campaign was secretly meant to prevent the Russians from occupying Constantinople). The main goal of the War, the elimination of the Tsar, the breaking up of the Russian Empire and the creation of a Jewish state on its ruins in Ukraine, Poland, Baltic, seemed as remote as ever. It was imperative to activate the fifth column inside Russia. Money from the Jewish- American bankers began to rain on the revolutionary agents (Trotsky, Lenin&Co). Less known was the contribution of the British "Allies" :

    "Trotsky in his book My Life tells of a British financier, who in 1907 gave him a "large loan" to be repaid after the overthrow of the Tsar. Arsene de Goulevitch, who witnessed the Bolshevik Revolution firsthand, has identified both the name of the financier and the amount of the loan. "In private interviews", he said, "I have been told that over 21 million rubles were spent by Lord [Alfred] Milner * in financing the Russian Revolution... The financier just mentioned was by no means alone among the British to support the Russian revolution with large financial donations." Another name specifically mentioned by de Goulevitch was that of Sir George Buchanan, the British Ambassador to Russia at the time. (See Arsene de Goulevitch: Czarism and Revolution, published by Omni Publications in Hawthorne, California, no date; rpt. from 1962 French edition, pp. 224, 230) ...

    The assassination of Rasputin (by the British Secret Intelligence Service) was the signal for the start of the troubles.

    *Alfred Milner (of the Round Table of Cecil Rhodes) was a member of the five-person War Cabinet of Lloyd George and in January 1917 led the British delegation (with Henry Wilson as chief military representative and including a banker and two munitions experts) on the mission to Russia to "boost the morale". Incidentally Milner was also a chief author of the Balfour Declaration of 1917 although it was issued in the name of Arthur Balfour!