Vladimir Zhirinovsky, the leader of LDPR, said that would not give comments to journalists from Armenia ever. Radical nationalists managed to deeply displease and surprise with their ingratitude such a cool-headed politician as Zhirinovsky who presented himself as ‘a great defender of the great Armenian nation.’ Vestnik Kavkaza presents an article by EurAsia Daily, which speaks about an essence of the conflict.
Vladimir Zhirinovsky, the LDPR leader, said that he ‘would be glad to demand’ from Armenia to withdraw its ambassador to Moscow, Oleg Yesayan. Earlier, the diplomat demanded from Zhirinovsky to apologize for his ‘empty and cynical’ statements on Armenia. “I have been defending Armenia for the whole my life. How could he think I said anything bad about Armenia? I was asked about the seizure of the police station and about things that could happen in the country. I said that such developments could take place in any country: orange revolutions happened everywhere. Thank God, everything ended well, and everybody gave up. What is that to Zhirinovsky? Did I organize the riot? In 1991 I was asked: who should take Karabakh? I told the whole world – Armenia should. None of political parties said that. Only I did,” – the Russian MP said, according to Rusarminfo.
Zhirinovsky noted that he said that Armenia is a small country surrounded by mountains, and it is difficult to develop economy under such conditions.
“I also said that most of Armenians are living outside Armenia. Did I lie? Everybody knows that most of Armenians live in Iran, Russia, France, Lebanon, and the USA. I said that if Armenia has no Russian military base, it will be destroyed by the Turks and the Azerbaijanis. It was my forecast. In the same way, I predict that if there is no Russia, Syria will be destroyed. Should I apologize to the Syrian ambassador as well? I made a forecast, and Oleg Yesayan fails to make a forecast. Does he think Azerbaijan or Turkey highly appreciate Armenia? The journalist asked me: what will happen if Armenia has a different government and it rejects the Russian Armenian base? And I predicted: it will be the end for Armenia… If Ambassador Yesayan doesn’t need Russia, it would be better for it not to keep its soldiers far away from its borders. Let the great, powerful, prosperous Armenia talk to Azerbaijan and Turkey directly. We don’t mind,” the LDPR leader said.
According to the MP, he made a forecast in his recent statements about the situation in Armenia as an Oriental expert, that is not an official position of Moscow.
“I am not the Kremlin, and I am not the Russian President. I am an Oriental expert. Over 50 years I am studying the Caucasus, Turkey, Iran. If you are a strong and powerful country, you don’t need anybody’s military bases or support. The great Turkey with 70 million people needs Russia’s support, and Erdogan visited Moscow to deal on cooperation. If Armenia needs no support, Russia won’t interfere. I am not a president or a foreign minister of Russia. My position is a position of a leader of a party. When the president says something, it is an opinion of the Russian state. I have always respected Armenia and defended it at the international arena,” he stressed.
At the same time, Zhirinovsky said that he wouldn’t give comments to journalists from Armenia ever: “If you and Oleg Yesayan are tired of the great defender of the great Armenian nation, I wouldn’t comment on issues which are connected with Armenia anymore. Deal with Vladimir Putin and Sergey Lavrov. If Armenians took offence on me, they wouldn’t hear anything from me anymore.”
