DON'T CHASE "COMPATRIOTS" OUT

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DON'T CHASE "COMPATRIOTS" OUT

Naira Hayrumyan

 

Story From Lragir.Am News:

http://Www.Lragir.Am...ents/View/28212

12:59 30/11/2012

 

Regnum Agency Director Modest Kolerov Addressing The Forum In The

Baltics Said That "the Russian Compatriots Abroad Need Mobilization

Against Assimilation".

 

The Word "compatriot" In Armenia Is Now Associated With Russia. Russia

Is Trying To Attract Citizens Of Post-Soviet Countries To Itself With

The Help Of This Word. It Aims To Solve Its Demographic Issues And

To Have A Permanent Level Of Influence On These Republics.

 

For This Russia Uses A Number Of Instruments, Such As The Absence

Of Visa Regime. Today, Russian Expert Sergey Markedonov Stated That

people would not leave for Russia, if they didn't find better life

and working conditions there. In reality, Armenians leave for Russia

for two reasons: it is easy to get there, unlike Western countries,

and because it is easier to work in shadow, i.e. illegally in Russia,

not to pay the taxes, not to register and solve all issues just

bribing the police.

 

But in order to implement such a huge project, Russian needs

ideological components too, and Kolerov proposes an interesting

option. It turns out the compatriots out of Russia are subject to

assimilation, and they need to be saved. The notion of compatriots

in Russia is not clear: they are either considered only Russians

who carry out projects to preserve the Russian culture abroad, or

they speak about Russian peoples, though the program does not fund

the opening of Tatar or Chechen schools abroad. But for simplicity,

compatriots are considered all post-soviet peoples and countries.

 

So according to Kolerov, Armenians are subject to assimilation in

Armenia and they need to be saved. So they are "mobilized" and called

to Russia.

 

It is impossible to think of anything more absurd and cynical in

order to justify the ordinary colonization. The most important is

that it is loyally accepted in Armenia, where everyone agrees that

Armenians are "Russia's compatriots". With the same logic, we may

consider ourselves compatriots of Turks and Persians, because we were

in the same empire for long years. While Armenia lived in the Soviet

Union only for 70 years.

 

Even the prime minister of Armenia spoke against the Compatriots

program, but it is still operating. But Armenians leave Russia, not

only for this project, and the Prime Minister has never asked those

who leave to return, he has never offered them jobs. The government

obviously does not want to put obstacles to its citizens who emigrate

to avoid "assimilation", otherwise they could have come up with

bureaucratic obstacles, as in the case of exports of many goods.

 

The devastation in Armenia must be stopped, and first of all it is

necessary to let people know that the government does not want them

to leave. Most of the people leave to earn money, but a large part

simply runs away because it is chased out.