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Published on March 28, 2008
ECHO OF MARCH 1 IN KARABAKH: THE EVENTS IN ARMENIA ARE VIEWED IN STEPANAKERT EXCLUSIVELY IN TERMS OF KARABAKH’S FUTURE.
- Everybody in Karabakh follows closely the events in Armenia, but makes their judgments about who is guilty or not solely in the context of Karabakh’s safety. Karabakh obviously hears speculations about deteriorating attitude to Karabakhis on the part of residents of Armenia. But that’s not the most talked-about topic in Karabakh; and not because it’s not actual, but because many prefer not to discuss it aloud. “In 1970s I was a student at Yerevan Polytechnic Institute,” tells a resident of Stepanakert Vladimir Khachatryan. “Then too there was somehow peculiar attitude to Karabakhis. I can’t say they didn’t like us, but somehow separated from all. As years passed that attitude changed more than once- getting better, getting worse, based on the political situation. I think the current slump will soon pass too. Yerevanians are simply seeking who to blame, and decided that this time too, as always, Karabakhis are to blame.” People interviewed by ArmeniaNow in Stepanakert at first would refuse to talk on the topic at all, then would say that all Armenians have to be called upon not to divide. “I was in Yerevan last summer and learned about Yerevanians’ opinion of Karabakhis from an acquaintance,” says Marina Mkrtchyan, 53. “It turns out that people in Yerevan think that Karabakhis wallow in luxury; that ‘karabakhi’ Robert Kocharyan and Serzh Sargsyan supposedly send to Karabakh all Armenians earn; that pavements are made of marble, restaurants are God knows what kind, everybody drives jeeps. I simply invited her to pay my place a visit. Of course she didn’t come, but I think she started doubting the talks spread in Yerevan.” After the March 1 events in Yerevan panic spread among certain people- especially those who have relatives living there. There were talks that cars coming from Karabakh were pebbled. However nobody said whose car was pebbled or who suffered as a result. “My sister lives in the center of Yerevan. We are from Baku,” says Vyacheslav Seroyan, 46. “The day the emergency state was to be imposed my sister called and told me that there were rumors in the city saying Karabakhis’ houses would be destroyed at night. She was crying and recalling the pogroms in Baku. I calmed her down and said that it was pure invention and that nothing of the kind was possible. In any case, an aftertaste is left. ” Those residents interviewed on Karabakh-Yerevan relations were reluctant to talk and advised to be careful with those subject-matters. Especially that those talks about the “Armenian-Armenian” conflict never transferred from street to news level. “Everybody says people in Armenia blame Karabakhis. Neither in opposition nor in pro-government press have I seen such accusations. There was only Levon Ter-Pterosyan’s speech where he said that ‘karabakhis’ have to go. But he obviously meant the two well-known ones. I think everybody understands the futility of such accusations that is why it can’t be found in the press,” says reporter Anahit Danielyan. In an interview with ArmeniaNow, former soldier Armen Sarkisyan said: “Only one question concerns me- Karabakh’s future. Even if Serzh is a bad president, but promises to keep Karabakh, I am for him. If Levon says he won’t concede Karabakh, let him be a president. So far neither of them has said so.”
- Naira Hayrumyan
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