Image: Stock Photo. FreeImages.com/Krzysztof (Kriss) Szkurlatowski Armenians have had an ambivalent feeling toward Russia since independence in 1991. On the one hand, they are grateful that Russia’s defeat of Persia — today’s Iran — in the early 1800s prevented the destruction of Armenian civilization. They are also grateful that Russia has been the guarantor of Armenia’s military security since the break-up of the Soviet Union 25 years ago. That arrangement is actually part of official Armenian military doctrine. But Armenians are also painfully aware that their nation continues to be one of the poorest in the former Soviet Union — …read more
Source: The Huffington Post
