Political expert: Improvement of relations between Russia and the  West in the short term is not expected

ArmInfo.Improvement of relations between Russia and the West in the short term is not expected, in these relations a completely new stage has begun, and there are practically no options for settling the relations. This April 11 at a  press conference said the director of the Institute "Caucasus"  Alexander Iskandaryan.

Political expert stated that now Russia has found itself in a rather  complicated political and economic situation. According to the  expert, US sanctions have had a significant impact on the economic  situation in Russia, which will continue to deteriorate.

Iskandaryan said that the use of chemical weapons in the Duma was  just an excuse for the Americans to further escalate the situation.  At the same time, he stressed that a radical change in the situation  in Syria will require a large-scale war, like the one that occurred  in Iraq. However, according to the expert, this is unlikely.

According to the political scientist, at the moment, with the help of  Russia and Iran, President Assad managed to achieve considerable  success, and he controls most of the Syrian territories. "To date,  Syria no longer has the opposition that could really resist Assad."  At the moment, the president has problems only with Kurdish-speaking  territories that want autonomy, and with that part of Syria in which  the Turkish army has settled. "For a radical change balance of  forces, simple bombing that the US is not going to organize,  "Iskandaryan said, adding that everything that is possible in Syria  in the near future is a separate blow to the Syrian bases, nothing  more.

"However, the situation should be viewed in a broader perspective,  this is not a Syrian problem, it is a matter of a clash of interests  between the two superpowers, and worst of all, there is no need to  expect warming of relations in the long term," the expert said.

At the same time, he expressed the opinion that the situation  prevailing in the Middle East is unlikely to affect Armenia. "Armenia  is the country that has always managed to maintain good relations  with both Russia and the West.We have already learned to exist in  rather difficult situations.For example, we are one of those  countries that works very closely with Iran under US sanctions, In  addition, during the deterioration of relations between Russia and  Georgia, we were able to calmly interact with both countries, so I  think that this whole situation will affect Armenia as little as  possible, "the political scientist said.

Iskandaryan also noted that Armenia is not the country for which the  superpowers waged a fierce struggle, so we are able to balance and  maintain good relations with all geopolitical vectors.