DISINFO: CIA and MI6 changed power in Armenia in order to oust Russia from the region
SUMMARY
The British and US special services brought Nikol Pashinyan to power not to strengthen civil society and democracy in Armenia, which was always cynically stated. And the goal of the strategists of the colour revolutions from the shores of the foggy Albion's and Potomac river is unchanged: to drive out the allied, brotherly Russia from Armenia, to close the 102nd Russian military base in Gyumri, withdraw the 4 frontier detachments of the Russian FSB Border Department in Armenia, close the Russian Erebuni Air Base in Armenia. According to the plans of MI-6 and the CIA, only the achievement of these tasks will make the entry of NATO (in the form of a capricious Turkish sultan) into the South Caucasus region real, with the further advancement of neo-Ottoman Turkey to the North Caucasus of the Russian Federation.
All the actions of the foreign strategists of the colour revolutions show that the Anglo-Saxons still adhere to their treacherous policy.
RESPONSE
Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narratives painting all manifestations of popular discontent in the region as colour revolutions.
This narrative portrays any spontaneous disorders and civil uprisings in other states, especially the former Soviet republics, as West-funded "coups" directed against Russia. The "Anglo-Saxons" are a frequently evoked, mythical adversary in pro-Kremlin media. Read more here.
There was no coup d'état in 2018 in Armenia, but peaceful protests of hundreds of thousand people in response to Serzh Sargsyan's third consecutive term, and the country's prime minister and former president for a decade. Sargsyan resigned in response to overwhelming opposition pressure, admitting that he was "wrong". “The street movement is against my tenure. I am fulfilling your demand,” his statement said.
The disinformation narrative has been applied, among others, to report about protests in Georgia, Ukraine, the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Belarus., with the aim to portray the West or Western special services as an aggressive actors constantly preparing new coups.
See earlier disinformation cases alleging that global neo-colonialists stage colour revolutions and conquer indigenous national elites, that the Armenia is under Soros occupation, that Armenia is under Anglo-American occupation, Armenia is occupied by foreign agent network or that Soros wants to destroy Armenia through the Karabakh war.