Almost immediately after the intensification of hostilities in the Karabakh conflict zone in Moscow talking about the fact that it echoes now in the Moscow markets. So, on the largest of the Moscow wholesale food centers 17 and 18 July announced that Armenian businessmen are not happy — it is better for the time being to leave the base, “who knows what”. However, the information officially has not been confirmed. “MK” interviewed entrepreneurs and with the other hand, to figure out how the deterioration of relations between the two countries affecting trade Diaspora in Moscow.
Recall that on 18 July, the Ambassador of Armenia in Russia Vartan Toganyan announced that, according to him, Armenian businessmen are advised to leave wholesale complex in New Moscow. In septic tanks, according to the Ambassador, put about 50 trucks with perishable products such as peaches.
“nothing heard”, – told “MK” the source of Azerbaijani origin from the staff of the wholesale center. “We have such problems in the market, then all peoples and all religions, all praying to whomever you want, no one should be doing to enemies is a trade!” – denies Ali, a native of Kyrgyzstan, also works there. According to them, however, the Armenian trucks in the complex in recent years really less is it connected with the conflict between the two countries, the interlocutors “MK” could not answer.
– the War we have, frankly, not really stopped, of friendship with Azerbaijan is not normal since the eighties, and I don’t know when all this will be forgotten, says Arshak Israelian; the owner of the grocery store in the North-West of Moscow. But business is business, we are with them in the markets do not fight, but work fine. Man always remains man, if he personally to you bad has not made, communicate as usual. On the wholesale market, I buy, if possible, Armenian businessmen, something from Turkey, please. From Azerbaijan if you want to buy, but usually enough without them. In recent years there was not, but if they really decided to kick out our, I will only lose: own a wholesale warehouse. But actually I do not believe that they so foolishly did.
Backup “airports” really prepared immediately after the scandal broke, the Embassy of Armenia declared that carriers with the goods (now in the path of a few dozen trucks) waiting on the other two markets of Moscow. The head of the Department of trade and services of Moscow Alexey ameryk, who met with the Ambassador of Armenia Vardan Taganana July 19, reports that there are no problems.
Official comments from administration of the market have been reported, however, according to the head of the Federal Agency for the Affairs of nationalities (FADH) Igor Barinov, the managers of the complex say that “they are equally valuable for all renters, including the Armenians.”
– Hearingand this kind of really is, – said in an interview with korrespondentom “MK” Yuri of Moscow, Chairman of the Commission of Council of nationalities Affairs at the government of Moscow. – Moreover, in response to the actions of the opposing party Armenian businessmen had a kind of PR campaign — free seeded apricots passers-by, and there were present the diplomatic workers of this country. I genuinely believe that both these incidents — if they really happened is wrong. On both sides, exactly. Moderate things should state: if there are facts you need to immediately and publicly initiate criminal proceedings on a number of articles of the criminal code, including the famous 282, incitement of ethnic hatred. Investigate it and perhaps give a realistic time frame to those involved in such cases. Moreover, to deport neither to Armenia nor to Azerbaijan, we can’t because of the pandemic.
In the post-Soviet space is burning too many conflicts, reminds Moscow. So attempts to bring them to Russia should be stopped and punished, otherwise there may be tragic consequences. The role of the Russian state to be above such conflicts and inaction is perceived as an attempt to stand on one side that only leads to escalation.
by the Way, the successful experience such a “rigid neutrality” in Moscow there. A few years ago on “the Immortal regiment” there was a conflict from-for the brought one of the participants of the March of the flag of the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. This caused the attempts of the Azerbaijani activists to wrest this flag — but a serious fight is not reached, the police intervened. Think the markets should start to do the same.
