Only direct external influence on Armenia`s domestic political  processes is by Azerbaijan, expert claims 

ArmInfo. The only direct external influence on Armenia's domestic political processes is Azerbaijan's influence on the current Armenian authorities;  everything else is a fairy tale. Political scientist Vahe  Hovhannisyan, a member of the Alternative Projects group, writes this  on his Facebook page.

"Why did Nikol choose the idea of three major influential forces,  allegedly under external and hybrid influence in Armenia, as his main  campaign strategy?

For a very simple reason: the image of real influence is a cover. He  and his team are under external influence. The only direct external  influence on Armenia's domestic political processes is Azerbaijan's  influence on the current Armenian government. The rest is a fairy  tale. As for hybrid influence and the use of dirty tricks, this is  also being done for Nikol's team, and the best influence was  yesterday's publication in the Russian-language newspaper Insider.  Completely false information, spread from top government officials to  the press. Expect hysteria, controlled remotely by circles living via  SMS, but don't take it seriously," the political scientist noted.

He wondered what to do in this situation. "The only way is to  neutralize external factors, which means strengthening the Armenian  factor." We have the resources and the potential if we can explain to  our society that tomorrow, when we are again subjected to attacks,  aggression, and attempts at ethnic cleansing, we will receive only  telegrams of condolence and calls for mutual restraint. Nothing more.  In the coming weeks of the election campaign, the emphasis must be on  the Armenian factor. Russian, Belarusian, American, European, and  other supposed influences are all empty words, a waste of time. The  choice is simple: the Armenian factor is the new government, and this  government is the Azerbaijani factor," wrote Vahe Hovhannisyan.