We Denounce Russian Meddling In The 2026 Elections In Armenia. But Do We Have To Tolerate French-Anglo-US Interference In Armenia’s 2026 Elections?
It was Prof. Kenneth Boulding, an English-born American economist, systems scientist, and interdisciplinary philosopher, who argued in many academic papers published more than seven decades ago that “A world of unseen dictatorship is conceivable, still using the forms of democratic government."
Boulding was alarmed in the 1950s by the growing presence of a consortium of industries, joining efforts with academics and experts in the social sciences to create societies where the outward structure of a “Democracy” is maintained (Regular Elections, Parliaments, etc…) while mass control relying on the manipulation of public thought and behavior, is managed behind the curtain, by a small group of "Professional Persuaders" toiling hard to create an “Invisible Dictatorship” controlled by a cabal of politicians and oligarchs ready to invest millions of dollars in the ultimate goal of encouraging an electorate to act against the collective good of a nation without perceiving the intricate methods used to shape an “Artificial Consent” destined to protect the interests of a handful of players at the expense of an entire nation.
Today, Armenia is an accurate match of what Prof. Boulding labelled as “Invisible Dictatorship.” For the last two years, Armenia’s former Foreign Affairs Minister, Mr. Vartan Oskanian has been warning us that Armenia, under PM Pashinyan has become a “One-Man Rule” who adopted his mentor’s approach to democracy and turned it into an authoritarian system mobilized to serve the grandiose dreams of a mediocre former journalist determined to destroy the “Third Republic” or “Historical Armenia” and build on its ruins the “Fourth Republic” or “Real Armenia.”
Pashinyan’s mentor, Islamist Sultan Erdogan, expressed his hatred to Republican “Secular Turkey” by arguing that “Democracy is like a train. You get off one you have reached your destination.”
In a recent article titled “The preservation of the state depends on a decisive national awakening” Mr. Oskanian pointed out that;
“Armenia no longer even bothers to pretend it is a democracy. The country has become a borderline dictatorship, a police state. Parliament remains a rubber stamp for the executive. The judiciary, already compromised, now serves as an instrument of political persecution. Armenia’s largest philanthropist and businessman, and more than forty religious leaders, opposition figures, journalists, activists, and ordinary demonstrators languish in prison for their political beliefs.
The suppression of the free press has become systematic, with members of the media critical of Pashinyan’s government routinely harassed, detained, or silenced through unlawful means. The regime’s message is unmistakable: political dissent is treason, and loyalty to Pashinyan is loyalty to the state.”
Elections will be he held in June 2026 and at stake will be a last-ditch effort to save the soul of Armenia. Pashinyan’s popularity is at an all-time low of 13%. Ironically the opposition is fragmented and unable to close ranks and mount a well coordinated campaign to ban Pashinyan, once and for all, from the political landscape of Armenia. Europe and The US are determined to save the political destiny of Pashinyan, despite the clear evidence that he suffers from a “Hubris Syndrome”, a term invented by British physician and politician Lord David Owen.
What are the key characteristics of politicians suffering from the “Hubris Syndrome”?
Pathological attachment to power, characterized by an arrogance that displays a clear contempt for advice, delusions of grandeur, reckless actions rooted in an excessive self-confidence, restlessness, a sense of omnipotence, and a messianic belief that they answer only to History or God, but not the public.
The Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler, a sufferer of the Hubris Syndrome, overwhelmed by a domineering sense of overconfidence decided to destroy the wrong enemy by invading Russia. The irrational impulsive decision paved the way for the collapse of The Third Reich.
Pashinyan, like Adolf Hitler, has been wrestling since 2018 with the wrong adversary-Russia. He is focused on evicting Russia from The South Caucasus. Time will prove the fatal dimension of his destructive decision. There is a good chance that military operations in the Ukraine will reach an end within the next few weeks. Putin’s next target will be Pashinyan, and it is highly unlikely that Pashinyan will emerge unscathed from the wrath of Putin.
France, The UK, and The US are fully mobilized to save Pashinyan’s destiny in June 2026. What are the measures adopted by the “Civilized West” to save the destiny of the autocratic Prime Minister of Armenia?
The European Union in partnership with The US, adopted in 2024 a “Resilience and Growth Plan for Armenia”, and decided to transfer to the Pashinyan regime EUR 270 million in grants over the next 4 years. EU President von der Leyen emphasized the fact that the financial rewards showered on Pashinyan are an integral part of the appreciation the EU has for Pashinyan’s anti Russian policies. In the Berlaymont building, serving as the headquarters of The European Commission, the executive body of the EU, Ms. von der Leyen congratulated Pashinyan for his “Crusade” against Russia and stated:
“I also welcome the measures that Armenia has taken against the circumvention of our sanctions against Russia. In particular, to make sure that lethal equipment and technologies do not end up in the hands of the Russian military. This shows that the European Union and Armenia are increasingly aligned in values and interests.” In othet words, Pashinyan was reassured that as long as he is following like a docile lackey the instructions of The EU, his political survival in June 2026 will be guaranteed by The EU, and more specifically France and The UK.
What is France currently doing to polish the image of Pashinyan?
A French NGO operating under the legal name of Equal Rights and Independent Media (ERIM) is making valuable contributions to Pashinyan’s effort to destroy The Armenian Apostolic Church. A journalist, Davo Barseghyan, who recently wrote an article titled “Pashinyan’s election campaign could lead to a split in Armenian society” made the following valid criticisms of the negative role played by ERIM:
“Thus, a foreign organization designed to strengthen civil society is contributing to its division, together with the government.
An important fact is that this same organization will implement the ProElect project during the parliamentary elections in Armenia, which is intended to counter misinformation and protect participants from various types of electoral manipulation. This fact indicates that Equal Rights and Independent Media, under the guise of an independent organization, will be used by Pashinyan as a weapon to discredit his opponents.”
A visit to the website of ERIM reveals the key missions pursued by the French NGO:
“ERIM promotes a community of human rights supporters and advocates united by shared values. We seek to support human rights activists and organisations so that they can better serve their communities and better advocate for their rights. Our actions include promoting the rights of women, minorities and to combat discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex persons. We also work to strengthen international human rights support coordination in France.”
Who finances the activities of ERIM?
On a long list of donors you will find the following names:
- National Endowment for Democracy (NED)
- Open Society Foundations (OSF) or George Soros
- The UK CSSF
- DRL Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
- USAID
No one has scrutinized the destructive role of NGOs more extensively than Prof. F. William Engdahl. He was born in Minneapolis, grew up in Texas, and pursued an academic career at Princeton University, followed by a graduate study in comparative economics at Stockholm University, where he worked as a lecturer and investigative journalist focused on US and European NGOs and their clandestine activities worldwide. For the last 30 years, Prof. Engdahl has been living in Germany where he wrote and published a book titled “Geheimakte NGOs’“ (Secret File NGOs).
According to Prof. Engdahl, “During the Reagan Presidency very damaging scandals were becoming public about CIA dirty operations around the world. Chile, Iran, Guatemala, the top secret MK-Ultra project, the student movement during the Vietnam War to name just a few. To take the spotlight away from them, CIA Director Bill Casey proposed to Reagan creating “private” NGOs,...doing what the CIA did, but privately.
The money was often channeled via USAID of the State Department to hide its origin. Every major regime attack by the US Government since then including the Solidarnosc in Poland, the Yeltsin CIA-backed Russia coup, the 2004 Ukraine Orange Revolution, the 2008 Tibet riots, the Arab Spring of 2011 to today—all have been done by this group of very select ‘democracy’ NGOs.”
It is a public knowledge that, at a point where Pashinyan’s newspaper Haykakan Zhamanak (Հայկական Ժամանակ) was edging close to bankruptcy in the late 1990s, The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) on behalf of the CIA channeled more than $200,000 over a period of several years to sustain the operations of Nikol’s newspaper. For more details watch the following interview:
Soft-power: Spreading democracy or demagoguery? Novelty with Levon Baronian
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6ynzUyAO-c
What about the British NGO known as CSSF?
It is a the British outlet of what the MI6 cannot do openly and must imp;ement privately. It is managed collectively by various UK government departments, primarily the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), and reports to the National Security Council (NSC) where MI6 has a major say in the decision making process, especially when issues at stake address foreign conflicts, pro-British governments’ stability, and security challenges overseas that pose a threat to UK national interests.
CSSF operates globally, and delivers close to 90 programs in over 70 countries, mostly covering activities such as security and justice sector reform, counter-terrorism, and provision of non-lethal equipment. On April 01, 2024 The CSSF was succeeded by the UK Integrated Security Fund (ISF).
What else The UK is doing to enhance Pashinyan’s chances of winning the June 2026 Elections?
Last week a historic announcement was made by The British Embassy in Yerevan. For the first time since the independence of Armenia, British Army officer, Major Thomas Shorland Ball, was appointed as the first resident Defence Attaché to Armenia. His boss, British Minister of State for Defence Vernon Coaker indicated that Major Ball’s duties will include the following responsibilities, without excluding additional future duties:
Defense-sector reforms, personnel training, military education, and cybersecurity meaning neutralizing any attempt made by Russia to use electronic means to undermine Pashinyan’s chances of scoring a major success during the elections of June 2026.
Major Ball will rely heavily on JTRIG-the Joint Threat Research Intelligence Group, which is a branch of the British spy agency GCHQ-Government Communications Headquarters, the UK's signals intelligence agency, that runs missions similar to the NSA or The Canadian CSE.
Publicly available documents indicate that JTRIG’s primary mission in Armenia will be totally focused on undermining Russian influence by discrediting any and every group or individual who opposes the warped policies of the “Supreme Ruler” of Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan.
What kind of measures will be mobilized by JTRIG to undermine Russian anticipated meddling in Armenian elections of June 2026?
- “Persuasive Communication” such as releasing on YouTube videos designed to discredit, promote distrust, dissuade, deter, delay and disrupt pro-Russian productions surfacing on YouTube.
- Setting up on all social platforms, fake or real paid groups/forums that monitor and discredit discussions favoring opposition groups in Armenia, from The Armenian Apostolic Church, to the smallest Armenian political party that has less than 50 members within its ranks.
- Sending spoof e-mails and text messages from fake persons mimicking real opposition political figures and accusing them of being pro-Russian agents trying to impose the Kremlin’s agenda on Pashinyan’s government.
- Using online resources to establish websites that convey inaccurate information designed to disrupt, delay, deceive, discredit, deter and degrade opposition claims that Armenia has become a one-man rule authoritarian country.
- Interrupting filtering, deleting, creating, or altering the content of communications circulating within the ranks of Armenian opposition groups.
- Launching Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks to shut down websites, especially the ones conveying to the public the views of the Armenian opposition parties.
- Malware Deployment: releasing custom-made viruses to paralyze opposition computer networks.
-Releasing anonymously fake AI doctored photos that will compromise opposition figures without the presence of any electronic crumbs that will tie the activity to a pro-Pashinyan groups or institutions.
The technical jargon for all the operations mentioned above includes names such as:
UNDERPASS, SLIPSTREAM, GESTATOR, SILVERLORD, SPRING BISHOP, CHANGELING, and and and...
In the end we are puzzled and forced to confront the following questions:
What is the difference between Russian intervention in the elections of June 2026 and US-Anglo-French interference pursued in the name of a “Noble Lie” that claims to support the authoritarian regime of a “False Prophet” from Ijevan called Nikol Pashinyan?
Why do we have to condemn Russia’s meddling in Armenia’s elections, but adopt a very tolerant attitude vis-a-vis French-Anglo-US interventions in Armenia’s elections?
Between now and June 2026, every Armenian must read and memorize the following dire warning of Octavia Butler:
“Choose your leaders with wisdom and forethought. To be led by a coward is to be controlled by all that the coward fears. To be led by a fool is to be led by the opportunists who control the fool. To be led by a thief is to offer up your most precious treasures to be stolen. To be led by a liar is to ask to be lied to. To be led by a tyrant is to sell yourself and those you love into slavery."
If you extend Pashinyan's stay in The Office of The Prime Minister of Armenia beyond June 2026, you will be selling yourself and those you love into slavery.
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