Rita Sargsyan biography. The third President of the Republic of Armenia. Awards and titles

Serge Azatovich Sargsyan Born on June 30, 1954 in the city of Stepanakert. Like any real man passed an urgent service in the army in 1973-1974. After the army entered the Yerevan State University, in 1979 he received a diploma in the specialty "Philologist." After graduating from the university, he returned to Stepanakert and until 1985 was engaged in public and political activities. In 1988, Serge Azatovich gets "at the helm" "Artsakh move»( Artsakh (Arm.) - Nagorno-Karabakh). The main idea of \u200b\u200bthis party is the return of Nagorno-Karabakh in historical possessions in Armenia.

Recall the essence of the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Karabakh war, like many of the conflicts of the 20th century, did not carry some important prehistory. Everything was simple and at the same time it is not clear: how to fight such true causes? The main reason for the conflict was the location of Karabakh. Nagorno-Karabakh According to the documents belonged to the Azerbaijan SSR and the Armenian population, living in the territory did not want to change their foundations and religion. That is what the Azerbaijani authorities demanded and in return guaranteed a quiet life to Armenian people. Since Azerbaijanis are Muslims, and Armenians of Christians, the Azerbaijanis demanded and change faith. The Armenian people, relatively recently recovering from, again was susceptible to infringement of rights and deprived of freedom of choice. Initially Karabakh It was considered the Armenian land and only after unknown any circumstances, became Azerbaijani land. As a result, two people began to fight as much as land as for the upset of their views. The descendants of both nations still consider Nagorno-Karabakh "constantly bleeding wounds of two peaceful peoples."

Serge Azatovich, as a person who defends his rights and the rights of his people, with the same not indifferent created a party aimed at restoring justice. Many historians and people present at hostilities were noted that it was Sargsyan's strategy that was the most effective and victorious. Under his leadership, a lachino-kelbajar corridor was created, connecting Karabakh with Armenia. This meant that Sargsyan brought troops to victory.

All the merits of Serzh Azatovich were not noticed for the people of Armenia and establish justice. In August 1993, after successful operations for the conquest of Nagorno-Karabakh, Serzh Sargsyan was appointed Minister of Defense of Armenia. Decree on the appointment was signed by the President of Armenia. After merit in Nagorno-Karabakh and the post of defense minister, Sargsyan was very rapidly raised by the service staircase. In 1995, he was appointed Chairman of the National Security Committee, and in 1996 he was appointed Minister of Joint Department of Internal Affairs and National Security.

After such an impressive list of merit, honors and titles, after the resignation of the current president, Ter-Petrosyan, the people of Armenia wanted to see Sargsyan's head of the country. All politicians and political critics were waiting for Sargsyan in the list of candidates for the post of chapter of Armenia, but this did not happen. Neither Sargsyan himself nor his colleagues nominated the candidacy and moreover, this was not even in the plans. Sargsyan supported his comrade, comrade and a colleague on the "Artsakh movement", which won the elections for the post of head of Armenia in 1998. After the appointment of Kocharyan, the head of state, Sargsyan, as a faithful friend and assistant, was always there. Many Russian political critics, later began to spend a certain analogy with another unbreakable political union, which is known to everyone in Russia.

In September 2007, Robert Kocharyan stated that I would like to see anyone other than Sargsyan: "There is no one more equitable than Serge Azatovich. He is sick for his people, for his homeland. " After the unquestioned victory in the 2008 elections, April 9, Serzh Sargsyan took the place of the current president of Armenia. Given the love of the people, then no one had even the slightest doubts in the integrity of the procedure for choosing the president.

In August 2008, Serge Azatovich expressed extreme concern about the fate of the Russian and the Ossetian people in the unexpected war in Tskhinvale. Approximate to Sargsyan claims that as an excellent military leader, Serge Azatovich carefully followed the military actions and decisions taken at the time for Russia, by Medvedev. Nevertheless, Sargsyan did not make any official statements and did not comment on this situation. In September 2008, Sargsyan signed a declaration, conditionally supporting Russia's actions. It was later that this declaration was similar to the once signed Warsaw treaty.

In October 2008, at the initiative of the President of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev was signed between the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan, about the peaceful resolution of the Karabakh conflict. This agreement facilited that the heads of state undertake to peacefully resolve all conflicts associated with this territory and ignore all the "deposits" of hostilities from the opposite side. After signing the contract, the heads of state shook their hands and went to discuss this event with the door closed.

It should also be noted that Sargsyan continuously monitors relations with Turkey. After all the famous Armenian Genocide, these relationship is difficult to call friendly, but political figures are trying to keep neutrality in their communication and in resolving any emerging issues. So, for example, noticing deteriorating relations, Serge Azatovich invited the head of Turkey to visit Armenia with a friendly visit. After this meeting, the relations were normalized and stabilized, although it is still unknown about anyone the heads of state talked for closed doors after a reviewed football match.

By visiting many forums, where Serzh Sargsyan's board is discussed it is very difficult to find some negative feedback on this politician. Next, we will give a few excerpts, the authors' spelling was saved:

Anush, Music Teacher: "My whole family after the emergence of Serge Azatovich only and saw the head of state. Nowadays, it is very difficult to find not only a policy, but a simple person, so sincerely ill for your people. Our president is a real patriot and a hero of our time. "

Araik, seller in the local market: "After Serzh Sargsyan became our president, they went to the mountain. No more mad taxes, the economy settled. I like a person working on myself, it was very important. After all, I used to sell, so much got. And what should I have a profit, if no one buys at that prices? "

Fenia, housewife: "A lot of my relatives lived in the 90s in Nagorno-Karabakh. Permanent fear of their loved ones, and just for your people. Our people survived so much: genocide, a terrible earthquake that destroyed so many people. My brother lived in Karabakh and constantly called me, told about some Sargsyan. I did not understand about whom he, especially at the very beginning. But after what he did for the residents of Karabakh, for our people, for me it is superhuman. "

Naira, manager: "After Serge Azatovich began his board, many industries and industry went up. In the hands of the competent ruler, the people do not feel disadvantaged in some rights, there is no need to have such a person on every corner. He did a lot for Armenia, being not president, did not want fame and honors. All the people living in Armenia reveal and love Serge, is proud to be the fact that such a man Armenian "

Serge Azatovich Wear not only the people of Armenia, but also politically sav-residents of many states. So, for example, the mention of Sargsyan can be found in Iranian sources. There, along with his name, the word is " fedain"What means" a person sizing in the name of the idea, faith. " Of course, we are talking in this source about the participation of Sargsyan in the Karabakh conflict and about its actions aimed at settling this conflict.

In August 2015, the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin and the President of Armenia Serzh Azatovich Sargsyan took place.President of Armenia He arrived in Moscow for a purpose of business visit: the heads of state discussed the peculiarities of political and trade and economic cooperation and many issues not covered with the press. It's no secret that Russia and Armenia are in excellent political relationships and the fact that Armenia has support to Russia, is also not a secret.

Serge Azatovich is married, has two daughters. With his wife Rita, they are married since 1983. Rita Sargsyan is an example for many Armenian girls. Serge Azatovich visits events only with his wife, together they are the personification of the real Caucasian family.

Serzh Sargsyan - Armenian political, military and statesman, the third President of the Republic of Armenia from 2008 to 2018. The Prime Minister of the Countries since 2007 to 2008, the second time of Chairman of the Council of Ministers on April 17, 2018 and because of the 6 days later, April 23, 2018.

Childhood and youth

The future politician was born in Stepanakert in the summer of 1954. The head of the family - Azat Sargsyan - a leaving from the village of those in the east of Armenia. Sargsyan-Sr. in 1937 came to the millstone Stalinist repressive car. After dramatic events with arrest of Azat, the family changed the place of residence and moved to Stepanakert.

Serzh Sargsyan after the certificate of maturity of the Stepanakert School of Education School became an student of Yerevan University, choosing the Humanitarian Faculty. Graduate in higher education received in 1979. Studying at the university for 2 years was interrupted by the service in the ranks of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union.

Sargsyan studied at the university and not to be in parents, worked with a turner on an electrical plant.

Politics

Serzh Sargsyan's political biography began after graduation at the university. In 1979, the young activist and the Komsomol Center chose the head of the Urban Committee of the LKSM in Stepanakert. Soon Sargsyan became the second secretary of the city, and then headed the Committee.

Career Serzh Sargsyan has developed rapidly. After the Komsomolskaya work, he headed the propaganda and agitation department of the Azerbaijani Commander of the Communist Party, and aide aide the head of the head of the Nagorno-Karabakh commander of the CPSU Herrich Pogosyan in the history of the country of the head of the country's head of the Nagorno-Karabakh region.

In 1988, Serzh Sargsyan joined the Karabakh movement for 10 years, becoming one of his leaders. The social movement proclaimed the goal to attach Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia. In 1989, a young politician entered into the party ranks of the Armenian nationwide movement and, as a lead member of the party, became a delegate from autonomy.

In 1990, Sargsyan was elected by a deputy of the Republican Supreme Council. In 1992-93, Serge Azatovich Sargsyan performed the responsibility of the Minister of Defense of the Karabakh Republic. Under his leadership, the army held successful military operations, taking during the Karabakh war under control of 4 autonomy cities and a 6-kilometer Lachini corridor, who connected Karabakh with Armenia.

In 1993, the President of the country Levon Ter-Petrosyan put Sargsyan under the head of the Ministry of Defense. Serge Azatovich worked for posts for 2 years.

In 1995-96, the politician was led by the National Security Committee of Armenia, and in November 1996, after the unification of the Committee with the Ministry of the Interior, headed MVDNB and held the ministerial post until the summer of 1999.

After the departure of Ter-Petrosyan, Sargsyan's resignation, which the country's political forces were read by the head of state, refused to offer, expressing support to Robert Kocharian.

In November 1999, Serzh Sargsyan was headed by the Presidential Administration, and at the end of the year he became secretary of the National Security Service of Armenia. In this position, in May 2000, when the government headed Andranik Margaryan. He additionally laid the responsibilities of the Minister of Defense on Sargsyan.

In the elections of deputies of the National Assembly in 2003, Sargsyan stood at the head of the party's list. According to the results of elections, the RPA received 33 places in the Armenian parliament. After the death of Margaryan, Serzh Sargsyan year - until April 2008 - headed the Council of Ministers of the Republic.

In February of the same year, presidential elections were held, based on the results of which politician took the main chair in the country, typing 52.82% of the votes. Sargsyan Ter-Petrosyan was headed by the ranks of Protestants demanding the revision of the election results. The outgoing president of Kocharyan introduced a state of emergency in Yerevan. In April 2008, the inauguration of Serzh Sargsyan took place.

In the summer of 2008, Armenian President did not support the independence of South Ossetia from Abkhazia, but at the CSTO summit in September staged a signature under the declaration, expressing concern to the actions of Georgia and the expansion of NATO to the East. In November 2009, Serzh Sargsyan was re-elected by the Chairman of the Righting Party.

In the summer of 2011, Armenia visited. The presidents signed a document on the extension of the Distribution Distribution of Russia's Military Base in the city of Gyumri, denoting the final date of 2044.

In May of next year, the political force led by the President of the Republic defeated the elections to parliament, receiving 69 seats in the legislative authority.

In February 2013, Armenian voters were responsible for the second time the Republic of Serzh Sargsyan. In 2015, the Armenia referendum was transformed from the semi-represented to the parliamentary republic.

In the spring of 2018, the successor of Serzh Sargsyan's presidential period became the successor, whose candidacy suggested the leaving post Sargsyan. Sargsyan elected deputies of parliament.

Personal life

With his wife Rita Dadyan, music teacher, the future president of the republic met in the early 1980s. Rita - Military daughter, in the specialty teacher of music. Like Sargsyan, she was born in Stepanakert. In 1983, Serge and Rita played a wedding. In marriage they had two daughters, who were called Anush and Satnyak.

Serzh Sargsyan and his wife Rita

Family Politics is two brothers: Alexander (Sasha) and Levon. Sashik Sargsyan is a former deputy of the Armenian parliament, co-owner of the company "Multilion". According to some information, Alexander purchased a $ 2.8 million in America in America.

The son-in-law of the former head of the Republic of Mikael Minasyan owns the media resources of the country, but they say that Armenian media is only a small part of the oligarch business.

In the spring of 2016, Serge Azatovich became a grandfather for the fifth time. The third child appeared in the family of the youngest daughter.

According to some reports, the growth of Serzh Sargsyan is 1.65 m.

Serzh Sargsyan now

The referendum of 2015 turned the figure of the prime minister to the key according to the authority: the head of government became the main carrier of power in Armenia. In the spring of 2018, the deputies of the National Assembly, a majority of votes chose Serzh Sargsyan Prime Minister. 77 out of 97 deputies voted for his candidacy.

Serzh Sargsyan resigned

Opponents of Sargsyan saw in appointment the desire to overcome the constitutional restriction, which prohibits elected more than two times as president. And even at least Serge Sargsyan took the post of prime minister, but after the changes made by the referendum, the position is equal to the first in the state.

The republic broke out in the republic, which was headed. The protests stated that their protest incorrectly compare with Maidan in Ukraine, and Sargsyan - s. Armenians have other motives of struggle, and Russia is a friendly state.

Critics Serzh Sargsyan remembered the interview with the President of the Publication of Tert.am 2014, in which he promised not to claim the key post of Armenia. This Serge Azatovich replied that after the transition to the parliamentary system, the country would not lead the chairman of the government, but a collective manual.

Awards

• Order of the Martial Cross I degree
• Order of Tigran Great
• Hero Artsakh
• 2011 - Cavalier of the Big Cross Order of the Honorary Legion (France)
• 2014 - Cavalier of the Great Cross Order For Merit (France)
• 2009 - Order of the Golden Rune (Georgia)
• 2008 - Order of Honor (Georgia)
• 2011 - Order of Prince Yaroslav Wise I degree (Ukraine)
• 2016 - Chain Order Merit Pro Merito Melitensi (Maltese Order)
• Medal "10 years Astana" (Kazakhstan)
• 2009 - Order "For merits to the Kaliningrad Region"
• 2011 - Honorary Medal of the Island of Ellis from the National Ethnic Coalition of the United States
• Honorary Professor of Beijing University

Serge Azatovich Sargsyan was born on June 30, 1954, in Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Region, Azerbaijan SSR (Stepanakert, NKO, Azerbaijan SSR). He entered the Yerevan State University in 1971, served in the Soviet Armed Forces in 1971-1972. and graduated from the Faculty of Philology of the same university in 1979.

His career officially began in 1975, at the Yerevan Electric Equipment Plant. In 1979, Sargsyan was headed by the Committee of the Youth Association of the Communist Party of the city of Stepanakert. He then became the Second Secretary, the first secretary of the Stepanakert Public Atmosphere of Azerbaijan and the head of the propaganda of the Stepanakertsk City KP of Azerbaijan.

Sargsyan was also an assistant to the first secretary of the Nagorno-Karabakh regional commission of Azerbaijan Heinrich Pogosyan (Genrikh Poghosyan). Because of the growth of tensions in Nagorno-Karabakh between Armenians and Azerbaijanis, Serge Azatovich became the chairman of the Committee of the Self-Defense Forces of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic and was subsequently chosen to the Supreme Council of Armenia in the 1990s.

In the period from 1993 to 1995, Sargsyan remained the Minister of Defense of Armenia. From 1995 to 1996 he was the head of the State Committee of National Security, and then served as the Ministry of Internal Affairs and National Security. From 1999 to 20001 Serge Azatovich was the head of the headquarters of President Robert Kocharyan.

From 1999 to 2007, Sargsyan served as secretary of the National Security Council, headed by President Kocharian, and from 2000 to 2007 - as Minister of Defense. April 4, 2007, after the sudden death of Andranik Margaryan (Andranik Margaryan), Sargsyan was appointed Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia.

The supported by Kocharyan's support, Sargsyan was considered the most important contender for the presidency in the elections in February 2008. According to preliminary results, Serge Azatovich with his 53% of the votes of voters was much ahead of the second place Levon Ter-Petrosian (Levon Ter-Petrossian). The 2008 presidential elections were regarded by the OSCE, the European Union and Western observers as free and honest.

However, supporters of Ter-Petrosyan, challenging official results, for a week after elections were carried out in Yerevan (Yerevan) large protests, which were terminated using force on March 1, 2008; 10 people (8 protesters and 2 policemen) were killed. The state of emergency in the country acted from March 1 to March 20, 2008.

Sargsyan was shied on April 9, 2008 in the Yerevan Opera House. He appointed Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan (Tigran Sargsyan), which was then chairman of the Central Bank and was not a member of the political party.

Best days

According to the report of the organization "House of Freedom", in 2011, the Armenian government made concrete steps to perform multi-year and endless promises to resist corruption.

Information technologies in the field of public administration helped to fight bribery, while new rules and tightened control over the execution of legislation led to an increase in the number of claims and fines for corruption activities among high-ranking officials and large companies. The corruption rating of Armenia decreased from 5.50 to 5.25.

Serious protests against Sargsyan's regime began in 2011. Going on the concessions of the protesters whom the Ter-Petrosyan was headed, Armenian President announced on April 20, 2011 that the government would insist on a thorough investigation of the sad events that occurred before the elections three years ago.

February 18, 2013 Serge Azatovich was re-elected for the presidential post - with 58.64% of votes. In 2015, a constitutional referendum was held in the country, as a result of which Armenia from the semi-presidential country was transformed into the parliamentary republic.

In July 2016, Armenians came to protest in Yerevan, demanding to free all political prisoners and move from Sargsyan's post to put an end to its corruption activities in which Armenian protesters were accused. The National Security Service of Armenia called the "terrorist" attack that was happening, but a huge number of Armenian citizens did not agree with a similar interpretation.

Shortly after April 9, 2018, when Sargsyan took office, Sargsyan was chosen by the Prime Minister. Oppositionists called the "capture of power" that happened, and large-scale protests were deployed against Sargsyan. The displeasure was boring fruit, and Serge Azatovich resigned on April 23, 2018. His place was taken by the former Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan (Karen Karapendyan).

According to the "Secret Documents" of American diplomats from the site "Wikileaks", a message from John Negroponte was sent to the third president of Armenia (John NegroPonte). The latter allegedly put forward the Ultimatum Sargsyan about the prevention of the sale of Armenia weapons Iran, which happened earlier in 2003. The site "WikiLeaks" was argued that this weapon crushed life and led to the death of American soldiers.

In 1983, Sargsyan took Rita Alexandrovna in his wife, who gave birth to two daughters, Anush and Satdenik. Spouses have two granddaughters, Mariam and Rita, and two grandson, Ara and Serge. Sargsyan is the chairman of the Armenian chess federation. In addition to the native Armenian, politician speaks Russian freely.

Sargsyan Serge Azatovich (Sargsyan; Arm. Սերժ ազատի սարգսյան) - Armenian state and politician. From April 9, 2008 to 9 April 2018 Serge Azatovich Sargsyan held the presidency of Armenia. After the election by the Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan demanded that Russian-speaking media would give his last name as Sargsyan, in accordance with the norms of Armenian pronunciation (Sargsyan's writing was sometimes used). April 17, 2018 Serzh Sargsyan became Prime Minister of Armenia, but April 23 resigned After ten days of mass protests in Yerevan.

Early years and Education Serzh Sargsyan

Father - Azat Sargsyan - all my life worked as a blacksmith.

Mother - Nora Sargsyan - worked Tktchikha.

From the biography of Serzh Azatovich in Wikipedia, it is known that the Sargsyanov family moved to Stepanakert in 1937, due to the fact that his father was repressed.

According to the Constitution of the NKR, the names of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic and the Republic of Artsakh are identical. Among the Armenians also distributed the use of this name relative to the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Serzh Sargsyan's parents still live in Artsakh, and do not move to sons in Yerevan.

The mother of Armenian Prime Minister spoke in an interview: "I don't want to live in Yerevan. I was born here, elsewhere I can not live. I suffered a lot. And sons, do not want - let them not live, I will not demand or command. If I will move, their connection to Artsakh will interrupt. Better, we will stay here, and they will visit us. "

Nora Sargsyan in an interview with the Yerkir correspondent. AM said that her sons (and her three) were always friendly among them, and the neighbors remembered that they had never heard that the children of Azat Sargsyan had increased her voice.

Serge has always been very sociable. He graduated from school in Stepanakert and in 1971 he entered the Yerevan State University at the Faculty of Philology, which graduated in 1979.

In that period, he had to interrupt training at the time of the urgent service in the Armed Forces of the USSR (1972-1974).

Another reducing education at the university, Serzh Sargsyan began a labor biography, working tookarem at the Yerevan Electrotechnical Plant (1975-1979).

Career Serzh Sargsyan in politics

Serzh Sargsyan after the end of the university began working in the Stepanakert Gorka LKSM. Gradually, he climbed the career staircase, taking office of the Second Secretary, then the first secretary, head of the propaganda and agitation of the Stepanakert Communist Party, Assistant Second Secretary of the Committee of Nagorno-Karabakh (1979-1988).

During the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, Serge Azatovich Sargsyan led the Committee of the Self-Defense Forces of the NKR (1989-1993). During this period, Serzh Sargsyan was elected a deputy of the Supreme Council of Armenia. Then Serzh Azatovich was appointed Minister of Defense of Armenia (1993-1995).

As stated in his biography in the Lentapedia, under the direct leadership of Sargsyan, the NKR armed forces reached a number of success during the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict 1992-1994. So, in February 1992, the city of Khojaly was taken, in May - the city of Shusha and the district center Lachin. In April 1993, the NKR forces entered the Azerbaijani city of Kelbajar, as a result of which the Lachino-Kelbajar corridor was created, which connected the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic with Armenia.

Thanks to the efforts of the Minister of Defense, an agreement was reached between the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic and Azerbaijan about the cease-fire.

Since 1996, Serzh Sargsyan has occupied various positions - Minister of Internal Affairs and National Security, Head of the Presidential Administration of Armenia, Secretary of the Council of National Security under the President of the Republic of Armenia. In 2000-2007, Serzh Sargsyan worked as Minister of Defense of the Republic of Armenia. In 2006, Sargsyan became a member of the Republican Party of Armenia.

Serzh Sargsyan as president of Armenia

Serzh Sargsyan's activity was appreciated by the people of Armenia. In 2007-2008, he was the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia, and on February 19, 2008, Serzh Sargsyan was elected by the country's president - he scored 52.86% of the vote.

When Serzh Sargsyan defeated the presidential elections for the first time, supporters of his opponent and predecessor Levon Ter-Petrosyan They tried to challenge the election results, there were mass protests in Yerevan, which were suppressed on March 1, 2008. At the same time, it was not without the dead, in the news they wrote about 10 victims - eight protesters and two policemen. On April 9, 2008, Serzh Sargsyan was shied as president in the Yerevan Opera House.

Since the second half of 2008, a tense relationship between Armenia and Turkey began to improve. In September 2008, President of Turkey arrived at the invitation of Sargsyan to Armenia Abdullah GulHaving visited the football match, in 2009, Sargsyan's retaliatory visit. On August 31, 2009, it became known that Turkey and Armenia intend to establish diplomatic relations and to open the border after six-week consultations. On October 10 of the same year, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the two countries in the presence of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Signed relevant protocols. The ratification of Armenian-Turkish agreements was delayed, and in April 2010, Sargsyan decided to suspend the procedure.

In 2013, Serzh Sargsyan was re-elected President of Armenia - the result was improved to 58.64%. In the pre-election program of 2013, Sargsyan promised to increase the security guarantees of Nagorno-Karabakh and his people.

In September 2013, Armenia under the leadership of Sargsyan announced its intention to join the Eurasian Economic Union with Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia. Contracts aimed at joining Armenia to the Eurasian Economic Union were signed on October 9, 2014. The agreement on the accession of Armenia entered into force on January 2, 2015. Serge Azatovich Sargsyan consistently supports Russia in the international arena. In particular, on April 16, 2018, he stated that Russia should return to PACE and negatively responded to PACE sanctions against the Russian Federation in connection with the situation in Ukraine.

"After signing an agreement on the accession of Armenia to the Eurasian Economic Union, someone even went out into the street. But, as it turned out, their share did not affect the real process. I am often asked why I am opposed to integration with the European Union. This is not true. We are open to friendship and cooperation with Europe. But in addition to populism there is an economic calculation and elementary common sense. We understand that our economy will seriously suffer if we ruin or weaken our connections with Russia. It is clear that from cooperation with the Russian Federation we get much more than potentially can from cooperation with Europe - remember the same discount on gas. Not to mention the deep cultural relationship ... ", said Serge Sargsyan in interview Chief Editor "SP" Sergey Shargunov In 2015.

In 2015, Serzh Sargsyan initiated a constitutional reform, which provided for the transition to the parliamentary form of the Board. The reform sharply limited the function of the president and gave more powers to the premiere. Representatives opposed the reform, arguing that the ruling Republican Party of Armenia, led by President Sargsyan, seeks to remain in power for many years.

The news reported that Sargsyan himself before the referendum about changes in the Constitution stated that he would not claim the post of Prime Minister.

As a result of the referendum in December 2015, 66.2% of voters were approved for 50.8%.

The powers of President Sargsyan ended in 2018.

Serzh Sargsyan was awarded the Armenian orders of the "Boat Cross", "Tigran Metz" and the Order of the NKR "Golden Eagle"; In NKR, he was awarded the title of Hero of Artsakh. Also, Sargsyan has the Georgian Order of the Golden Run and the Order of Honor, the Ukrainian Order of Prince Yaroslav wise first degree, the French big cross of the Order of the Honorary Legion and the Russian Regional Order "For Merit to the Kaliningrad Region".

Serzh Sargsyan - Honorary Professor of the Beijing University. He has an Honor's medal "Alice Ayland" (the National Ethnic Coalition of the United States) - for the development of Armenian-American relations (2011).

Riots in Yerevan due to the appointment of Sargsyan by Prime Minister

April 18, the Police of Yerevan reported that during the mass protests were 66 people were detained against the election of the country's prime minister Serge Sargsyan.

Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov He said that in the Kremlin, he is monitored in the capital of Armenia Yerevan, where mass protests against the election of the Prime Minister of the country of former President Serzh Sargsyan are.

"We are seeing what is happening in Armenia and, in fact, most importantly, we hope that everything goes through the legality", - quoted in the news of Peskov.

Negotiations between the opposition leader, the deputy Nikol Pashinyan and Sargsyan took place in Yerevan. They lasted three minutes and ended to no avail. The head of the government called the actions of the opposition agent. In response to this, parliamentarian promised to continue demonstrations with a new force.

On the morning of April 22, the police again began overclocking demonstrators in Yerevan. Law enforcement officers used specialized, light grenades. It was detained Over 200 people, including Pashinyan.