YEREVAN. - Pre-election processes in Russia and Armenia are in no way interlinked, said MP from ruling Republican Party of Armenia Artak Zakaryan at a press conference on Monday.

"Armenia and Russia have strategic bilateral relations rather than transmitted or convertible ones. Political systems of the two countries develop and operate in different ways," he said.

According to an MP from Heritage party Armen Martirosyan, Russian President Medvedev’s suggestion was not a surprise for Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

"With regard to Armenia, there are a lot more players in action here than Russia. Putin, however, enjoyed a fairly high authority that would help him," said Martirosyan.

Note that the congress of United Russia party has decided to nominate Vladimir Putin as president of Russia and in case of his victory, current president Dmitry Medvedev will be appointed prime minister.