The most important decisions for Armenia are made without relying on public opinion. Maria Zakharova, the official representative of the Russian foreign ministry, stated this in her program on the air of Sputnik radio.

"Decisions are made that are of nationwide significance not only today, but also in the context of the nation's history, without relying on public opinion, without relying on the results of the plebiscite. It's rare that they make decisions that contradict what they said when going to the elections... 

“We don't impose anything on anyone, we don't give advice, we don't say that this should or shouldn't have been done; this is just a recording of the fact... 

“The decisions about the fateful issue for Armenia were taken without taking into account the opinion of the Armenian people. They were accepted somewhere abroad, under the auspices of Brussels and Paris. They were not announced for several months, apparently, to insure with information technologies from the inside, in case of public anger, and then they were presented as something that had already happened and was inevitable. This is the position by which Yerevan entered the negotiations [with Baku] under the auspices of the West; this should be understood," Zakharova said.