Politics

The legend of the intellect

28.11.2006

Last week politician Aghasi Yenokyan worried over the fact that Robert Kocharyan can violate the Constitution of Armenia and run for president the third time and if there is a lack of a counterinfluence, he will put up his nomination and he won’t even care about the electoral fraud. I don’t think that this will …

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Money, money, money

28.11.2006

NA deputy and politician Hmayak Hovhannisyan believes that if the factors supporting the social polarization in the country are not worked out before the upcoming elections, money will play a key role during the elections again. The deputy thinks that only force-majeure conditions may stop that process, i.e. activation of public.

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Brilliant ideas

28.11.2006

Ara Abrahamyan says that he still hasn’t decided which political parties he is going to advocate during the upcoming parliamentary elections. During the previous elections he backed the Republican Party of Armenia, Arthur Baghdasaryan, ARF, Vazgen Manoukyan and the current authorities… As Ara Abrahamyan stated, support means to provide financial aid. “We have to participate …

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“We will feel the pressure on our skin”

28.11.2006

See also: Should become a factor– You mentioned that it’s necessary to create such factors, which in the aspect of Azerbaijan, would put that country’s opportunity to get Karabagh back in jeopardy. You suggest populating the territories, which are under the control of Karabagh. Won’t this create new tension and barriers? -Mass population automatically creates …

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They got out of Congress

28.11.2006

The Armenian Ramkavar Liberal Party (ARLP) has announced that it is leaving the Armenian World Congress. Let’s recall that the Armenian World Congress was founded in 2003 and head of the Union of Armenians of Russia Ara Abrahamyan is the president: The Ramkavar party is a member of the Congress. “Just like the rest of …

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Who’s going to control the Iran-Armenia gas pipeline?

28.11.2006

According to Energy Minister of Armenia Armen Movsisyan, Armenians will know the answer to this question next spring. A. Movsisyan told journalists during a press conference that two companies have the desire to take control of the gas pipeline-the “High-Voltage Electric Network” state-run company (client for construction) and of course, “ArmRusGazard”. The 700 millimeter and …

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Strong man needed

28.11.2006

America and Europe expect a lot from the upcoming Armenian parliamentary elections and don’t have the patience as they did during the last elections. This is what Armenian American analyst Richard Kirakosyan said during a meeting at the “Friday” club in Yerevan. According to him, there is a hazard for the cease of money flowing …

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From Uffici to pizza

28.11.2006

So, it turned out that the world brand of Rule of Law leader Arthur Baghdasaryan was nothing but a local brand, better yet, it was a practical joke played by the Rule of Law party. As Arthur Baghdasaryan likes to teach his fellow members, there are some things in politics that are based on practical …

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Another Russian project

28.11.2006

The newly formed “Civil Intolerance” movement is one of a kind among the pro-government and oppositionist parties of Armenia. The political activists gathered in this party often extremely differ in their world views, geopolitical views, their past social/political career, etc. It was pretty hard to imagine that rather well-known pro-Western political activist Alexander Arzumanyan, extremist …

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Another Zatulin

28.11.2006

“We have to wait and see what the European Union or America or the rest of the countries have to offer. If there is an environment where Armenia has to separate from Russia, we have to consider: is it based on our interests or not?….I’m not just saying that, it’s a fact. There are contracts,” …

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