Politics

He has good ties

22.05.2006

According to our information recently Arthur Baghdasaryan met with Soros foundation representatives. “I didn’t meet with the Soros, but met with the Freedom House, NDI and Republican. We have good ties and work together”, he said yesterday in response to our question.

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No addicts

22.05.2006

Last week a delegation representing the Russian “Strategic culture” foundation headed by its chief Vladimir Maximenko visited Karabakh. They visited soldiers, military bases and met with citizens. Doctor of historical sciences Alexandr Krilov, said that he had been in many post soviet countries and assured that life in Karabakh was better than in many of …

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One more position

22.05.2006

“I want to nominate graduate of cybernetics faculty of the Yerevan polytechnic university, Andranik Margaryan, as head of the university graduates’ union”, said rector of the Yerevan Polytechnic University, Youri Sargsyan, on May 12 during the general meeting of the university. There were no other candidates and the prime minister received one more position. “Although …

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Getting divorced politely

22.05.2006

The RA president’s press secretary, Viktor Soghomonyan says that the president thinks that the resignation of the Rule of Law from the coalition is natural. “What’s more, if we take into account the fact that there were some conflicts between coalition members, which would happen often during the pre-elections. We saw this last month. Meanwhile …

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We had the same scenario in Karabakh in 1997

22.05.2006

– The “Rule of Law” is not a part of the coalition any more and wants to join the opposition. As for the opposition, they say that they are ready to forgive anyone that apologizes. What do you have to say about this? – First of all, I must say that the opposition doesn’t belong …

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How much does opium cost for a nation?

22.05.2006

Today, it’s simply a matter of technique to make billions of people see a predictable approach through the spread of information. As for us Armenians, with a 3 million population, hearing what Russian ORT channel’s program host Katya has to say is enough to be convinced. Currently, as we are trying to understand the line …

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Did the “Legal State” party office stop working?

19.05.2006

Once, a politician had stated that Arthur Baghdasaryan’s party should be called“Fake State” instead of “Legal State”. In fact, not only was the party “fake”, but also the whole political field of Armenia, as well as the coalition, which was not formed on the basis of certain principles and ideology, but on the basis of …

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Is Karen Karapetyan going to be NA speaker?

19.05.2006

Yesterday the parliament spread rumors that head of the “People’s Deputy” faction Karen Karapetyan will become NA speaker after Arthur Baghdasaryan resigns or the NA drops impeachment. According to our information there are two other candidates for this position: Vahan Hovhannisyan (ARF) and Tigran Torosyan (Republican). According to our sources, Tigran Torosyan will not be …

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Baghdasarov is surprised

19.05.2006

Recently Michael Baghdasarov gave an interview to gazeta.ru and said that there are documents proving the fact that the A 320 plane belonging to the “Armavia” company, which crashed in Sochi, had been technically tested many times and repaired. He said that small parts were repaired in Armenia by the Belgian “Sabina” company, as for …

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“Rule of Law” getting ready

19.05.2006

Recently the businessmen of Rule of Law are dropping their membership one after another. According to our information, MPs Melik Manukyan, Arshak Mkhitaryan, Alexan Petrosyan and Grigor Margaryan have already presented written letters to leave the party. Yesterday the brother of Mayor of Yerevan Ervand Zakharyan, Sayad Sakharyan, joined them too. According to our information, …

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