Politics

Only consolation is Medvedev’s wife

09.09.2010

Short time after the official visit of the Russian President Dmitry Medvedev the latter has left for Baku for two days. The “analytical thinking” of Armenia (mostly working at the service of the state) put aside its own problems and in a childish envy started to follow and interpret every single detail and nuance of …

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The most degraded state of the region

09.09.2010

Due to his yesterday’s visit to Baku the Russian President Dmitry Medvedev equaled to ground level the encouragement and exhilaration of the Armenian government and the state propaganda, which they were demonstrating after Medvedev’s visit to Armenia. And the problem is not only the fact that the president of the “strategic partner” of Armenia stated …

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“The issue of change of government is out of the agenda”

09.09.2010

– Marine, the ones, who express negative opinions about the ANC and especially the ones, who dare to call the ANC “outdated opposition” as you did and offer to establish a new opposition, are considered pro-government “mines” or “envoys” within the opposition. So aren’t you scared of this prospect? Don’t you have fear that you …

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Harmful habits

07.09.2010

Yesterday it became known that the city council of Yerevan denied the appeal of the Armenian National Congress to hold a rally in the Liberty Square scheduled for September 17. Instead they offered the ANC to hold the rally in the Matenadaran area. Both the “justification” of Yerevan mayor and this decision of the city …

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Vladimir Kazimirov, “The Russian President doesn’t visit Yerevan and Baku to take an exam”

07.09.2010

The President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev has managed to visit two enemy countries of the region Armenia and Azerbaijan within a short period of time. What did these visits give to our region? To what direction may the NKR conflict resolution develop? This and other questions of the 168-Zham newspaper are answered by …

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Still neutral

02.09.2010

The official visit of the Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to Armenia, the documents signed during that period, specifically the prolongation of the contract of deployment of Russian troops in Gyumri, created various kinds of interpretations. Experts would mainly focus on our direct neighbours – Georgia and Azerbaijan and their reaction around this matter. And what …

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The threat is there and will exist

02.09.2010

“Azerbaijan cannot help making statements about the resumption of war. It should do so. Secondly, if it really wishes so, why shouldn’t it start the war?” told our reporter the president of Yerkrapah Union Manvel Grigoryan when responding a question about the possible resumption of war. “But will the super states involved in the process …

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“Getting on the donkey is one thing and getting off – another thing”

02.09.2010

– The government of Armenia considers the prolongation of the deployment of the Russian military base in Gyumri a guarantee for security and the opposition thinks that by this the sovereignty of our country was endangered. Do you agree with this opinion? – In fact it is nothing good if any state wishes to practice …

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Again dependent on somebody else

28.08.2010

Eventually the Russian president Dmitri Medvedev is visiting Armenia. The rumors about his visit have given a lot of pleasure to the Armenian authorities and state propaganda for over a month. The huge money that was spent on this visit, including the decorations of streets and other preparations, is only one of the sides of …

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Other issues

28.08.2010

According to our information besides the prolongation of the date of the deployment of the Russian military base in Armenia the leadership of the two countries have discussed issues related to the move of the base to the Armenian-Georgian and Armenian-Azerbaijani borders. The treaty to be signed tomorrow, which relates to the prolongation of the …

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