Electronic media spread information, according to which the employees of Russian companies in Armenia were internally assigned to take part in the protest rally against the new pension reform. It is hard to tell how many of the rally participants were from Russian companies but this fact is important not only in light of the protest against the pension reform but also in the political context.
The World Economic Forum 2014 will take place in Davos of Switzerland on January 22-25. This is one of the most outstanding economic global events in the world, which hosts presidents and top leaders of countries around the world. Armenia is not participating in the World Economic Forum in Davos this year. Instead of this event the Armenian government prefers to participate in other economic platforms.
A debate between the Armenian second president Robert Kocharyan and the incumbent Prime-Minister Tigran Sargsyan has become one of the most discussed topics in Armenia, even to the extent of becoming a debate between Kocharyan and the government. This debate will continue for a long time if it is not stopped by any unexpected circumstance. There are dozens of opinions about the conflict between the incumbent and previous presidents of Armenia, which generally are of two types.
