His ailing father, Heydar, an ex-KGB officer, had served in the same role for the previous 10 years. Election monitors reported that police had beaten and detained political opponents, in line with the country’s reputation for repression.
“Thinking of all my brothers and sisters in Armenia right now. May peace come soon. I snapped this photo–a view of what was once Armenia and is now Turkey–on my last trip in April ’15 for the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.”
“Sputnik” introduces Armenia’s exclusive photos taken in Mataghis village of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. NK Defense army frontline is introduced in the photos.
It turns out, the adversary is incompetent not only on battlefield, but in propaganda front as well. “Specialists” of the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan probably heard about propaganda war, however, not taking into account that at least minimum knowledge is necessary to carry out special psychological operations.
“It is unacceptable to reject international commitment to resolve the conflict politically, through the exclusively peaceful means, particularly, when the victims of this military adventurism are also innocent civilians, including children. We consider it necessary to take practical steps to immediately cease the military actions, to withdraw military troops to the positions they had before the 1st of April 2016. We strongly support to return to the negotiation process mediated by the OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs”
“I guess Erdogan doesn’t read history. Nagorno Karabagh’s rightful historical owners are Armenians. Stalin gave it to Azerbaijan. And Serj Tankian says Eastern Turkey will one day return to its rightful owners as well. This guy’s such a douche that anyone standing next to him or supporting him looks like a douche.”
The Azerbaijani side fired various caliber weapons towards Armenian positions and civilian settlements, including 60mm and 82mm mortars; 168.am was informed by the Information and Public Relations Department of the Ministry of Defense of Armenia.
Prominent US-Armenian TV star Kim Kardashian, who has 66 million followers in “Instagram” social network, made a supporting note to Armenian nation stating that she prays for Armenia.
Day by day increasing the caliber of weapons the adversary on April 4 and throughout the morning of April 5 applied “Smerch” multiple rocket system towards the southern part of the frontline.
“They did speak today via phone … to discuss efforts to secure an immediate end to the violence that has erupted along the Nagorno-Karabakh line of conflict and encourage both Armenia and Azerbaijan to … resume settlement talks under the auspices of the OSCE (Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe),” Toner said.
