Prosecutor General of Armenia Gevorg Kostanyan informed the Board members that due to healthcare problems he asked the Armenian President to accept his resignation from the post of Prosecutor General of Armenia, Prosecutor General’s press secretary Khristine Melkonyan wrote on Facebook: “Dear colleagues, Please be informed that today the Board’s session has been held in the Prosecutor General’s Office led by Prosecutor General Gevorg Kostanyan. He informed the Board members that due to healthcare problems he asked the Armenian President to accept his resignation from the Prosecutor General’s post.
On August 4 at 09:30, a soldier Vahan V. Mikayelyan, born in 1997, received fatal wounds in the conservation area of a military unit located in the northern direction of the NKR Defense Army. The details of the case are still unknown. An investigation is underway to clarify the details.
“Her-her” HPP with the capacity of 1.2 MW is within the company. Yolyan stated that it’s allowed to RA Minister of Defense as a person exercising liabilities of sole shareholder of Vorotan Hydropower Cascade, to make the decision of selling the property with the total amount of AMD 67938,264 to “Arm-Aero” CJSC.
OSCE representative on freedom of the media Dunja Mijatović wrote to Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian indicating that the government “should implement practical steps to ensure restraint on the part of law enforcement representatives toward members of the media” to guarantee that the press is not targeted by the police or thugs. “The police should be protecting journalists and members of the media,” she added.
“This also speaks of the fact, that conditionally said, Schroeder Effect is rather effective in Europe, i.e. there are a lot of politicians, who are ready to support Russian plans, naturally, not without expectations. That’s why we have such a situation, when for any other gas, in particular, in this case we are discussing Iranian gas, it’ll be difficult to overcome that obstacle and enter European market.”
“The then tyrant was Robert Kocharyan, who gave that command. I wasn’t a political figure, but I came and became a political figure. Dispersion and devouring of the political field occurred from 1994 until now, and that field, as a result of such dispersion, presently isn’t able to reflect to what’s going on. At the same time, we should understand that we live in a period, where there is new generation, which submits a political claim, the political claim is solidarity with the activities of “Sasna Tsrer.” Thus, this means, that the political claim is being developed, political parties, which will pass that exam, they’ll become political leader, currently we appeared at this phase,” Z.Postanjyan said.
“Here the issue isn’t reviewing budget, economic policy, but that of technologies of the authorities. Proper approach in relations with Russia should be developed, new technologies should be developed in Karabakh situation, and everything currently should be quickly reviewed, as the occurrence, in football language, was a yellow card for Armenia’s authorities,” Vadim Dubnov said.
“Currently Russia settles its relations with Turkey, China attempts to construct the Silk Road, all these don’t allow Russia to actively support Armenia, our strategic ally. Besides, there are opinions inside the country, that’s it’s necessary to leave Armenia, and recent statement by Zhirinovsky, and Russia’s 15% supports him, as result of all these, statements on supporting Armenia are heard less from Russian politicians.”
Russian armaments are being positioned against Armenia both from outside and inside. Defense both on the border and in Yerevan’s streets is being realized through a Russian weapon, naturally, in its direct and figurative meanings. As, on the whole, for Russia it’s the same from which side Armenia, with at least minor chances of becoming a statehood, is being shot—from Talish or Sari Tagh?
The Armenian President will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin. The sides are going to discuss political, trade-economic, humanitarian issues, key issues of bilateral mutual cooperation, as well as issues related to the development of integration processes in the Eurasian area.