The guests did their best not to let the organizers feel bad. For example, US Ambassador John Heffern said that the demonstration of activists was a sign of civic society development and activity.

Hard to imagine that not so long ago computers filled up an entire room and were used only by academic institutions. In recent decades, the size of electronic devices has been reduced significantly. Moreover, they have become an indispensable part of our daily life.

Back in 1997, when NATO was expanding due to Eastern Europe, Russia announced that it was the continuation of the frozen war, and such expansion would be negative. The next issue is the Black Sea and port. During the Soviet time the Crimea and Ukraine were a part of a big country, and a significant part of the Black Sea port infrastructure was concentrated in Sevastopol of the Crimea.

Armenians must speak up, protest, and take effective action to defend their countrymen in all corners of the world. They need to become the ‘mouse’ that ROARS!

The Russian economy has had impressive growth period, however, it was not due to the existing capital and new investments but limitation of new potential investments and growth. Though the Russian financial situation as better compared to a number of developing countries, there were also massive investment projects such as the one in Sochi, which are over now.

If our ambassador spoke in Germany about the German pension reform I cannot even imagine what would happen to him. As of the political problem we all know that Armenia also has a self-determination objective with the Karabakh conflict. Therefore, the self-determination of any nation is important to us.

The key figures of Levon Ter-Petrosyan ensure that 4-5 years ago Armenia’s first president had a phone conversation with a high-ranking official from Russia. Even the closest loyalists of Ter-Petrosyan don’t know who the first president has spoken to. But that is not the important thing.

The Swiss Federal Office of Justice has requested the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) to review the case of Doğu Perinçek, earlier determining that the Swiss Courts’ rulings to impose financial and criminal fine for denying the Armenian Genocide was a limitation of the right for free expression.

I think nobody wants war so we have to look at all measures that we can take. We want to send a clear message that we believe that Russia’s actions aren’t acceptable and are out of the bounds of the international law.

According to former foreign affairs minister of Armenia Alexander Arzumanyan, it is the duty of every force and every citizen concerned with the fate of Armenia to do its best for the sovereignty of Nagorno Karabakh to be sustained. Arzumanyan says, “The situation of Armenian authorities is not enviable, as they will face open pressures from Russia, as it was with the case of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.”