In an unprecedented escalation of its ongoing crackdown on dissent, Azerbaijan prosecutors have unveiled a new and enormous array of some 45 potential charges against Armenian humanitarian and political prisoner Ruben Vardanyan, according to his legal team. If convicted, Vardanyan faces the grim prospect of life imprisonment.
Doctor Arthur Khachikian, Stanford PhD in Political Science, and Journalist Razmik Martirosyan had an interview with Colonel Douglas Macgregor, a retired U.S. Army Colonel, CEO of Our Country Our Choice, former Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Defense during President Trump’s first term, and Christine Arakelian, a Senior Economic and Business Management Consultant and Fellow at the Armenian Society of Fellows.
Dr. Arthur Khachikian, Stanford PhD in Political Science had an interview with Arta Moeini, Research Director, Institute of Peace and Diplomacy. They talked about the US administration priorities, the war in Ukraine, the US relations with Russia, Iran and China, the situation in the South Caucasus, etc. He particularly mentioned:
Dr. Arthur Khachikian, Stanford University PhD in Political Science, on geopolitical developments, the games of superpowers, geopolitical elites in the South Caucasus, the ambitions of the U.S., Europe, Israel and the collective West in general with regard to Armenia, and the ambitions of Nikol Pashinyan, the social and political functionaries supporting the RA authorities, Turkey, Azerbaijan, the history of Russia’s policy in the region – all these issues were discussed by Dr. Pietro Shakarian, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of History, National Research University-Higher School of Economics, St. Petersburg, former lecturer at the American Armenian University.
Dr. Arthur Khachikian, Stanford PhD in Political Science, and Suren Sargsyan, Director of the «Armenian Center for American Studies» hold a discussion at 168.am with a world-famous economist, Professor and Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at the Earth Institute of Columbia University, Jeffrey D. Sachs.
Hovhannes Avetisyan wrote a letter to the Head of the European Union Delegation, Ambassador Vassilis Maragos addressing his concerns on political repressions against oppositions activists and politicians organized by current authorities
Hovhannes Avetisyan wrote a letter to Kristina Kvien, the Ambassador of the Untied State of America to Armenia addressing his concerns on political repressions against oppositions activists and politicians organized by current authorities
Conversation with Dr. Arthur Khachikian, Stanford PhD in Political Science and Arta Moeini, Research Director, Institute of Peace and Diplomacy
On October 31, another incident occurred between the Speaker of the National Assembly (NA) Alen Simonyan and a journalist covering the work of the NA. This time, the target of Alen Simonyan’s unruly behavior was Vahe Makaryan, a journalist for the Mediahub.am news website, who said that he has covered the work of the National Assembly for more than 10 years, and none of the head of the NA has ever shown such attitude towards any journalist.
168.am’s interview with Wojciech Wojtasiewicz, analyst for the South Caucasus countries, Eastern Europe Programme, The Polish Institute of International Affairs:
