168 Hours sat down for an interview with Vice-Rector of MGIMO University (Moscow State Institute of International Relations) for Research, Doctor of Historical Sciences, historian and political scientist Evgeny Kozhokin.
Over the past couple of months, the rhetoric about the Artsakh issue, particularly the rhetoric of Armenia’s pro-government personalities and media outlets has sharply changed, and this unequivocally sparks serious concerns. They regularly make calls and accusatory statements that will lead to a deadlock.
Member of Parliament Tigran Urikhanyan from the opposition Prosperous Armenia (Bargavatch Hayastan, BHK) party has announced his resignation.
Armenian women can curse, and they are really good at it. This discovery was perhaps the biggest surprise on social media this past year, and this refers to very real Armenian women living in Armenia and abroad. Of course, it’s the level of mutual intolerance that a shock delivers any public discourse impossible.
Today, the Criminal Court of Appeal of Armenia, under the chairmanship of Judge Armen Danielyan, began to examine the appeals that the Prosecutor General’s Office and the attorneys of the injured party have filed against the release of second President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan from custody, termination of the case and forwarding of the case to the Constitutional Court.
French courts are rendering decisions annulling the Declarations of Friendship signed between various French cities and settlements of Artsakh one after another.
Russian Ambassador to Armenia Sergei Kopyrkin met with 2nd President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan within the framework of his regular meetings with public-political and business circle representatives, the Russian Embassy said in a statement.
The next meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan is scheduled to take place in Washington D.C. on June 20 under the auspices of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs, the Armenian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan is demanding ex-President Robert Kocharyan to pay 650,000 drams ($1350) in court costs after the parties reached a settlement in a defamation suit.
I should like to thank you and your Government for the warm welcome received by the Council of Europe delegation who visited Armenia on 30 and 31 May and for the very construction discussions you had with them.
