Regrettably, the only things that matter in this world are money and power. All the other issues that naïve people put a value on, such as truth, justice, and human rights, are self-defeating delusions. Rich and powerful people and countries can do almost anything they want. The only ones that can stop them are those who possess greater power. The weak are at the mercy of the powerful wolves.
The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) selected Pres. Ilham Aliyev in 2012 for its first “Person of the Year Award [which] recognizes the individual or institution that has done the most to advance organized criminal activity and corruption in the world.”
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.
There is a clear political will in Moscow to solve the existing problems in the relations between Russia and Armenia. About this, Sputnik as reported by the Armenian service of the agency, Russian Ambassador to Armenia Sergey Kopirkin said during the 9th Armenian-Russian Health Forum in Yerevan.
Political scientist Andranik Mihranyan was told at the “Zvartnots” airport that his entry to Armenia is prohibited, the Union of Armenians of Russia reported on this on the Telegram channel, detailing that the political scientist had arrived in Armenia to “visit the graves of his parents”.
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.
In his fanatical zeal, Aliyev doesn’t seem to understand that his constant attacks on France, based on lies, are not going to end well for Azerbaijan. France is a superpower, while Azerbaijan is a banana republic, which does not even have bananas, ruled by a two-bit dictator!
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.
Every time Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan makes a public statement, he ends up damaging Armenia’s interests.
