President Serzh Sargsyan’s Republican Party was leading with 50.43 percent of the vote, while the opposition coalition behind Gagik Tsarukian – a former arm wrestler and one of the ex-Soviet state’s wealthiest men – was trailing with 28.29 percent. The nationalist Dashnaktsutyun were at 6.88 percent, leaving them also set to enter parliament.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange dodged an eviction order in Ecuador’s Sunday election, after the right-wing candidate who had vowed to kick him out of the country’s London embassy was set to narrowly lose a presidential election, Reuters reports.
Polls prior to the vote showed the Republican Party of Armenia’s president, Serzh Sargsyan, in the lead, closely followed by a bloc led by businessman Gagik Tsarukian, one of Armenia’s richest men.
This extraordinary film is opening April 21… It is a subject that I have been fascinated with for decades and it has taken many years for it to finally have the guts to make it and finally bring it to the screen all to see…
“Lavrov also stated on Azerbaijan’s possible membership to EEU in his interview. It’s known that some Azerbaijani circles in negotiations with Moscow attempt to circulate this issue to gain Russian support in NK conflict settlement.”
“This year, in fact, Armenia implements certain steps toward the West, as it realizes that the threat of getting isolated from the world isn’t far against the background of West-Russia disagreements.”
Hollywood actress and singer Barbra Streisand has joined the advertising campaign of the Armenian Genocide film “The Promise”. The premiere of the movie is scheduled for April 21.
What happened in Armenia was awful. It was wrong. Let’s #KeepthePromise to never forget and to promote human rights wherever we are & however we can,” John said on Facebook.
The letter, by Senators Sherrod Brown, of Ohio, Dianne Feinstein, of California, and Ben Cardin, of Maryland, was sent to the Attorney General, Jeff Sessions, the Treasury Secretary, Steven Mnuchin, and the F.B.I. director, James Comey.
“I consider Hoagland’s reflection allows presuming that it was made by the Russian side, however, it’s acceptable to all Co-Chairs, thus, it should be acceptable in the societies as well. However, I repeat that the issue isn’t in the settlement plan, but the political will or its absence, intention to go to concession,” Malashenko said.
