Armenianow.com had an interesting article “Present and Future Power Debate: Who will be the choices in 2008?” which examines the possible scenarios of political developments, probable candidates and the effects of these decisions on the political life in the country. However, all the arguments brought to and for this or that candidate in the article […]
RFE/RL reports that the republic is once again considered “Partly Free” by Freedom House. RFE/RL quotes the U.S. based organization as laying the blame firmly on a “limited respect for political rights and civil liberties.â€
The Washington-based group again evaluated the state of political rights and civil liberties in each of the 193 countries surveyed […]
The BBC reports that Hollywood actor Johnny Depp is to produce a film on the life and death of former KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko who was poisoned by a radioactive substance in London in November last year. The film will be based on a book, Sasha’s Story: The Life and Death of a Russian Spy, […]
While UK, at least for myself, appears as the fore-post of democracy in the world, Armenia in line with a number of other former Soviet States, has become one of the labs where the huge Russian experiment on developing a form of Contained Democracy - a democratic imitation is undertaken.
I first heard the music of Deti Picasso two years ago and liked what I heard. Too often, most contemporary Armenian music falls into one of three categories — traditional, rabiz, very mediocre pop, or a combination of all three. Add to that the unfortunate tendency for most rock bands here in Armenia to content […]
While most observers are not expecting any breakthough in continuing negotiations between Armenia and Azerbaijan to resolve the conflict over Nagorno Karabakh, RFE/RL carries what some might consider to be surprising news. That is, progress has been made after Kocharian and Aliyev yesterday met in Minsk on the sidelines of a CIS summit.
“I can […]
The BBC reports that former KGB officer Alexander Litvinenko died last night in a London hospital after apparently being poisoned at the beginning of November. According to the report, Litvinenko was investigating last month’s murder of Anna Politkovskaya and dictated a letter in his final hours accusing Russian President Vladimir Putin of being behind his […]
Today as I read the newspaper, Serzh Sarkisyan’s comments struck me as unbelievably short sighted and almost comical. I was reading a week old paper and in it Serzh said that he does not see Russia’s acquiring of Armenia’s utilities as dangerous. He continued to say that he does not see Russia using […]
Blogian carries news that the BBC Russian site says Borat’s Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan will not be shown in Russia. Unfortunately, Simon thinks Armenia will follow suit and I guess he’s right. However, I live in hope that it will at least make it here on DVD and […]
Lernamerdz, Armavir Region, Republic of Armenia © Onnik Krikorian / Eurasianet 2006
Today marked the 89th Anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution and an assignment from Eurasianet saw me visit the Armenian village of Lernamerdz with Marianna Grigoryan, a journalist from Armenia Now. After writing for IWPR on the village, affectionately known as “Little Cuba,” Marianna has […]
