Author: Badalian Vardan

GENERAL ARKADY TER-TADEVOSYAN ISSUES STATEMENT ON DETENTION OF LEVON HAYRAPETYAN

20:34 * 16.07.14

Armenian General Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan (Komandos) has issued
a statement on the detention of the Armenian businessman and
philanthropist Levon Hayrapetyan.

“The Russian Federal Security Service has detained one of the most
active advocates of Russian-Armenian friendship and great patriot of
Armenia and Russia, well-known philanthropist Levon Hayrapetyan.

“I have for many years been an intimate friend with Levon Hayrapetyan
and I have no doubts that the action was aimed at overshadowing
Armenian-Russian friendship, the advisability of Armenia’s accession
to the Eurasian Economic Union and, to an extent, affecting the
construction of the Defense Army of the Nagorno-Karabakh Artsakh
Republic.

“The aforementioned suggests a political order for Levon Hayrapetyan’s
detention and prosecution, which has deeply perplexed the people who
know the well-known Armenian philanthropist well. The Republic of
Azerbaijan is the only state in the world expected to the discontented
with Levon Hayrapetyan’s activities. Its leaders are furiously jealous
of the Armenian states’ achievements. It is the Azerbaijan that,
using windfall petrodollars, is trying to resolve its problems by
means of ordinary presents and ‘caviar diplomacy’, a term that has
gained international currency. I would like to recall the words of
the CE Secretary General, who said that ‘Azerbaijan’s caviar diplomacy
is a threat to the CE Parliamentary Assembly’s sovereignty.’

“Regrettably, some Russian structures, including the Federal Security
Service, still have in their ranks dishonest people, who are ready
to betray their own country’s interests for thirty silver pieces. And
I am sure no one doubts that strong Armenians states located between
a NATO member-state and Russia is in Russia’s interests.

“I am recalling this fact for one more reason, namely, that Levon
Hayrapetyan is the main sponsor of the military schools being
constructed in Nagorno-Karabakh, and it is on his initiative that
it has been named after the outstanding Russian military figures of
Armenian descent – Alexander Suvorov and Valerian Madatov.

“Of course, the Armenian people cannot remain indifferent to Levon
Hayrapetyan’s fate, but I am sure that people will raise their voice
in his defense not only in Armenia, but also in Russia – the Russia
for whose development Levon Hayrapetyan has been and will yet be
doing a lot.

“On the other hand, I hope that the misunderstanding will soon be
cleared up and Levon Hayrapetyan will resume his noble activities
as a tireless champion of Armenian-Russian friendship, which is so
necessary for our countries.”

POLITICAL ACTIVIST ON TRIAL URGES YEREVAN MAYOR NOT TO BETRAY HIS FATHER

07.16.2014 16:55 epress.am

At the start of today’s trial in the case against political activist
Shant Harutyunyan and his friends, Harutyunyan urged Yerevan Mayor
Taron Margaryan (pictured) not to install the statue of Soviet leader
Anastas Mikoyan in the Armenian capital.

According to Harutyunyan, if the municipality wants to install
monuments of Bolsheviks, it can install monuments to Kamo (Semeno
Arshakovitch Ter-Petrossian), Sarkis Kasyan, and Aghasi Khanjyan,
for example.

Mikoyan, unlike the others, Harutyunyan said, is a traitor not only
to the state, but also to his family and father.

“At least you, whose father was Andranik Margaryan, dear Taron, you
should know well what a sordid structure the KGB is. The KGB corrupts
a man until the end, forces him to betray not only his country, but
also his father. Don’t become a son who betrays his own father. If
you’re forced because of your position, at least install Kamo’s statue,
not Mikoyan’s,” he said.

Taron Margaryan’s father, Andranik Margaryan, during the Soviet
years was a member of the underground National Unity Party, which
campaigned for Armenia’s succession from the Soviet Union. In 1974,
he was arrested and sentenced to two years in Soviet labor camps for
fighting against the Soviet regime.

Recently, there has been much discussion on social networking sites
and in local media concerning the municipality’s decision to erect a
monument to Soviet leader Anastas Mikoyan. Many public andcultural
figures, academics, and civil society activists are against the
decision.

SUPERFAN SPENDS EURO 22,000 AND GETS IN MAJOR DEBT TO LOOK LIKE KIM KARDASHIAN

Wednesday 16 July 2014

Freya Drohan

PUBLISHED 16/07/2014|15:02

A woman has spent a small fortune to look like her idol, Kim
Kardashian.

British woman Claire Leeson revealed on This Morning that she has
spent the equivalent of EURO 22,000 on surgery enhancements to look
like the reality tv star.

Superfan spends thousands to look like Kim Kardashian

The 24-year-old woman spent the money of teeth whitening, a breast
augmentation, hair extensions, makeup, tanning, and nails.

Not to mention the wardrobe to match.

She also admitted she wears “bum padding” i.e. pants with silicone
inside them to get the same curves as her American counterpart.

The young woman said she is now deep in debt, and has creditors have
sent her threatening letters:

“I work, but my job doesn’t pay enough,” she said. “I’ve used credit
cards to pay for everything. I’m in major debt. I say that I’m going
to pay them, but as soon as money comes in I just think about getting
my Kimmy on.”

Leeson says she started watching Keeping Up With The Kardashians in
2009, and quickly became captivated by the Armenian-American star:

“I watched and realized I had the same amount of siblings and that
we have the same kind of arguments and things going on,” she said. “I
thought she was so beautiful and I really wanted to be like her.”

She states that she was bullied throughout her life, and feels
“unstoppable, untouchable and strong” thanks to her new appearance.

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ARMENIAN PRESIDENT CONFIRMS READINESS TO DEVELOP RELATIONS WITH EU

Wednesday 16 July 2014 12:34
Photo: Photolure

Serzh Sargsyan

Yerevan /Mediamax/. Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan confirmed
Armenia’s readiness to develop relations with the European Union in
a bilateral format as well as within Eastern Partnership today.

The President’s congratulatory message to the President-elect of
European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker reads this.

Serzh Sargsyan expressed the hope that during Jean-Claude Juncker’s
presidency, Armenia and European Commission will develop and deepen
cooperation opening new prospects.

“Cooperation with the EU considerably contributed to reforms in
effective administration, democracy, human rights, rule of law and
other fields in Armenia, and we highly evaluate it”, the Armenian
President’s congratulatory message reads.

LARISA ALAVERDYAN: AZERI ATTACK WAS THE RESULT OF JAMES WARLICK’S STATEMENTS

by Nana Martirosyan

Wednesday, July 16, 15:28

The Azeri attack on Karvachar and the growing tension on the contact
line between Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan are the result of the
statements by OSCE Minsk Group US co-chair James Warlick that the
current status quo in Nagorno- Karabakh cannot be preserved, former
Human Rights Defender of Armenia Larisa Alaverdyan told journalists
on Wednesday.

“The OSCE Minsk Group has proved its inability to force the parties
into peace. But instead of trying to do something or at least
to suggest some alternatives, it keeps saying that things can no
longer stay as they are and this is encouraging the bold-faced Azeri
authorities. The co-chairs are not doing their daily work. The Azeris
keep giving them pretexts for criticizing them but all they are doing
is just conducting regular monitorings. We won in the battlefield but
now we are losing in the diplomatic field, which we must not allow,”
Alaverdyan said.

On the other hand, she believes that the meetings with Azeri President
Ilham Aliyev must be continued as any contacts are good for the
parties. “We must not reject an offer by a more or less neutral party
as once we already accepted a similar offer by Russia, a country that
keeps openly selling arms to Azerbaijan,” Alaverdyan said.

Last week Nagorno-Karabakh’s troops prevented an Azeri raid on
Karvachar. Some of the raiders were killed, two – Gulin Shahbaz
Jalaloglu and Dilhan Gardashhan – were detained and are now facing
criminal charges.

“KEEP AWAY FROM OUR POCKETS” INITIATIVE URGES ARMENIA’S DRIVERS NOT TO PAY FINES FOR VIOLATING TRAFFIC RULES

by Arthur Yernjakyan

Wednesday, July 16, 15:35

The civic initiative “Keep Away From Our Pockets” urges Armenia’s
drivers not to pay fines for violating the traffic rules but to
challenge the fines in a judicial procedure, Vardan Hakobyan, one of
the organizers of the initiative, said at today’s press conference.

He also urges the drivers not to pay the traffic tickets issued
by the Road Police. “Let the court decide how much lawful they
are. Bring your traffic tickets, and we will challenge them in a
judicial procedure. We will fill the administrative court with such
tickets”, he said. Hakobyan added that the initiative includes drivers
and lawyers, who are ready to provide us with free legal consultation.

“These are students of law faculties and they support us”, he said.

Hakobyan added that on July 17 the initiative will hold a motor rally.

According to him, 4,000 traffic fines are daily registered in Armenia.

(In monetary terms it may total; nearly 40 mln AMD daily, or 480 mln
AMD monthly, or 5.7 bln AMD annually give that an average traffic
ticket costs 10 thsd AMD – editor’s note). Hakobyan qualifies the
current traffic situation as racketeering by a private company,
which receives 70% of all revenues from fine payments. He said that
in 2012-2013 800 thsd traffic tickets were registered annually.

The situation has not changed for the better. The only difference
is that in 2012 the fines were registered by the Road Police and
in 2013 they were registered by the cameras. Hakobyan pointed out
that there are too many cameras in Armenia and that their number
is higher in Armenia than in many European countries. For instance,
there are only 3400 cameras throughout Germany, whereas in Armenia,
which is 60 times as small as Germany, the number of cameras exceeds
1,000. “I consider it to be one more intention to do business rather
than ensure traffic safety”, he said.

Earlier it was reported that Sensys Traffic AB (Sweden) has the
right to receive 70% of the revenues from the traffic fine payments
in Armenia.

NIKOL PASHINYAN: TRIAL IS ADJOURNED DELIBERATELY

14:58 | July 16,2014 | Politics

A Yerevan court today continued the hearing of the case of political
activist Shant Harutyunyan, who was arrested last November in
connection with an anti-government march in Yerevan, and the other
13 people detained after they had resorted to a political rebellion
as an act of desperation.

Today, the court heard police officer Gegham Khachatryan who said in
his testimony that defendants Shant Harutyunyan and Shahen Harutyunyan,
Avetis Avetisyan and Mkrtich Hovhannesyan had hit him on November 5
at various times.

The sitting was attended by Nikol Pashinyan, a lawmaker of the Armenian
National Congress (HAK), ho said he had visited the prison to see Shant
harutyunyan and his friends. The MP says Judge Mnatsakan Martirosyan
does not take the trial seriously, and everyone knew what verdict will
be announced in the end. “The adjournment was likely connected with
Serzh Sargsyan’s visit to Latin America. Perhaps Mnatsakan Martirosyan
needs another two months to learn the opinion of Serzh Sargsyan,
” said Nikol Pashinyan.

Shant Harutyunyan was arrested on November 5 as he attempted to head
to the Presidential Office together with a group of supporters to
‘blow up the building’ as he had earlier stated. He was immediately
charged under Article 316.2 of the Criminal Code of Armenia (violence
against a representative of the authorities that is dangerous for life
or health). However, in April 2014, the charges against political
activist were replaced with Article 258 Section 4 (hooliganism
committed with a weapon or another item used as a weapon).

Harutyunyan faces up to 7 years in prison under new charges.

ILS SONT TOMBES

Mission 2015

En 2015 les Armeniens du monde entier vont commemorer le 100e
anniversaire du genocide qui a decime 1.500 000 etres humains innocents
sur ordre du gouvernement des Jeunes Turcs de l’empire ottoman.

Pour donner a cet evenement une visibilite et un retentissement dans
tous les foyers francais, belges, suisses, canadiens, libanais,
armeniens, grâce a l’immense notoriete de Charles Aznavour, nous
allons mettre en images son emouvante chanson >,
dediee aux victimes du genocide des Armeniens.

Merci a tous de participer a ce financement soutenu par le CCAF.

Jean Eckian

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ZOGHOVURD: ARMENIA TO IMPORT CUSTOM-FREE RUSSIAN OIL IN 2015

10:19 * 16.07.14

Iosif Isayan, a deputy minister of energy and natural resources,
said Tuesday that Armenia will, until the end of this year, consider
and approve procedures of importing Russian oil products without
customs tariffs.

The new procedures are expected to take effect in 2014. According to
the paper, they will apply to the Russian company Rosneft, which will
carry out the import of both petroleum and diesel fuel, as well as oil
minerals. The paper reports Isayan as saying that the measure is not
intended to ban other companies from supplying fuel to the country,
but they will be required to pay customs duties for doing so.

Commenting on the report, the paper describes the proposed measure
as a new step in the process of Armenia’s colonization by Russia.

Armenian News – Tert.am

ARMENIA AUTHORITIES INVESTIGATE ORIGIN OF AZERBAIJANI VIDEOS – MOD

July 16, 2014 | 00:01

YEREVAN. – Ever since the recent neutralization of an Azerbaijani
sabotage team in Karvachar Region of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic,
the Azerbaijani press is disseminating releases and videos, which
supposedly were made in Armenia.

In this connection, Armenian News-NEWS.am spoke with the Armenian
defense minister’s press secretary Artsrun Hovhannisyan for a comment.

“Such ‘videos’ have appeared on the Internet in the past, too, and
unknown where they were shot. There is absolutely no evidence that the
[most recently released such a] video was made in the territory of
Armenia; that’s why there is no need to comment,” Hovhannisyan stated.

At the same time, however, he noted that the competent authorities
are dealing with this matter.

News from Armenia – NEWS.am