Author: Kalantarian Kevo

BAKU EXPERT: “UNION OF BILLIONAIRES” – IS A MEANS OF THE KREMLIN TO IMPOSE PRESSURE SO THAT TO HAVE MORE MANAGEABLE AND OBEDIENT BAKU

ARMINFO
Thursday, June 20, 14:58

The “Union of billionaires” – is a means of the Kremlin to impose
pressure so that to have more manageable and obedient Baku. I think
such is its main role and nothing else, chairman of the Baku research
centre “East-West”, Arastun Orujlu, replied to Arminfo correspondent’s
question at the online press-conference.

“I don’t think that the “Union of billionaires” set up by Azerbaijani
businessmen in Russia may play the same part as the “Georgian dream”
in Georgia. There are less such opportunities in Azerbaijan than in
Georgia. The power is the richest and in fact keeps all the sectors
of the public and political life of the country under the harsh
control. This is impossible taking into consideration the level of
limiting freedoms and rights in Azerbaijan”, – Orujlu said.

STAYING AT SHAKHTAR WOULD BE BETTER FOR MKHITARYAN – UKRAINE FORMER ASSISTANT COACH

June 20, 2013

I believe the Shakhtar management wants to keep Mkhitaryan, Ukrainian
national football squad former assistant manager Vadym Yevtushenko
noted.

The Ukrainian specialist reflected on the news concerning Armenian
national team and Ukraine’s FC Shakhtar Donetsk attacking midfielder
Henrikh Mkhitaryan’s possible transfer to England’s Liverpool FC.

“[Brazil international] Fernandinho’s loss was considerable for
Shakhtar. If the team loses yet another leading player, Shakhtar will
have serious problems. [But] if a lot of money is paid for Mkhitaryan,
the club will not turn down such offer.

“Henrikh wants to leave; but I think it would be better for Mkhitaryan
if he stay at Shakhtar. If he stays, he will become a higher-quality
player one year later,” Sport Express in Ukraine quotes Yevtushenko
as saying.

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UKRAINE MUST FOLLOW THE LEAD AND RECOGNIZE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE – AVAKOV

June 20, 2013 | 12:55

Ukraine must follow the lead of many other countries and recognize
the Armenian Genocide, Ukrainian MP Arsen Avakov said in an interview
with Kapital newspaper.

“I mean recognition of the Armenian Genocide in the territory of the
Ottoman Empire carried out by the government of the Young Turks in
1915-1920,” he said.

In his turn, chairman of the Communist faction Pyotr Simonenko noted
that the UN has recognized the genocide long ago, Analitika.at.ua
writes.

A bill, with respect to recognizing the mass annihilation of the
Armenians in the Ottoman Empire, was registered in the Verkhovna Rada
(Supreme Council; i.e., the Parliament) of Ukraine on June 6

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LES PRESIDENTS HOLLANDE, OBAMA ET POUTINE EXHORTENT L’ARMENIE ET L’AZERBAÏDJAN A PRENDRE DES DECISIONS IMPORTANTES POUR PARVENIR A UN RÈGLEMENT DU CONFLIT DU HK

La ” une ” de la presse du jour est consacree a la declaration
conjointe des Presidents francais, americain et russe en marge du
sommet du G8 en Irlande du Nord, dans laquelle ils regrettent que les
Presidents azerbaïdjanais et armenien n’aient pas adopte les mesures
decisives qu’ils les invitaient a prendre dans la declaration conjointe
de Deauville le 26 mai 2011.

Les trois presidents estiment neanmoins que les progrès qui ont ete
accomplis devraient donner l’impulsion necessaire pour mener a bien
les travaux relatifs au cadre d’une paix globale. ” Nous appelons
les dirigeants de l’Armenie et de l’Azerbaïdjan a mettre en ~uvre
l’engagement exprime dans leur declaration conjointe du 23 janvier
2012 a Sotchi d’accelerer la conclusion d’un accord sur les principes
de base en vue d’un règlement du conflit du Haut-Karabagh. Pour
preuve de leur volonte politique, ils devraient s’abstenir de toute
position maximaliste au cours des negociations, respecter l’accord
de cessez-le-feu de 1994 et se garder de toute rhetorique hostile
qui accroît la tension. Nous appelons instamment ces dirigeants a
s’inspirer des principes de l’Acte final de Helsinki – en particulier
ceux qui se rapportent au non-recours a la force ou a la menace
de la force, a l’integrite territoriale, a l’egalite de droits et
a l’autodetermination des peuples – et des elements de règlement
exposes dans les declarations faites par nos trois pays en 2009 a
L’Aquila et en 2010 a Muskoka “. Les trois chefs d’Etat estiment que
la force armee ne resoudra pas le conflit et ne ferait que prolonger
les souffrances et les epreuves que les peuples de la region subissent
depuis trop longtemps. Et d’ajouter que seul un règlement pacifique
et negocie permettra a l’ensemble de la region d’aller au-dela du
statu quo pour progresser sur la voie d’un avenir sûr et prospère.

Le quotidien d’opposition Jamanak doute que cette declaration soit
suivie d’effet, estimant qu’il s’agit ” d’une declaration generale
dont la teneur ne diffère pas de celles des declarations precedemment
faites par les trois Presidents “.

Extrait de la revue de presse de l’Ambassade de France en Armenie en
date du 19 juin 2013

jeudi 20 juin 2013, Stephane ©armenews.com

UN HOMME TUE SA FEMME ET POIGNARDE SES ENFANTS

Un villageois en Armenie a poignarde toute sa famille avant de
tenter de se suicider, selon la police. Le drame s’est produit dans
le village d’Akunk dans la province de Kotayk.

Selon les informations preliminaires rapportees par la police, le
9 Juin, a environ 21h30, Ashot Gevorgyan, 37 ans, a poignarde son
epouse, Anush Gasparyan 31 ans a mort, puis a blesse ses deux filles –
Shoghakat 12 ans et Mariam Gasparyans 6 ans – a coups de couteau.

Après Gevorgyan aurait pris le couteau pour s’infliger une blessure
abdominale.

L’homme et ses deux filles ont ete hospitalisees. À l’hôpital Gevorgyan
a ete mis en etat d’arrestation. La police a egalement dit qu’elle
a confisque six couteaux de cuisine sur la scène du crime.

Le departement de la police du Kotayk a lance une procedure penale
en vertu de l’article 20 du Code penal (assassinat). Les motivations
du crime n’ont pas encore ete revelees. L’enquete est en cours.

jeudi 20 juin 2013, Stephane ©armenews.com

JEAN MEYENDORFF EN ARMENIEN

Avec la benediction de sa Saintete Karekine II, Patriarche supreme
et Catholicos de tous les Armeniens, les editions du Catholicossat
d’Etchmiadzine viennent de publier la traduction en armenien de
l’ouvrage intitule ” Introduction a la theologie patristique ” du
protopresbyte Jean Meyendorff (1926-1992), l’une des grandes figures
de la theologie orthodoxe du 20ème siècle.

Le livre est base sur les prises de notes de ses etudiants dans
le cadre de l’enseignement de patristique dispense par le père
Meyendorff. Les periodes couvertes vont de celle des Pères apostoliques
jusqu’a Nicolas Cavasila (4ème siècle). D’une lecture très aisee,
l’ouvrage est destine aux etudiants des academies de Theologie, de
la faculte de Theologie de l’Universite d’Etat d’Erevan et pour un
plus large lectorat.

Le livre du père Meyendorff a ete traduit par Th. Khatchdryan et K.

Kurkdjian. Sa publication a ete parrainee par M. Gabriel Tchemperdjian.

Centre d’Information du diocèse de France de l’Eglise armenienne.

jeudi 20 juin 2013, Stephane ©armenews.com

KCHOYAN’S GODCHILD IN NATIONAL SECURITY ORBIT

Navasard Kchoyan’s godchild Ashot Sukiasyan who is wanted relating to
the offshore scandal, has sent a letter to the prosecutor’s office
informing that he registered the offshore company co-owned by Prime
Minister Tigran Sargsyan and Archbishop Navasard Kchoyan. Sukiasyan
said that Kchoyan and Sargsyan are unaware of it because he registered
their names without their knowledge.

Apparently, the prosecutor general’s office and the government which
has been thinking on how to cover up the offshore scandal instead
of refuting rumors are staging a comedy show. Let everyone laugh and
forget about it.

So, Ashot Sukiasyan’s letter was invented. They thought the story
would be so funny that no one would care about believing or not
believing Sukiasyan.

Here, there is nothing to believe. It is not important whether
Sukiasyan is right or wrong. Sukiasyan’s letter is not a refutation.

The godchild could go on to state that Kchoyan did not know that he
gave him a Bentley car. Perhaps, the godchild would have said so if
Kchoyan had not already admitted receiving the gift.

As to the offshore company, legally it is almost impossible to prove
that Tigran Sargsyan and Kchoyan were unaware of owning assets in the
offshore. The society will have to believe their word. But in Armenia
believing the government and their godchildren is a sign of stupidity.

A recent example of sincerity of the Armenian officials is the
statement of the minister of energy Armen Movsisyan who is known
for playing computer games during the meeting of parliament that he
does not know anything about the negotiations with Gazprom. Later
it was found out that he is discussing with ARG the transfer of the
government’s shares to Gazprom. The minister stated that he does not
remember the date of the agreement on gas price increase.

After such things it is difficult to believe the sincerity of Armenian
officials.

If Tigran Sargsyan is a victim, he must at least prove it because
if Kchoyan’s godchild is able to involve them in such deals without
their knowledge, he is presumably capable of lying too saying that
the premier and Kchoyan did not know.

So, either he provides clear evidence and reveals the mechanism how
the godchild could register people without their knowledge or they
should apologize to the society and tell the truth. Perhaps, Tigran
Sargsyan had a very strong reason to get involved in the economic
affairs of the godchild that the society will thank him for his
sacrifice for the sake of an Armenian citizen.

Besides, Armenia seems to have established such a system of financial
control which has viable barriers to money laundering and other
machinations. At least the government of Armenia claims that it has.

By the way, Tigran Sargsyan’s role as the head of the Central Bank and
now the government is huge in the establishment of this mechanism. So,
in this context it is so strange that the offshore company was
established, then it did some business in Armenia, made some transfers
but was never detected by the system aimed to fight machinations.

Here is an issue of national security. By and large, it is not
important whether the prime minister was aware or not. The important
thing is that the national security was unaware, perhaps because
godchild Sukiasyan was not a friend of dissidents but the Apostolic
Church. The national security is careful to only dissidents.

James Hakobyan 12:32 19/06/2013 Story from Lragir.am News:

ARMENIAN SPEAKER HOPES FOR STRONGER STRATEGIC RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA

June 18, 2013 – 18:12 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – Armenian parliament speaker Hovik Abrahamyan met
Tuesday, June 18 with Russian ambassador Ivan Volynkin, who pledged to
promote development of bilateral relations during his term in office.

Congratulating the envoy on the appointment and wishing him
every success at the post, speaker Abrahamyan voiced hope that
Armenian-Russian strategic ties will strengthen in the future.

As to interparliamentary relations, he noted that their high level
is ensured by the work of the joint interparliamentary commission.

The two men also dwelled on a number of regional issues.

HOMEMADE JAMS, GATA, AND SUDZHUK ATTRACT TOURISTS IN ARMENIA

11:08, 19 June, 2013

YEREVAN, JUNE 19, ARMENPRESS. The tourists visiting Armenia pay special
attention to the homemade Armenian jams sold in the pavilions situated
next to the historical and cultural sites. Within the framework of the
Armenian-Russian academic touristic expedition held under the slogan
“Learn about the Motherland and Tell about It”, the “Armenpress”
reporter made an attempt to find out what the tourists buy most of
all by revealing some of their preferences.

When I approached the pavilion by grandiose Ohanavank, the saleswoman
became very excited, learning that I am a reporter. I asked her about
the preferences of the representatives of various nations visiting
the temple. Mrs. Zoya stated: “The Germans usually buy walnut jam. The
Italians buy only rose jam and sometimes they also take sudzhuk.” Among
other things she said that the Belgians are not fond of shopping
unlike the Frenchmen and Canadians, who buy relatively more.

The 2nd Armenian-Russian academic touristic expedition held under the
title “Learn about the Motherland and Tell about It” launched on June
8. The participants started the trip to learn about the picturesque
site of Armenia from “Sasuntsi David” station.

The participants finished their trip with an entertaining bicycle
race. The aforesaid 62 km long race launched in Jermuk and ended in
the Yeghegis Canyon. Burning sun did not hinder the successful course
of the bicycle run, which heralded the end of this significant event
aimed at raising Armenia’s popularity.

Hakob Vardanyan found out preferences of the tourists

JAVAKHK-ARMENIAN BUSINESSMAN MAKES CALLS FOR UNITY

12:07 ~U 19.06.13

Sos Sahakyan, a businessman from Georgia’s Armenian-populated region
Javakhk, has plans to organize an Armenian-Georgian business conference
later this summer to bring together ethnic Armenian businessmen from
the two neighboring countries, as well as abroad to discuss development
plans for the region.

The businessman had earlier set up the foundation Damala to assist
his native village and other Armenian towns and villages in the region.

The initiative is expected to set a good precedent for other similar
projects to improve the socio-economic situation in Javakhk.

Sahakyan calls upon all the Javakhk Armenian public and cultural
figures and businessmen to join their efforts around the common goals.

Tert.am has talked to the businessman to know his plans on this and
other initiatives.

“The Damala day was celebrated a couple of days ago, for the sixth
time, as we know. What laid the foundations of the tradition to mark
the day?”

“In 2007, a group of individuals initiated the re-opening of Damala’s
Holy Cross Church. And the goal was the following: to involve maximum
possible Damala people from around the world in the project to make
them more attached to their native village. And I am pleased to note
that we had active responses. On May 1, 2008, the church opened after
re-consecration. The enthusiasm gave us the idea of making May 1 the
beginning of Damala’s holiday. So the day has been celebrated for
six years, enjoying a large popularity.”

“Nonetheless, the village’s day was celebrated on June 2 this year.

What was reason of the delay?”

“The celebration was a little bit postponed this year because we wished
to give it a new coloring. In particular, the Damala foundation opened
this time to set more serious tasks and broaden the frameworks of the
contributors. It is a pleasure for me to note that this year we saw an
unprecedented presence of an official Armenian official delegation,
including seven parliament members headed by the National Assembly’s
deputy speaker, Eduard Sharmazanov, the Shirak [region’s] governor,
Felix Tsolakyan, as well as the Matenadaran’s [ancient manuscripts’
museum] executive director, Hrachyan Ramrazyan. There were also
attendees’ from the Georgia’s parliament, headed by the deputy speaker,
Zviad Dzidziguri, as well as representative from Samtskhe Javakhkh’s
regional authorities.”

“What problems will the foundation solve and what are the
expectations?”

“Around 500 families live in Damala today, so the village has gained
a new spirit after the big exodus it saw from 1991 until 1995. The
exodus was, of course, throughout Javakhk, and why not Armenia; it had
a negative impact on the region’s demography. But on the other hand,
there is a good proverb which says, ‘Every cloud has a silver lining’;
so the Javakhk [-Armenians] who moved to Russia, found themselves
immediately. We made sure, as a result of many meeting, that some
of those working abroad are willing to make their contribution to
the socio-economic development of their villages and region, and why
not, Armenia.”

“So the foundation’s activities will go beyond the borders of Damala?”

“Let me first of all say how we came up with the idea. Following the
re-opening of the Damala church, churches in around 20 villages were
re-consecrated and re-opened. I made sure it is necessary to change
the format of livening life in villages and time to give attention to
many socio-economic, as well as educational and cultural issues. I
am more than sure that we will soon see more foundations open in
different towns and villages of Javakhk. The [Dalama] foundation will,
for the time being, direct its activities to solving domestic problems
in the village.”

“What will be the long- and short-term objectives, and what projects
will be proposed to achieve them?”

“The foundation’s long-term objective will be the implementation of
investment programs. We have a preliminary agreement with the Georgian
Ministry of Economy to organize a business forum in Tbilisi in late
June or early July. We expect attendance by businessmen from not only
Georgia and Armenia, but also abroad. After realizing the Georgian
authorities approaches after the forum, we can boost the business
cooperation, to realize the potentials.”