Category: 2018

“The new acting government has repeated the amendments, bills made by the previous authorities, and continue the programs, even though they were cynically criticize before assuming the responsibility of the Prime Minister and the Government,” the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) MP Armen Ashotyan said during the discussion at today’s NA extraordinary session.

According to him, the approach that the current authorities are trying to adopt which is that former authorities were always bad, and the new ones will be better, they will not stand for even 100 days of criticism.

“You should not say that you are better when you continue our work and you have to do better, but do not bring justification to justify the crucial changes in your own viewpoints that have nothing to do with the reality.”

Members of “T.O.T Sevan” initiative held a protest action in front of the National Assembly in support of Lake Sevan.

They protest against the draft law “On making changes in RA Law on Approving Annual and Complex Programs for Restoration, Preservation, Reproduction and Usage of Lake Sevan Ecosystem.”

The action participants noted that if the law is adopted, it will be a real disaster for Sevan.

According to environmentalists, at this moment, the balance of Lake Sevan is negative. In case of excessive water loss, Lake Sevan will be in danger. This year’s water pollution and its algae were no coincidence. After a while, the water of Sevan will not even be used for irrigation.

The participants of the action are sure that taking water from Sevan will not help the Ararat province villagers solve their problems, as these problems are not related to the water intake but to poor management. According to another opinion, the water will be used to operate the Hydroelectric Power Station.

Sociologist Aharon Adibekyan believes that Kiev was founded by Armenians. Today, at a meeting with journalists, he told about the Armenian trace in Russian history and culture. According to him, the creation and construction of Moscow is also connected with Armenians.

“The Russian alphabet has 36 letters, just like the Armenian. If the creators did not have Armenian origin, they would create it like the Greek, using 24 letters,” says the sociologist.

“The Russians also adopted Christianity through Armenians,” adds Aharon Adibekyan and emphasizes that Armenians and Russians have spiritual and historical-cultural ties for centuries.

Besides the Russians, the sociologist sees links between the British and the Armenians, too.

“The queen of England is armenoed with a skull. In the oldest tradition, Armenians have come to these islands, but English historians reject it. But if we look at the Irish, we will find a similarity,” says sociologist Aharon Adibekyan and adds that Armenians should show their contribution to world history.

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PAP MP Sergey Bagratyan during discussions on taking water from Lake Sevan expressed an opinion that this process directly hits tourism.

According to him, the reason is just that we do not make the right calculation, and in the case of loss of up to 70% we continue the practice of taking water from Lake Sevan.

“We give 7 billion 650 million drams of water, to earn a possibly half a billion of farming profits. We spend 7 billion to get a half a billion.”

NA Vice Speaker Eduard Sharmazanov is against snap elections.

“If we follow to Pashinyan’s logic, then there should be snap elections every 5 months. Under these conditions, unpredictable events can happen every few months, which can have a major impact on the political life.”

According to Eduard Sharmazanov, someone, who considers Robert Kocharyan as a sleeping volcano, that means that person understands nothing in politics.

“Robert Kocharyan state politician has serious sayings and things to do in Armenia’s political field. This is my personal opinion.”

The Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) does not exclude cooperation with him, but does not see him as the new leader of the party. “The leader of RPA was and remains Serzh Sargsyan,” concluded Eduard Sharmazanov.

Famous American-Armenian millionaire Dan Bilzerian, who is famous as “Poker King” arrived in Artsakh on August 28. The internet star visited Artsakh accompanied by his family members and friends.

His first stop was at the shooting range, where he shoot from different kind of weapons.

In an interview with ARTSAKHPRESS, Bilzerian said that everything is wonderful in Artsakh and he just wanted to visit his Motherland and spend nice time. Speaking about military registration in Armenia, Dan Bilzerian said, “I have military experience, and it’s a great honor for me to serve my experience to my Motherland”.

After the shooting Dan Bilzerian visited “We are our Mountains” monument.

Dan Bilzerian’s father Paul Bilzerian said that his ancestors migrated to the USA after the Armenian Genocide from Western Armenia.

“Artsakh has a great history and I am very glad that I am here with my sons. I would like there should be no war in Artsakh and the Azerbaijanis should understand and recognize that his is an Armenian land,” Paul Bilzerian said.

Dan Bilzerian’s brother Adam Bilzerian said that he feels very well in Artsakh, since he is an Armenian and has an Armenian surname. “Here everything is wonderful. But it’s very bad that the Azerbaijanis try to permanently pose danger here,” Adam Bilzerian said.

On August 28, Armenia’s President Armen Sarkissian and Speaker of the Parliament Ara Babloyan had a meeting.

Speaker Babloyan came up with the proposal to meet earlier with the statement made on the country’s domestic political situation.

Ara Babloyan informed the President that during yesterday’s meeting with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan they stated that all steps aimed at solving the issues should be in accordance with democratic standards and in an atmosphere of political dialogue, negotiations and discussions.

President Armen Sarkissian highlighted the importance of the Constitution and reaffirmed his stance according to which the issues are solved at best through dialogue and talks, and the sides respect the agreements reached during these talks by consistently taking actions directed for these agreements, learning lessons and recording success.

Journalists have tried to find out from the former head of National Assembly   Galust Sahakyan why Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) did not nominate a mayoral candidate.

Galust Sahakyan explained that the current authorities did not accept the fact that the RPA had made Yerevan into a pleasant pole that it was never before. “That’s why we do not nominate a candidate because even if that candidate succeeds, there will be fight again for being Mayor of Yerevan.”

“The situation is quite interesting and to say that the authorities do not have experience will be very mild. During latest rally, for example, it was stated that in Armenia, a new system of state governance has been created, and the revolutionary square has been declared the supreme authority. I’m not joking, I’m quoting,” said Robert Kocharyan to a Russian TV channel.

According to him, the new authorities of Armenia simply do not understand what the mechanism of the state governance is.

“It is announced that the government is accountable for that square. For example, I was frankly thinking that the government is accountable to the National Assembly. What is happening in Armenia is irrelevant populism, the consequences of which, as it seems to me, will hinder the development of the country for a long time,” Kocharyan said.

He noted that there is a revolutionary euphoria that cannot last long.

And all this worries Kocharyan and that is why he came back to politics again.