Category: 2019

The meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Armenia and Azerbaijan Zohrab Mnatsakanyan and Elmar Mamedyarov started in Moscow. This was reported by Anna Naghdalyan, spokesperson of the RA Foreign Ministry.

To remind, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov also participates in the meeting.

Before that, the Mnatsakanyan-Lavrov meeting took place.

“Azatutyun” radio station in RA, which was considered a platform for alternative information and expression of opinion for years, especially under the previous authorities, seems to be transformed under the rule of Nikol Pashinyan and begins to provide one-sided information, presenting the authorities only in a positive light.

During the time of the previous authorities, when the majority of mass media were under control and there were certain elements of censorship, the air and platform of Radio Liberty was given to opposition politicians and experts, who were highly criticized. Serzh Sargsyan and his team.

During the days of the Velvet Revolution, “Azatutyun” radio station became a platform for online broadcasting of the revolution, which presented the events taking place in Armenia as a victory of democracy and a call to life for the just demands of the society. Let’s not forget that Radio Liberty is funded by the US Congress.

After Nikol Pashinyan came to power, the representatives of the government appear on the air of “Freedom”, praising Nikol Pashinyan, the Velvet Revolution and do not miss any opportunity to blame the previous authorities for all sins, from socio-economic to political omissions.

The number one mission of any mass media is objective coverage and providing a platform for freedom of speech to all forces, both the opposition, in whose role Serzh Sargsyan and the RPA are now acting, and the members of the ruling team to keep the balance.

Recently, “Azatutyut” seems to have turned into a platform engaged in personal PR of Nikol Pashinyan, where the actions of the RA government are presented only in a positive light and there is no strong criticism of Pashinyan.

The transformation of “Freedom” can be related to several reasons. The first. Not criticizing Nikol Pashinyan may be a direct instruction of the USA, so that the “Freedom” platform will be considered by the new government as a platform loyal to them, which will also deal with their undisguised greed.

Second. Criticizing Nikol Pashinyan can be considered a step to help or support the former authorities in a latent form, which can also be misunderstood across the ocean, which will affect the funding of Azatut.

In addition, criticizing Pashinyan can also affect the ratings and views of the “Freedom” radio station. In other words, mass media will lose its audience, because criticizing the RA government and its leader is not mainstream today.

PAP leader, RA NA MP Gagik Tsarukyan went to Ararat Marz in a Range Rover car, the license plate of which is diplomatic: “36 D009 AM” and belongs to the Embassy of Belarus in RA. This is reported by the Fact-checking platform.

“A video was posted on Gagik Tsarukyan’s Facebook page about his visit to Ararat region.

As can be seen in the video, RA NA MP Gagik Tsarukyan went to this meeting in a Range Rover car, the license plate of which is diplomatic: “36 D009 AM” and belongs to the Embassy of Belarus in RA.

Cars with diplomatic number plates have a certain privilege in Armenia. The traffic police does not stop these cars, these cars are also exempt from administrative fines.

It is noteworthy that, according to numerous press publications, the relations between the leader of the PAP party, Gagik Tsarukyan, and the President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, are very warm. Lukashenko even participated in the opening ceremony of the church built by Tsarukyan in Abovyan,” the article says, as posted on the Facebook page of the Fact Check platform.

As a result of the necessary investigative and other judicial actions undertaken in the Armavir Regional Investigation Department of the RA Investigative Committee, a number of circumstances of the incident of hooliganism in the village of Zartonk in the Armavir region were revealed, and two residents of the same village were arrested.

According to preliminary data, in 2019 on April 13, at around 08:30, an argument broke out on the street between three residents of Zartonk village, Armavir region, in connection with the incident of causing physical injury to the brother of one of the participants the day before. Hearing the voices of the dispute, a group of fellow villagers demanding the resignation of the head of Zartonk community, as well as his supporters, also gathered, and a dispute arose between them. During the dispute, the parties hit each other with metal rods, stones, and hands, shouted curses, and the grandson of the community leader, born in 1990, shot three times with a “Walter M-13” 12 mm caliber shotgun at fellow villagers advancing towards their house. As a result of the incident, a number of people were injured, cars were damaged, public order was violated.

Regarding the incident, a criminal case has been initiated in the Armavir regional investigation department of the RA Criminal Investigation Department under the features of Article 258, Part 4 of the RA Criminal Code.

As a result of the necessary investigative actions, it was found that in 2019 on April 12, at around 2:10 p.m., during an inspection by the employees of the education department of the Armavir Marzpetaran at the secondary school of Zartonk community, a group of fellow villagers demanding the resignation of the community leader gathered near the school, and were prevented from entering the school yard by the school guard. Resisting the prohibition, fellow villagers quarreled with the guard, during which they hit different parts of his brother’s body, causing bodily injury.

Regarding the incident, a criminal case has been initiated in the Armavir regional investigation department of the RA Criminal Investigation Department under the features of Article 258, Part 3, Clause 1 of the RA Criminal Code.

A decision was made to combine the mentioned criminal cases and continue the preliminary investigation in one proceeding. The scene of the incident was examined, many people were questioned, face-to-face interrogations were conducted, and forensic medical examinations were appointed.

Two people were arrested on suspicion of hooliganism: the grandson of the community leader, born in 1990, and another resident of the same village, born in 1993.

The investigation is ongoing.