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Asbarez: When the World Burns and Silence Prevails

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 April 13, 2026

 

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BY MARIE ROSE ABOUSEFIAN, PHD

For many years now, the world has been watching sometimes with partial protests, but mostly with indifferent silence the genocides and wars unleashed by Israel with the support of America: in Gaza, Lebanon, Yemen, Iran, Syria, and across the Middle East.

The all-powerful Israeli fist has paralyzed the world’s senses, and the terror is so overwhelming and immediate that it seems each country, by remaining neutral, is trying to avoid meeting the same destruction.

Lately, the whole world witnessed the brutality with which Israel once again subjected the peaceful population of Lebanon to massacre, in the same manner as in Gaza, sparing neither children, nor women, nor the elderly, nor the young. As if that were not enough, it reduced the country’s infrastructure to dust and, still unsatisfied, declares its intention to level it completely to the ground.

Lebanon is bleeding dry, like Gaza, while Israel celebrates its victory and prepares for even greater blows. And America, as always, remains silent, concealing its participation and its similar crimes committed in Iran and elsewhere.

Is this truly the greatest achievement of humanity in the 21st century? On the one hand, humansreach the moon and return, on the other, under that very same moon, an entire human life is annihilated.

After looting vast lands and the wealth of nations, displacing peoples, distorting their human and national identity, and erasing their image, are they still not satisfied? Do they now seek to destroy entirely both their past and present, the whole of civilization, as declared by the President of the United States, who has proclaimed himself the master of this planet?

But why does all this affect me so deeply? Why does it surprise me, when for eight long years our own country has been held hostage by a nonentity who does not serve its nation but the enemy, an enemy whose primary aim is likewise to erase us as a nation entirely from the face of the earth?

Living in this reality, I should not be surprised by the world’s silence, because we too, with bowed heads, continue to watch the dismantling of our country while preparing for elections. We allow the current anti-national authorities to impose their candidates, to alter electoral laws for their own benefit, to roam from village to village, district to district, church to church, house to house, intimidating people, making false promises to secure their votes, and force themselves upon the nation.

Amid this global turmoil, observing the heroic resistance of our neighboring country Iran against the self-proclaimed “invincible” America in a war imposed upon it, does our people reflect on how it surrendered its own country with such indifference? 

Does it think about its fragile survival and the preservation of its territorial integrity? Or does it still believe the false justifications and promises of the current incapable authorities?

With both admiration and envy, I watch how in neighboring Iran, amid internal unrest stirred by foreign forces, in the heat of war, under a rain of bombs, not only all political forces, but also the state leadership, military, and diplomatic corps, defend every inch of their vast, multiethnic country with unwavering devotion. Not one of their “commanders” says that snow-covered Mount Damavand is unnecessary, or that the Zagros Mountains are not theirs. On the contrary, they are ready to die for those mountains and deserts. United, they defend their country. No one says, “Give up Hormuz so we can live in peace”, as our people once said about Artsakh. It is a painful reminder, isn’t it? It is a reality, testified by Yerablur, where our 5,000 heroes who fought alone now rest.

Not only politicians, but also intellectuals, play their part in explaining to the Iranian people whom they are defending their country against. Among them, the most prominent is Professor Mohammad Marandi, whom I had the opportunity to meet years ago at a conference in Paris. I was impressed by his knowledge, his balanced thinking, and his familiarity with Armenian literature.

Professor Marandi, though Iranian by nationality, was born, educated, and received his professorship in English Literature in the United States. He has taught at renowned universities, yet he left that path to lecture at Tehran University, dedicating his time and energy to revealing to his people the true purpose of the American Israeli war imposed upon their country. Through his interviews, he exposes the essence of American expansionist ideology and its long-standing efforts to destabilize Iran.

For years, as his country has remained a target of war, he has worked tirelessly to inform his people especially those easily swayed by foreign, particularly American, propaganda about the true intentions of those seeking to destroy their nation, and the consequences of believing such propaganda, joining internal traitors, and surrendering the country to genocidal forces.

It pains me that despite having many professors, doctors, and intellectuals, we have not had our own Marandi, someone who would reveal to our foreign influenced society the dangers of American-Turkish policies that have gradually brought our country to the brink of collapse.

I appeal to my colleagues, to those in the arts, literature, history, and to our intellectuals who have remained silent for far too long, who still tolerate the current ruler, a clownish tyrant who wears our mutilated map as a badge and distributes it everywhere like a peddler. They must emerge from their shells, first reject that badge an open humiliation for our country, and make it clear that no one should accept it. They must explain how the dangerous the so-called “TRIPP”is for our national interests, and how self-sacrifice for foreign agendas leads only to ruin.

They must unite with other candidates, go among the people, speak with them, reveal what has happened in our country, and make them understand that the coming elections are not ordinary elections about pensions or prices, or about living comfortably. This is a matter of the country’s very existence, of having a homeland at all, of survival itself.

They must ensure that people neither accept bribes nor give in to fear of losing income or employment, for all of that can be restored under new leadership if only the country is saved.

I am also certain that American, Turkish, and European intermediaries will use every means to re-elect this obedient servant of their interests. That is why unity is essential. The people must feel they are not alone, and that these elections cannot be falsified as before.

We have a great mission: to save our collapsing country from the current authorities, to secure the release of our captives, and not to sign a single document with the enemy. This obliges us all, to reject them, to refuse to follow their herd, whether in churches or on the streets.

Our endangered region compels us to unite and struggle at any costs to save our country.

When there are death and destruction in the world, we cannot entrust our fate to those who create that destruction, or those who serve them.

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168: The price of political adventure. Armenian products appeared in Russia

Emil Lazarian Leave a comment

April 13, 2026

Worrying information is coming from Russia. The federal service for the control of alcohol and tobacco markets, “Rosalkogoltobackontrol”, after an unplanned inspection of imported cognac samples, filed a lawsuit against “Proshyan Cognac Factory” with the demand of depriving the latter of its license to export to the Russian market. The reasoning is that they supplied products that do not meet the standards and technical parameters.

Violations were discovered, which became the basis for depriving the company of its license. The case is already in the arbitration court.

The problems related to the quality of some types of Armenian brandy delivered to the Russian market are certainly not new, they have been discussed many times, and sometimes temporary restrictions have been imposed, but the issue has never reached the point of depriving the license. The situation seems to have escalated especially after some hot heads started to declare that they can do without the Russian market without giving an account.

At the moment, there is talk about possible restrictions on the export of brandy to the Russian market. However, the problem is not only brandy, many other products face the same problem.

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But everything in order.

What recently happened in Moscow was a surprise for the rulers of Armenia, who have been talking to Russia for a long time. Nikol Pashinyan, who requested the reception of the Russian President, hoped with that meeting not only to receive the support of the Russian authorities in the elections, or at least to create such an impression, but also to solve a number of complicated issues, including the sale of the railway concession management. But what happened was unexpected for many.

After the meeting, as much as Nikol Pashinyan tried to dispel the gloomy impressions and declared that the Moscow visit was successful, it is obvious that it was far from being so.  Nikol Pashinyan, who enjoys the support of the West, has lost confidence in Moscow and, as in the previous elections, he can hardly expect the support of the Russian authorities in these elections.

The Moscow visit was also unsuccessful in that it was not possible to reach an agreement on the sale of the railway concession. Russia openly stated that there is no reason to refuse the concession.

Even after that statement, although Nikol Pashinyan continues to insist that the negotiations are going on, it is clear that this is for the purpose of saving face. It is true that the railway concession management contract provides an opportunity to solve it unilaterally, but it is not in Armenia’s interests. This will not only worsen the relations with the Russian authorities, but Armenia will also have to pay a large fine for terminating the concession contract ahead of schedule. Only 30 billion rubles of investments are being talked about, which is equivalent to almost 400 million dollars.

Instead of giving up the concession, Russia is even ready to undertake the restoration of some parts of the railway. Although it does not seem to fit into Nikol Pashinyan’s plans. He would rather that Russia renounce it, so that he would have a reason to raise the issue of challenging the obligations stipulated in the concession agreement. But that didn’t happen either. And now a very uncomfortable situation has been created. on the one hand, Nikol Pashinyan’s western sponsors demand that he take back the management of the railway from the Russians, on the other hand, the Russians do not intend to give it up voluntarily. This situation is not in the interests of Armenia, but it is what the country was faced with.

And it is not only in the issue of the railway that it is so. Concerns are in many places, including the future uninterrupted operation of the nuclear power plant, as well as the extension of the future operation dates.

Most likely, very soon the manufacturers will also face difficulties in exporting some products. The warning of the head of “Rosselkhoznadzor” was about that, that the complaints against the products of plant and animal origin supplied from Armenia to Russia, which arose a few years ago, persist.

“The variety and quantity of products that are received from Armenia gives reason to assume that not all of them are of Armenian origin. We dealt with this problem both in 2024 and in 2023,” said the head of “Rosselkhoznadzor” Sergey Dankwert, emphasizing that the facilitation of access to markets within the EAEU led to an illogical increase in supplies. In another way, taking advantage of this situation, goods from other countries are supplied to Russia through Armenia, which are presented under the Armenian name.

“Within three years, Armenia has increased the supply of flowers from 36 million to more than 100 million pieces. A large amount of products sent to Russia do not reach their intended destinations.

In addition, about 900 quarantine objects were found in the cargo received from Armenia, which significantly complicates the work,” says the head of “Rosselkhoznadzor”.

This problem existed last year as well. Then it was announced that it was resolved. Economy Minister Gevorg Papoyan said that we justified and assured that the flowers are Armenian, that they are grown in Armenian greenhouses, the volumes and possibilities of which have significantly increased. But, as we can see, the Russian side does not really believe in those justifications and assurances.

Suspicions related to the supply of goods of non-Armenian origin from Armenia do not only concern flowers.

“We have seen deliveries of untraceable products, such as: cream butter, cheeses, trout,” says the head of “Rosselkhoznadzor”, reminding that the trout of the mountain rivers of Armenia cannot in any way be similar to the Norwegian one.

HAKOB KOCHARYAN




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Do you know a person who made a fortune of almost 1 billion dollars while in prison?

Emil Lazarian Leave a comment

April 13, 2026


Narek Karapetyan writes on his Facebook page. “According to American Forbes magazine  According to the data of 2026, Samvel Karapetyan’s wealth increased by 900 million dollars in 1 year to 4.1 billion US dollars.

Do you know a person who managed to increase his wealth by almost 1 billion dollars while in prison?

Imagine where he will raise the standard of living in the country when he is the Prime Minister of Armenia.

It’s time for a change.”

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With the arrest of Davit Minasyan, the government is especially scaring the youth. himself

Greg Madatian Leave a comment

April 13, 2026

Arman Tatoyan writes: “It is obvious that with the detention of schoolboy Davit Minasyan, the authorities are specially scaring people, especially young people, and their parents.

They want to show what “civil or political action” against the government means, that is, what it will cost people.

In the case of CP, a completely different logic applies: “power – what is needed to keep the power – citizen”.

In other words, the important thing for CP is what is the value of the government and what is needed to keep it. We need people who are in fear, who are deceived and thus keep their power. This is why a person has no value to CP.

But we must remember that we are Armenians, one nation. Each of our compatriots is important and valuable.

We must put an end to the behavior of the government, which behaves like an occupier.

Justice is coming to put an end to this kind of rule.”

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Who is preaching among the students of USU that the 102nd Russian military base in Gyumr?

Ani Kharatian Leave a comment

April 13, 2026

Weeks ago 168.amthe had written that a meeting was organized with the participation of Levon Barseghyan, chairman of the board of trustees of Shirak State University (SSU), founder and head of Gyumri “Asparez” club, “pro-Westerners” and young people, about which Levon Barseghyan had published asparez.am on the website with the caption “Armenian-Azerbaijani dialogue and Armenia after 2018”.

We learned that it was not a unique event at all, and that Levon Barseghyan, abusing his official position, often organizes meetings of such a propaganda nature, and in fact, brainwashing events.

Remarkable information about the organizational form and content of these meetings reaches us from the ASU. The main coordinator, as we have already informed, is Levon Martirosyan, the dean of the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics of the University, formerly an active supporter of the ARF, who currently has an unclear political position, perhaps depending on the change in the situation.

But the most remarkable thing is that Levon Martirosyan, after finishing his “mission” and placing the students in the meeting with the Sorosians, tries not to appear in the footage, you’re a man, what do you know, what will happen tomorrow?

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By the way, SSU students told us that during the last such meeting Levon Barseghyan and other Syrians present at the meeting actively promoted the thesis of withdrawing the 102nd Russian military base from Gyumri.

In fact, Levon Barseghyan is not retreating. Having suffered an inglorious defeat during the elections of the Gyumri Council of Elders, seeing that the people of Gyumri do not share his ideas in any case, the latter has now decided to spread them among the students.

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The amount of the ECM grant has been increased. this time the Ministry of Defense will allocate 271 million to the structure

Eduard Nalbandian Leave a comment

April 13, 2026

Yerkhapah Volunteer Union has received another grant from the Ministry of Defense, which has become a tradition since 2022.

There is publicity about the 271 million 890,000 AMD grant contract in the electronic procurement system, but the actual contract, named “blank”, is empty.

In any case, let’s remind that in previous years this allocation was justified by providing the full scope of activities of the NGO “Union of Earth Guard Volunteers”.

“2020 During the war, the NGO “Union of Patriotic Volunteers” had a significant participation, having a large number of members of the organization (74 killed) and 114 wounded. In the post-war period, more than 4,000 EMU volunteers performed combat duty in various combat positions within the RA Ministry of Defense.

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Taking into account that the “Union of Earth Guard Volunteers” NGO cooperates with the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Armenia, assists in the implementation of the tasks set before it, educates and trains future soldiers for the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia, the adoption of the project will create an opportunity to ensure the full implementation of the activities of the NGO in 2025,” it was stated in the justification of the government’s decision last year.

Let’s add that until the previous one: the year 2025, Received from Ministry of Defense grant amount it was stable 234 million 638,000 drams, this year there was an addition.

This year, of course, also differs due to the fact that YCU President Sasun Mikayelyan is showing activity again after certain pauses, moreover, he is already participating in the unannounced campaign within the framework of the “happy bus”.

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This man himself will bring war on the people. even stuck to his chest c

Nahapetian Zhanna Leave a comment

April 13, 2026

Nikol Pashinyan, together with his teammates, continues to go to marzes by “campaign” bus on weekends, to present the small map he made to the citizens, saying: “Taste it, take it, this is the real map of Armenia.”

On Saturday, Nikol Pashinyan was in Lori Marz, one of the citizens asked him a very direct question: “Is peace conditioned by your staying in power, because you say that if CP does not form power on June 7, then there will be a war?”

The citizen even mocked. “I pray every day that nothing happens to you suddenly, that we don’t have peace.”

Freedom Fighter, “Van” operation commander Vazgen Sislyani By definition, Nikol Pashinyan is very directly threatening and scaring people with his statement.

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“That man announced that he should hold a military parade on May 28, so won’t this lead to war? According to his words, statements, and data, such things lead to war. He says, “If I’m not in power, there will be a war”, he’s just scaring the people, so does peace in this country depend on him, that is, he should stay in power for life so that there won’t be a war? He also says to the pensioner: “If I’m not there, you won’t get a pension.” What does this mean? It’s very simple: it’s a way of suppressing and intimidating the citizen. These steps taken by this person are unacceptable to me.” 168.amVazgen Sislyan said in a conversation with

According to our interlocutor, all the steps, statements and actions of the current RA authorities are already a war hanging on Armenia’s head.

“That war will be brought to the head of the people, that’s why I hope that it will not be elected who will be elected, this is already a different issue. I hope that he will not be elected, that’s enough. There is a law in the world, isn’t there? When a president is elected, they are elected twice, he already goes to the fourth, establishes a dictatorship, and let him not say that democracy reigns in Armenia.

Let me add one more thing: for me, the parliamentary system in Armenia is unacceptable, it should be presidential and be elected at least 2 times by law,” stressed Vazgen Sislyan.

As for Nikol Pashinyan’s statements about the war and the question whether the law enforcement officers have anything to do here, because, as he said, he is trying to oppress the people before the elections, Vazgen Sislyan answered that, unfortunately, the law enforcement officers are not independent.

“He said himself, didn’t he, that there is such a judge who doesn’t do what he says, that is, our justice is not independent to do something or put the facts in front of him, the same applies to the Constitutional Court as well. The Armenian nation voted for independence, wanted to be independent, but this man has come and decided to withdraw the Declaration of Independence, he is going against the people’s choice. That person is deceiving me and citizens like me, we are citizens of this country, right?

I repeat, I have great hope that this person will not be elected. These authorities are completely on the opposite side of the idea I fought for, how can I be on their side? I can be on their side if they work for this country, our state, but that is not the case. Even the map stuck to his chest is against us: there is no Armenian of the Diaspora, of the world, there is no Western Armenia. Azerbaijani soldiers are sitting in our territories, why is it not taking them out?

In the end, this person does not lead the country, he just deceives people, we hope he will not be elected,” emphasized Vazgen Sislyan.

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