It’s been a few years Artistic director of “Sasun” national song-dance ensemble Andranik deacon Manukyan is fighting to keep his own house from collapsing, the reason being the construction going on in the adjacent part of the house. Everyone is aware of this problem, starting with Nikol Pashinyan, but the construction is going on at the same pace, the foundations of the house are being destroyed day by day.

“They are working relentlessly, the problem in my house continues, they are making it to the point that I will have a heart attack and die, they are making people leave their house, as they have done to many people. The sad thing is that Nikol Pashinyan is aware of this problem, and all this is under his control. I turned to him many times, asked him, told him to come and see with his own eyes. there was a time when he asked me not to raise my voice, he said that the Inspection Body is a structure attached to his staff, he is aware of the problem and will provide a solution.

But he didn’t solve it, he just put it under my head so that they could say that everything is legal according to the court decisions and the conclusions of some experts. There are many documents that prove that illegal construction is going on. In 2018, there is a conclusion by the Urban Planning Committee urging to refrain from construction in this area.

The other main fact is that Artur Meschyan was a resident of this yard and protested so that the apartment building would not be built, but when he became the chief architect of Yerevan, he approved this project.” of 168.am Andranik deacon Manukyan said in a conversation with

According to him, the head of the country is fully aware of all this, and instead of taking steps, they are inactive. Moreover, deacon Andranik says that if they want to see corruption, crime, security, they can visit him and he will show them.

“I am speaking loudly: the system threatens me, my family, so that I leave here gradually. After demolishing the parking lot, there is a 12 meter gap under the foundation of my house. The foundations of my house are gradually being demolished, I am afraid that I will remain under the rubble. Before I became their leader, I was there, I did work, I presented culture and I continue to do it, I was engaged in fundraising. Whom have I harmed so far? I say: let me live in my house, let me die to the God of your father. They are so honest, let Nikol Pashinyan come to my house with his staff or alone, I have been following them since 2018. What, they want to discredit me or buy me, they can’t, it won’t work,” he stressed.

The deacon also conveyed that there was a time when his speeches were canceled just because he spoke about his problem. Or there were concerts when he sang, but then they approached him and told him not to make any speech from the stage, not to voice any criticism. At the same time, his wife was fired.

“I told everyone that if they come to demolish your house, don’t make a sound, obey like a slave,” emphasized Andranik deacon Manukyan.

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On July 13, “Methods of fighting hybrid threats of Pashinyan and Aliyev» with the text article: we published, where we noted that during the international media forum convened in occupied Shushi, Aliyev tried to place Azerbaijan’s demands in the context of the Karabakh conflict settlement process in the logic of international law, “legal force» giving way to starting the 44-day war because, according to Aliyev, the OSCE Minsk Group only wanted to take Karabakh, including Lachin and Kelbajar, and give it to Armenia.

Baku calls any position contrary to this a “hybrid threat”. As a matter of fact, Aliyev’s assistant Hikmet Hajiyev announced this during the open text international media forum.

In particular, he noted that against the background of the negotiations and agreements reached with Armenia in 2025, some international mass media still dominated “precautionary and problematic materials”.» ։

“The Karabakh conflict has been in the center of attention of the international media for many years. And some international media structures tried to present us as the guilty side of this conflict. It caused regret. Speaking about the Karabakh conflict, it should be noted that our goal was only to restore our own sovereignty, and we achieved it. Despite this, the prejudice against Azerbaijan continued in the international media,” Hajiyev continued.

In other words, Azerbaijan has, so to speak, restored its territorial integrity, but has not closed the page on the Karabakh conflict, at least in the context of the hybrid, informational war and legal-political and historiographical struggle against the Armenian side, the geography of which is constantly expanding.

“The Karabakh conflict has been in the center of attention of the international media for many years. And some international media structures tried to present us as the guilty side of this conflict. It caused regret. Speaking about the Karabakh conflict, it should be noted that our goal was only to restore our own sovereignty, and we achieved it. Despite this, the prejudice against Azerbaijan continued in the international media,” Hajiyev continued.

Former Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Tofik Zulfugarov went even further and stated that the main objective of Shushi’s media forum was to demonstrate that:

– It was the legal and moral right of Azerbaijan to get back the territories “occupied” by Armenia.

– “Claims about Armenian heritage in Karabakh are a political fiction of the Soviet period, like the name “Stepanakert”.

– “Occupational» and “marionette» of the authorities of “war crimes» the disclosure of the facts testifying about, etc. (quotation marks: – M.P.).

In fact, Baku is not only trying to “cleanse” the war crimes from itself in the eyes of the international community, but also to attribute them to the Armenian side, to Armenia, as the former official of Azerbaijan directly admits, which we have written about more than once, in particular, during the Baku trial, that it is not actually against the former military-political leadership of Artsakh, but against Armenia. And it is not accidental or fully fits into this logic that the visit of representatives of foreign countries at any level to Azerbaijan and their hospitality program includes a visit dedicated to the “Khojalu Genocide” and “Ganja events”. memorials and other similar places.

And, for example, Aliyev took Slovakian President Peter Pellegrini to occupied Shushi and showed him another “evidence of the crime” of the Armenian side: the busts of Azerbaijani cultural figures were shot.

Perfect joke. Aliyev, who destroyed the Armenian, historical cemeteries, churches, and the village of Karintak in Shushi, as “proof of the crime” of the Armenian side, presents the busts of Azerbaijani cultural figures that have not been destroyed, even if, let’s say, there are traces of gunshots on them. Naturally, Aliyev will not lead high-ranking officials of any country on the trail of their crime, nor will these high-ranking European officials ask questions about it.

Naturally, the Armenian side is lacking in this: has Armenian Artsakh been adequately presented to the world, to the leaders of foreign countries, over the course of more than 30 years?

Of course, this does not justify the Azerbaijani crimes, the silence of the world and Europe regarding the destruction of the historical and cultural heritage of Artsakh and the Armenian trace, the destruction of the Armenian and world civilization in Artsakh. And the exclusion of their existence does not save Baku at all, in any case, facts are a powerful tool, which, yes, today are ignored by the RA authorities themselves.

As a matter of fact, the current authorities of RA consider the destruction of the Armenian historical and cultural heritage under the control of Azerbaijan to be legitimate and the struggle for their preservation, raising the issue is a step that creates conflict and hinders the implementation of the peace agenda. Moreover, Nikol Pashinyan’s government even makes it clear that we may have an opportunity to give a mirror answer. And it doesn’t matter that today Aliyev is waging a one-sided hybrid war against Armenia, without receiving any response, and tomorrow he may even demand compensation for the damages they have calculated. And Armenia has an internal political or internal political background and the political interests of the West is trying to neutralize hybrid threats that fit in the logic.

By the way, during his visit to Azerbaijan, the President of Slovakia announced that they will build a school in Aghdam, Akna, and the groundbreaking ceremony was arranged with the visit. The educational center will bear the name of General Milan Rastislav Stefanik. In these days of 1993, the Armenian forces started a military operation to take Aghdam, which was crowned with success.

In the context of the Slovak president’s visit to the occupied Artsakh and the implementation of various projects, we should note that in 2025 “Hetk” had written that Slovakian Defense Minister Robert Kaliňák twice stated in interviews with the local TA3 TV station that Armenia had “occupied the territory of Azerbaijan”.

And yesterday? to write we are that the first results of Azerbaijan-Slovakia military deals will be presented in September this year in Baku. Until then, Azerbaijan and Slovakia are reaching gas agreements.

Moreover, Slovakian Economy Minister Denisa Sakova announced in occupied Shushi that her country plans to receive 1.2 billion cubic meters of natural gas annually from Azerbaijan after 2027, when they will no longer import Russian gas.

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For the 6th year already, the parents of servicemen who went missing in the 44-day war in Artsakh in 2020 are trying to get any information from the relevant authorities about the whereabouts of their sons. During these years, they knocked on the doors of all state bodies, met with Nikol Pashinyan, but in vain.

Hripsime Hakobyan, the mother of one of the missing servicemen of the “Chemical Unit”, He has been fighting since 2020, he says his grandchildren are growing up, they want their father, he doesn’t know how to answer them.

“Two months ago, we met with Nikol Pashinyan, that was our last meeting. After the meeting, they told us that they would send the answers to all our questions in writing, and they did, but in a very bad way. In this answer, there was an accusation against us, it was mentioned that we allegedly refused to submit DNA. They are very wrong, immediately after receiving the answer, I called Gagik Isakhanyan, Nikol Pashinyan’s assistant, I denied their answer, because they immediately left the “Chemicals Military Unit” and submitted a DNA analysis in 2020.

In other words, what does all this mean, there are bodies, they want us to go and take a DNA analysis and give them to us? I told them that I have facts of enforced disappearance, why should I go and submit an additional DNA analysis, we have done it before, twice.” 168.am–Hripsime Hakobyan said in a conversation with

He is perplexed, he says, he doesn’t know where to go, who to turn to, because the relevant bodies are working ineffectively, especially when he told everyone that he knows that the relatives of the servicemen of the “Chemical Unit” have been giving DNA since the very first day.

“The respective bodies gave a relic from the parents, to which a bone, divided into 3 parts, can you imagine the condition of those parents, that is, whether it be a lot or not a little?” They did a very bad job then, and they are doing the same now. I am waiting for Gagik Isakhanyan’s answer, if not, I will call again soon, including all the parents.

Do you know the situation we are in now? We now have bodies of boys in the morgues, but are they the bodies of our boys? Now, if I have videos where my son was alive, what should I do with those bodies? I told Nikol Pashinyan that those videos did not fall from the air, even the Russian “First Channel” showed how our boys are captured. All that was spread by the Azerbaijanis,” Hripsime Hakobyan added.

He says that he doesn’t understand the logic of the bodies, according to their logic, should they just go and take someone’s body or make it from a grave, when he knows that his son is in Azerbaijani captivity?

“I have always said that Nikol Pashinyan is behind all this, without him, this case will not be opened. Wherever they take us, we will come to meet him again, whatever they do, they do in recognition of him. Previously, the former head of the National Security Service, Armen Abazyan, said, “we will reveal the truth”, if Pashinyan knew about it, the “truth” would have happened, if not, look again, they did nothing.

At that time, at least Armen Abazyan was doing something, after meeting with us, he said that he was with us until the end, but Nikol Pashinyan saw that he was taking some steps and had to get to the point where there would be revelations, he removed Abazyan from the case. He replaced Abazyan with someone who will not do anything, who is not even aware of our affairs. He says: “If I call you, what should I say when I know nothing?” If you don’t know anything, why did you sit there? Don’t you know that the person sitting in that chair should be able to answer his parents? They disgusted and tired us a lot, but here it is about my child, you can’t be disappointed. We are disgusted by their political games,” emphasized our interlocutor.

Speaking about the court hearings in the criminal case named “Chemical Squad”, Hripsime Hakobyan said that during one of the hearings, he asked the judge why the court process is taking so long, what is the reason, the judge answered that the parents should raise some questions.

“I don’t know, maybe they are taking him so that I can take my revenge myself. They work very badly, there is nothing good about our problem, when they see that someone is working well, they immediately fire them. I reminded Nikol Pashinyan that he said that the boys would last 2 more months in Baku prison, but almost 5 years have passed since what he said.

I said, we had two Azerbaijanis caught in Armenia for murder, why did you let them go, at least exchange them, they say, we returned them in a humanitarian way. In other words, they should be philanthropic for Azerbaijan, but Azerbaijan is not for us, that’s what he was saying. They don’t do anything for our child, they tricked us for 6 years and brought us here,” emphasized Hripsime Hakobyan.

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In the “Pressing” program Satik Seyranyan the guest Karen Vrtanesyan is a public figure.

The main theses of the interview are below.

• The term “bastion of democracy” in 2019 said Ararat Mirzoyan. In that same speech, he said: we are waging a war. Who were they driving against… Definitely not Azerbaijan. Nikol Pashinyan has been waging a political war inside the country ever since he came to power, and even before that. All their actions are in war logic.

• Anyone with a resource is a problem for Nicole. For this reason, he will also remove people from his side, who, in his opinion, are beginning to accumulate some influence. He does not wait for them to become competitors, but immediately removes them from the game… This is the logic of all revolutions. As Stalin once eliminated and wiped out the old Bolsheviks, Nikol Pashinyan will and is acting in the same way. Many who came with him in the early days or helped him on various occasions, he pushed out long ago. He can go to a person’s child’s wedding and then crush that same person like this. We remember, don’t we, the photos when Nikol Pashinyan and his family were at the wedding of Gagik Tsarukyan’s daughter, they were taking family selfies saying “we are at a wedding”…

To remind: Nikol Pashinyan with his family and veteran CP members, 2019. was present at the wedding ceremony of Anahit, daughter of PAP leader Gagik Tsarukyan, and Albert, son of Khachatur Sukiasyan. And he, and his family members, and the CP members published photos. 

• He doesn’t end the war himself, he ends one operation, starts another… Even during the 44-day war, he was fighting a war within the country, not against the enemy… Anyone with resources is a problem for Nicole. This applies to his neighbors as well. He doesn’t wait for them to become competitors, he solves the issues at once… This is the correct Bolshevik, Stalinist practice.:

• If Alen Simonyan had accumulated some finances, connections, even though he had influence within the system and was solving problems, Nikol Pashinyan does not expect them to gather enough resources to become competitors. He crushes immediately. And what happened to Gagik Tsarukyan or Samvel Karapetyan will happen to all other large and medium-sized businesses as well. Moreover, these people later surprisingly say: “but I was not involved in politics, I supported them, we went to their breakfasts, we gave a million drams or I don’t know how much money, besides, we always gave what they wanted from us, why are they hitting us now?” The problem is that you have a resource. You have a resource that, even theoretically, can be used against him one day, and he will make sure that no one in the country has the resources to go against him.That is his logic. 

• First of all, Nikol serves his own interests, then he serves any interests, except for the interests of Armenia.

• Police use drones to track people. They use all AI tools: face recognition systems, access to the Internet is made by face identification… In Armenia, the global method of building a digital concentration camp and total control is being imitated at a high speed. The entire arsenal of populist dictators applies to us.

• In fact, those people who speak a little disdainfully about the opposition and say “well, we don’t engage in politics”… people who say such things should light a candle every day for these oppositionists, even if they deserve a lot of criticism. Because right now those oppositionists are occupying and resisting Nikol’s repressive apparatus. These oppositionists, who are constantly thrown into prisons (according to the “revolving doors” principle, one gets out, three sit in his place), if they are not there, it will quickly become clear that not engaging in politics is no longer a guarantee of anything. In general, having some material resource, property or money will already become a problem. One day he will say: “And why do you earn so much money?”

• At first, Artsakh residents were deprived of the right to vote… Artsakh residents are RA citizens, they had normal RA passports, not travel passports. Many of the shocked, crushed Artsakh citizens did not pay attention to what was happening. He deprived the citizens of Artsakh of the right to vote, digested them, and now he has forbidden the citizens of Armenia from abroad to vote. This is a violation of the Constitution… A citizen of RA, whether he wants to come from Russia, another country or the Moon, has the right to vote. That is the right of those people. Once we get rid of this power, the right to vote should be automatically restored. This government does not need people who are not dependent on it to vote. Like this if continued, then people will begin to be restricted from voting on other grounds…

• The transport collapse in Yerevan was specially created, I’m sure, because it’s not possible to constantly destroy something, to constantly destroy working systems… Now it’s summer, many people are out of Yerevan, schools are closed, but in the afternoon, at 1:00 pm, there are inhuman traffic jams in Yerevan… Now the question is: why is there no campaign planned by the opposition on this important issue? It seems to me that if these people start using public transport, go through these inhuman humiliations, they will become sympathetic oppositionists.: 

• First of all, the opposition should get down from its high chairs, start communicating directly, get into all that and feel the collapse and looting of the healthcare system on its own skin. What they called “healthcare reform” is actually a program to loot the middle class. Now such shameful and absurd things are happening. they take money from people, even on a fee-based basis, people cannot receive normal medical care on time, they have to queue for months. That system was more or less working (to the extent that the system destroyed by Arsen Torosyan could be called normal), but now that form is gone. This should have been a separate big agenda for the opposition, but only 1-2 individuals are dealing with it, not a coordinated team.

• For the first time among our opposition leaders, I heard a clear formulation of the colonization of Armenia from Samvel Karapetyan. 

• Unfortunately, many of the opposition parties perceive Nikol Pashinyan as a rival, but he perceives them as their enemy:

• There are people in Armenia who have built their careers fighting against violence against women, human rights, etc… I’m not saying that there are no cases of violence in Armenia, but these people are silent when the victim is not a suitable person.

• We need an independent, sovereign, national press. There are very few of them in Armenia. 80% of the field is dominated by what Nikol Pashinyan and Anna Hakobyan have to say, which is very wrong… We also need an independent expert community acting in the interests of Armenia, a national scientific and educational system, which is now crushed to the point that its purpose has become to produce little Nikolics. Another important institution is the national political society. Unfortunately, the political society formed in our country was an agency network, having nothing to do with either Armenia or our national interests. A tremendous amount of work has to be done to build a resistance system:

• The 5 mandates of the opposition were stolen from “Prosperous Armenia” and the topic was closed, they forgot, the 5 mandates of the opposition were not defended… What are the plans? The opposition is being arrested, do you have a Plan B? If a machine, a system, is working against you, you cannot resist it with spontaneous outbursts. A system needs to be formed.

• There must be either internal resistance or external pressure against dictatorships. In our case, there are neither.

• About the opposition taking the mandates and going to the National Assembly. I don’t want to justify them, because there are many reasons to criticize the opposition, but how should we act in this situation? Mandates must be taken. After all, the National Assembly is an important strategic position, the abandonment of which will only give Nikol an additional advantage. It is another matter that only that position cannot be maintained if there is no related support. I don’t want to use the wording “street fight” because it is a very wrong term. The street is only a small part of that struggle. It’s just that we are still under the hypnosis of those two weeks in April 2018.

• For example, Nicole’s team was actively studying until 2018. they went through trainings with Serbs and Americans. And our opposition, in principle, has no love for learning, that’s why it turns out to be a farce every time. The issue will not be resolved just by the National Assembly, by writing letters to the Russian tsar… It is necessary to conduct external work with all countries (no matter how much they support Nikol), work with people on the ground, learn and be ready for mass protests. We have to fight in the National Assembly, in the media field, in the field of collective memory and social norms, where Nikol’s light-handed lying has become a matter of pride, not shame. It is not that they did not lie in politics until 2018, but now it has become a state ideology. Today there is a vacuum in all these directions, and it is clear that success cannot be achieved with only NA mandates (which are important, but only a small position). the rest of the fields should be kept as well.

Details in the video.

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168TVof “Trigger” the guest of the program Gagik Harutyunyan is a political scientist, head of the Yerevan Network Research Institute.

During the conversation, the US-Iran-Israel conflict, the internal political situation of the United States, the confrontation between Republicans and Democrats, as well as the positions of Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu were discussed in detail.

The prospects of the upcoming elections in Israel, the possible consequences of the current crisis in the Middle East, the concept of the “Samson Option” and its connection with the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, as well as the possible change of Israel’s strategic plans were touched upon.

Special attention was paid to the risks of a possible confrontation between Turkey and Israel, the handing over of Nagorno Karabakh, the role of the world’s leading players – the USA, Russia, China and Israel – in shaping the modern geopolitical agenda. Topics related to the role of the Zionists in the Armenian Genocide issue were also discussed, as well as the threats and possible risks facing Armenia in the rapidly changing international situation.

Hayk Derzyan

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