On April 9, information was spread that the President of the Republic Vahagn Khachaturyan received the delegation headed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Yermek Kosherbaev who is on an official visit to Armenia, and during that meeting the prospects of restoring direct flights were also discussed, stressing that this step can significantly contribute to the activation of contacts between people, the development of tourism and the expansion of business ties.

It gives the impression that we are talking about something new, but the government that opens the same factory, hospital and other objects of interest several times and cuts the ribbon, it turns out, is also spreading the same information in different sauces in this matter, trying to once again score points on people’s ignorance.

The point is that tickets for Astana-Yerevan and Almaty-Yerevan flights have been on sale for more than a month.

Moreover, the “Shirak Avia” airline will start operating Yerevan-Astana flights from April 20.

So, like every time, this time also antiquity is presented to the public as a new achievement, and this is done by the political force that has been in power for 8 years.

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Seeing such a united Armenian people, I understand that we are achieving our dream of unification. Narek Karapetyan, member of the council of the “Strong Armenia” party, began his speech at the rally called with these words.

“Our dream is fulfilled and the glory of this whole world belongs to our God. And we are the tools to ensure the development of the oldest Christian nation in the world, and we will ensure that development together. I know what keeps you from believing in our future success. You were promised many times that you will have everything, but they did not fulfill that promise. Sometimes understanding, sometimes not understanding, they took steps that weakened our country. But weakness does not suit you, Armenian nation, we will not accept it,” he said, adding that in every historical period, when we thought there was no way out, fate chose the sons of our people and threw them into the arena to change the course.

“10 months ago, on the day when Samvel Karapetyan and I visited the Etchmiadzin Mother Cathedral, I could not have imagined that today, together with tens of thousands of our compatriots, we can herald the beginning of turning changes in the country. We have been guided by prejudice, and we have done and are doing everything to bring about the much-needed change. In order to end poverty, real investments of billions of dollars from real investors will finally flow to Armenia,” Karapetyan continued, assuring that Armenians will work and live well, but it will take time.

“Our country will have 300,000 new jobs,” he emphasized.

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I am a soldier, I am alien to ambiguous steps and words.  This is how colonel, detective Artur Avanesyan, Kandaz, began his speech at the “Strong Armenia” party rally.

“There is one clear thing for me: the motherland must be protected. And if today’s authorities do not protect our homeland, we will change those authorities,” he emphasized, assuring that he is a soldier of the change struggle that will prevent wars.

“As a soldier, I know the price of peace best because I know the price of war better than most. I have seen my friends die in war, and I myself have paid a heavy personal price for it. However, death is not so terrible, it is more terrible to live as if dead,” he said, stressing that RA security will be strengthened, and a strong and lasting peace will be established.

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«Strong Armenia» party chairman Samvel Karapetyan ելույթը՝ April 11-in of freedom publication at the held unity rally

Dear compatriots,

I greet you.

I have been in detention for almost a year now to protect the church and our identity. I raised my voice against a regime that keeps the Armenian people in poverty, under the fear of war and in a state of division.

Although I am not with you personally, I join the voices of all of you. Together, we are the force that will bring change, and that force cannot be stopped.

We must definitely win the elections by removing from power the small group that disgraces our nation, humiliates our state, and destroys the foundations of our statehood.

We are all ready to sacrifice everything for the sake of Armenia, while Pashinyan sacrifices everything for the sake of his seat.

Now let them listen to us when we say: change is coming.

Dear compatriots,

Together with our team, we will create a strong economy of Armenia with new factories, 300,000 new jobs, a sharp improvement in people’s livelihood, and new opportunities for business and agriculture.

In today’s world, a strong economy strengthens diplomacy and defense, and we will have strong diplomacy and a strong defense, backed by a sky-high, professional, well-equipped military that will truly guarantee peace, not in words, but in deeds.

Armenia should become a safe, peaceful, rich and strong country. A country where the rulers do not empty the budget and fill their own pockets, but on the contrary, they empty their own pockets for the sake of the well-being of our Motherland.

Justice and internal solidarity will be permanent in Armenia. We will make Armenia a country of prosperity and leave the word “poverty” in the past.

I guarantee the fulfillment of all these promises.

The regime scares people with war. They even mention a date – September, because it was from that month that the 44-day war began, in September the attack against the territorial integrity of Armenia began, in September the forced depopulation and ethnic cleansing of Artsakh began. wars where Pashinyan lost.

Are we going to allow him to lose another war for Armenia?

I am sure we will not allow it. My promise is that with our victory and my assumption of the post of Prime Minister, the coming September and every month after that will be peaceful.

Dear compatriots,

Do not despair. Armenia can and should be strong, and we will achieve lasting and real peace.

We will replace weak peace with strong peace through strong diplomacy. We will not be weak anymore.

We will be strong in Moscow and restore damaged relations. We will be strong in Washington, London, as well as in Beijing.

The regime has destroyed relations with the Diaspora. Only our strength can restore both relations with the Diaspora and trust in our Motherland.

Together with all our dedicated and heroic military personnel, we will strengthen our defenses and protect our borders. We will defend true peace.

Dear compatriots,

Don’t be discouraged by repressions and persecutions.

They can even arrest and detain us.

But they cannot stop us from bringing change.

We will replace their fake and incomprehensible hearts with our real Armenian hearts. We will never forget that the Holy Armenian Apostolic Church is our heart, Mount Ararat is our heart.

Dear compatriots,

We need a big victory in the elections so that we can implement all the large-scale programs and changes that the Armenian people have long deserved.

The power is in your hands. You start the change and I will make it happen.

Together, with a strong economy, strong diplomacy, and a strong army, we will bring a strong and stable peace and prosperous life.

I am handing over the management of the largest Armenian business company I built to my children, and I will serve my country and change the lives of Armenian citizens to a better future.

The time for changes has come.

I will be with you soon.

Do not doubt for a second that justice will prevail. Strong Armenia will win.

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Chairman of the “Strong Armenia” party, Samvel Karapetyan, is preparing to transfer the management of his business to his children. His speech was shown on the big screen during the “Strong Armenia” party rally in Freedom Square.

“Strong Armenia” party is going to the June 7 elections with the aim of winning. Together we are the force that will bring change. That force cannot be stopped. We must definitely win the elections. We are all ready to sacrifice everything for the sake of Armenia, while Nikol Pashinyan is ready to sacrifice everything for the sake of his seat. We will replace the fake hearts of CP with our Armenian, real hearts, and our heart is the Armenian Apostolic Church, Mount Ararat,” Karapetyan announced.

He mentioned that they need a big victory in the elections so that they can quickly implement the large-scale programs and changes that the Armenian people have long deserved.

“The power is in your hands, you start the change, and I will make it a reality. I am handing over the management of the largest Armenian business company I have built to my children, and I will serve my country and change the lives of Armenian citizens to a better future,” said Karapetyan.

He also presented what kind of foreign policy their political force will conduct.

“We will be strong in Moscow, we will restore damaged relations. We will be strong in Washington, London, as well as in Beijing. The regime has destroyed relations with the diaspora. Our political power can restore both the relationship and the confidence of the diaspora in the motherland,” said Karapetyan.

After the rally held in Liberty Square, the participants started marching through the central streets of Yerevan.

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168.am–sent written requests RA Investigative Committee and: RA General Prosecutor’s Office, through which, in particular, we tried to find out how many cases of desertion there were from the National Security Service and the Police during the 44-day war. But both the Investigative Committee and the RA General Prosecutor’s Office stated in response to our questions. “There are no separate statistics on the mentioned issues” or «separate accounting is not carried out”.

Note that during the 44-day war, on October 26, 2020, the Police statement shared, referring to the video spread on social networks during the war, where a frontline police officer complains about living conditions and living conditions.

The police said at the time that the video was taken in the early days of the war, when the urgency of recruitment was still causing some problems, and that later all problems were resolved and combat duty soon became orderly.

“We urge and appeal to our citizens not to spread such materials without checking the circumstances, not to generalize private cases, and to inform the relevant authorities about such materials. The official investigation in relation to the mentioned video is ongoing. Appropriate measures will be taken according to the results of the examination.” was mentioned in the Police report.

Let us add that during the days of the 2020 war, former Artsakh president Arayik Harutyunyan, who is in Baku today, made “accusations” against the RA NSS units, that the RA NSS unit rejected his request to go to “Eghnikin” during the 44-day visit.

From NSS to us in 2022 had reported that no criminal proceedings have been initiated in this regard, but an official investigation was carried out.”

And in response to our question on the same topic, in 2025, the NSS wrote in its letter had mentioned.“As for the presence of criminal proceedings, to get the mentioned information, you can apply to the pre-investigative body that manages the information.”

However, there is no information about any criminal cases against the NSS officers for refusing the request of the former president of Artsakh or for desertion among them.

Instead, we have in our hands exclusive documents related to the 44-day period in relation to the police. They are, in particular, refer to more than 100 employees of the Armavir Regional Department of the RA Police, who refused military service after leaving for Artsakh under martial law, but as a result were freed from criminal prosecution.

The relevant decision states that on October 4, 2020, they left for the village of Mekhakavan in the Hadrut region of the Republic of Azerbaijan in order to participate in combat operations, but on October 7, as a group, they refused to fulfill their military service duties to participate in the combat operations taking place in the Republic of Azerbaijan, which was combined with their actual cessation.

In addition, it is reported that upon reaching the indicated place, they were deployed on the hills, lined up in a straight line 4-5 km long according to battalions and companies, and began to dig half-ruined trenches, which were 40-50 cm deep and could not be noticed by the enemy only in a lying position. As mentioned, they stayed in that area for 2 days in the rain-filled trenches, without participating in any contact combat operations, during those days they also ran out of food, no instructions were received, and no reinforcements were brought.

 

 

What is described here supports the claims that during the days of the war there was complete confusion in important directions, or organized disorganization, and we are still surprised that we lost the war. On the other hand, such cases emphasize the heroism of 18-20-year-old soldiers, army officers, and command. And nothing that Anna Hakobyan and: Nikol Pashinyan by desertion they mainly mean the army and the military.

Of course, for the sake of justice, it should be noted here that in the 44-day war, the Police gave more than 4 dozen victims, and among them there were also heroic fighters.

And we also have exclusive documents regarding about 200 officers of different penal institutions of the RA Ministry of Internal Affairs, who, under the declared martial law, in October 2020, when there was a war in Artsakh, in order to finally avoid military service, voluntarily left their assigned combat positions with the weapons entrusted to them for service, returned to military units, surrendered their weapons, refusing to go to the front line, but were later freed from criminal prosecution.

It should be noted that on October 5, 2020, with the participation of then Minister of Justice Rustam Badasyan and Head of the Penitentiary Service, Major General of Justice Artur Goyunyan had happened The event of sending the CPC volunteer assembly company to the front.

Badasyan said in his welcome speech. “We are dealing with a new pan-Turkish plan, we are dealing with the involvement of terrorist mercenaries in war operations, who opposed the victorious resistance of a brave Armenian soldier. I am also sure that you all realize that the future of our motherland is only in our hands, and only we will be able to protect our motherland from the enemy.”

The head of the Penitentiary Service, Justice Major General Artur Goyunyan highly appreciated the desire of the devotees of the system to enlist in the sacred work of defending the motherland and expressed his belief that everyone will return victorious, and everyone’s names will be written in golden letters in the history of the service.

By the way, let’s remind that we also wrote about the way of contract workers in Tavush during the war about closing there were people accused of this fact.

Later was information received also that 18 servicemen of the 3rd Army Corps were charged, they refused to go to Artsakh during the war. There is information that some of them are also acquitted, but this is a matter for a separate discussion.

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Nicole’s main trump card is, of course, “peace”, but she is busy exploiting peace. From the beginning, it was obvious that the peace he preached did not have any institutional features. They talked about the irreversibility of establishing peace, when only three facts – the presence of prisoners, the unadjusted borders and the unsigned treaty – contradict all these claims. All the weight was placed on the TRIPP document, and that last bubble burst after the start of the Iran war. 168TVof « expressed such an opinion during the program “Democratic Alternative” party chairman Suren Surenyants.

“In case of any outcome of the war, TRIPP loses its relevance, and even if it is not canceled, at least as a document, it will need serious editing. It will not be considered a priority by the White House. Pashinyan also realizes this. If he didn’t know, he wouldn’t have asked Putin for a meeting at this pre-election stage. He understands very well that no matter what he says, all his bubbles, including the main one, peace, have burst. “Now he is trying to weave a new legend by meeting with Putin, but that didn’t work out for him either,” said the opposition figure.

“During the meeting between Putin and Pashinyan, we heard an unusual conversation for our ears. A very legitimate question arises: what did this person rely on, only an apathetic society? His only supporter is not even Aram Sargsyan, because all those political bubbles managed to burst perfectly before the start of the election cycle, especially in the context of the Iran war. In our society, there were illusory ideas about the humanitarian West, but they obviously came to nothing,” said the politician.

According to Suren Surenyants, our society has begun to rethink a number of illusions that were widespread even a year ago.

“Putin had several pragmatic reasons for addressing Artsakh during his meeting with Pashinyan. He sent a message to Baku, and that message was understood there. Putin plays the Artsakh issue in a more global picture when he needs it. But he also sent a message to the Armenian people. Putin clearly said that they will no longer tolerate Armenia sitting on two chairs. There was a diplomatic speech that we heard from Putin’s lips, but there was also a very dry text delivered by Overchuk.”

“The Russians strictly warned: don’t put the destruction of Artsakh in our pockets anymore. Nikol Pashinyan does not understand that he is the one who puts an end to the conflict. As the leader of the conflicting party, he himself signed a document on the termination of the main dispute of the conflict. Even the document of November 9, which was a fairly balanced document for defeated Armenia, did not predetermine the status of Nagorno Karabakh, on the contrary, it fixed the subjectivity of Nagorno Karabakh with several parameters, for example, the contact line,” said Suren Surenyants.

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The United States suffered a moral defeat in the war against Iran. Even before the announcement of a two-week ceasefire, Trump opened a way for him to retreat. He expressed such an opinion 168 TVof Revue on the air of the program Colonel of the Armed Forces Reserve, military expert Hayk Nahapetyanspeaking about the results of the 40-day war of the United States and Israel against Iran and the prospects of the US-Iran negotiation process launched in Pakistan.

According to a military expert, the Islamic Republic of Iran, which faced two nuclear powers, the United States and Israel, is actually winning this war. Hayk Nahapetyan assigns an important place to the support of Russia and China in Iran’s military success. According to a military expert, with the results of such a war, Iran’s influence in the region will increase significantly, while Turkey’s weight will drop sharply.

Speaking about the issue of what lessons can be learned from the war against Iran and the effective defense of Iran, the military expert also touched on the topic of the undisguised territorial ambitions of the Republic of Azerbaijan towards Iran and Armenia, noting that the so-called “western Azerbaijan”, “southern Azerbaijan” and “great Azerbaijan” ideas are encouraged and advanced in Azerbaijan at the highest state level. The military expert emphasizes that all this should be known not to cause panic, but to understand the extent of the danger. The expert also emphasizes: “our war is not over. we have only lost a great battle»։

According to Hayk Nahapetyan, Aliyev understands very well that if he goes on a military adventure against Iran, “All of Azerbaijan can become a fragment»։

Full interview in the video.

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