If it was someone else instead of Nicole, he was already dead of shame. NSS is not NSS either. Eyes closed, they only look. It gives the impression that they neither know Lavrov, nor understand Russian, nor is it their responsibility to ensure the country’s security.

Can you imagine if Blinken accused Macron of treason against France, Macron did not make a sound, and the French security service sat down as if nothing had happened? But, Macron is the president of France, and if something like this happened against his will or because of his ignorance, he would have a heart attack on the spot and travel to upper Jerusalem. And it’s not Nikoli’s pear either, as if Lavrov wasn’t talking about himself, or that he came to Sochi with Aliyev’s copy of the peace agreement in his hand. And this is despite the fact that before going to Sochi, the same Nikol swore by all his saints that he agrees with the Russian version of the peace treaty. It remains for the Russians to defend their proposals, Nikol said. You already know the rest, dear compatriots. He went to Sochi, stood under Putin’s umbrella until Aliyev arrived. Then, Lavrov already tells about this.

Lavrov is smiling here: what is Nikol doing? He supported Aliyev’s version in Prague, but he demands us to insist on our proposals. Sorry, but this is not politics, this is another opera, says Lavrov. And in the meantime, the RA National Security Service is watching with closed eyes. Newspapers search, websites are put under a microscope, TV channels are changed, everywhere they say the same thing: Lavrov tore Nikol’s face, Lavrov threw his cards on the table in an open state, Nikol gave the Republic of Artsakh to Azerbaijan, the movie survived a fight… And the NSS did not turn a blind eye. he looks and doesn’t realize that he should go and arrest Nikoli right now. But God forbid, the date of birth in someone’s passport or birth certificate is changed. They will go, they will find the midwife, they will interrogate, they will make a case… A real theater of the absurd.

And what do you think, did Lavrov accidentally open the cards, was he accidentally asked a question about the signing of the peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan? Don’t be naive. After Sochi, Lavrov was patiently silent. A joint statement was adopted there, by which Armenia and Azerbaijan could still be kept around the Russian version of the peace treaty. It is true that the phrase “Nagorno-Karabakh” was also removed, but these were not the 5 proposals of Azerbaijan, to which Nikol gave his consent in Prague. And it turns out that Ararat Mirzoyan is in Poland, where European foreign ministers have gathered. Naturally, Lavrov was not invited, and Ararat Mirzoyan, taking advantage of that circumstance, forgot himself in the siege of Turks and Azerbaijanis.

But what did Ararat Mirzoyan know that the Turkish press and television would spread all that around the world and announce that, here, the RA Foreign Minister is negotiating with them, despite the Russians? And, please, the same evening, Lavrov goes “live” and with his interview gives an example to the RA authorities, who are still dreaming of the restoration of the Minsk Group, which was finally dismantled by the efforts of the USA and France.

This was a clear indication that Russia sees the dismantling of the platform of the IC co-chairs as an attempt to exclude itself from the South Caucasus processes, while at the time this platform was formed at the suggestion of Russia so that the leading countries of the world could reach a peaceful settlement with their weighty presence. Alas, Armenia has decided to settle the issues with Turkey and Azerbaijan, leaving Artsakh within Azerbaijan and begging for some rights from Baku for Artsakh Armenians.

Did you notice what the RA authorities and, in particular, Suren Papikyan, were doing on the day of Lavrov’s interview? A snort government meeting seasoned with unreported issues, and then a tour of the military units by the Minister of Defense and a statement that a war could start at any second. And the community of Pogos, dried up by fear, withdrew into itself and instead of pouring into the streets from the news of the obvious betrayal, let off steam on the unprecedented idiocy of smashing the walls of the buildings of the Republic Square. Someone wrote on his Facebook page: Lavrov put the children’s “Eurovision” in one of these… No one paid attention. The authorities involved the Poles in more important matters: they were saving the magnificent walls of the government house. And imagine if the National Security Service was still looking at the rusty boltugaikas on the buildings of Tamanyan.

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George Soros “Open Society Foundations – the organization that put Nikol Pashinyan in Power and big supporter of some Armenian Media like civil-net and EVN

issued a statement informing that it is ceasing its activities as part of the “Open Society Foundations” network.

At this key stage of the organization’s transformation, Open Society Foundations – Armenia has expressed a preference to advance its work as a fully independent foundation, separate from the organization’s global network. Thus, Open Society Foundations – Armenia ceases its activities as part of the Open Society Foundations network. In 2023, a completely new, independent, local structure will be created, and additional information will be provided about its activity directions and strategy. This new structure will receive decreasing funding from the global fund until 2025.

Today, on December 2, in the Commission of Television and Radio, the rating voting and the selection of the winner of the bids of the participants of the republican competition for licensing the use of slots in the public multiplex took place.

The participants of the competition were the following companies:

1. “ARMENIA TV” CJSC
2. “A-TV” LLC
3. “SHANT” LLC
4. “MULTI MEDIA-CENTER TIVI” CJSC
5. “HUSABER” CJSC
6. “HAIKAN SECOND TELEVISION” LTD.

According to Tigran Hakobyan, the president of the RA, “Armenia” received 106 points, “Shant” – 89, “Multi Media Center” – 92, “Husaber” – 78, H2 – 62 points.

“Armenia”, “ATV”, “Shant” and “Multi Media Center” are recognized as the winners of the competition. They will occupy the slot of the republican cover”, said Tigran Hakobyan.

Thus, the opposition TV channels “Yerkir Media” and “H2” did not receive a license.

He mentioned that the decision will be sent to the applicants within 3 days.

ARF Armenia Chair Ishkhan Saghatelyan, an MP representing the main opposition Hayastan faction in the Armenian parliament, claims his family members and other relatives have been facing strong pressure from the authorities recently.

“It includes criminal cases, raids, and interrogations,” he told a briefing in the parliament on Friday, responding to a Panorama.am question about the reported pressure on his family and the possible move to strip him of his parliament seat.

The deputy said his father had been summoned for questioning and could face prosecution. Unlawful searches were conducted in the firms owned by his relatives.

“I am not talking about it as the country is facing other more important problems,” he said, adding the authorities are apparently attempting to intimidate him and to stop him from fighting for a regime change in Armenia.

“They won’t succeed,” Saghatelyan said.

Also, the MP said the parliament leadership affiliated with the ruling Civil Contract party may try to strip him of his parliament seat. However, he denied plans to resign from the parliament.

“Frankly speaking, the matter has been discussed, but the ARF Supreme Body has decided that all ARF members representing the Hayastan faction should remain in the parliament,” he noted.

by Athens Bureau,

A Greek singer was praised by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, showing once again in this way that India and Greece have a lot of potential in improving cultural relations.

What the Indian PM said:

“During my #MannKiBaat radio program, Mr. Konstantinos Kalaitzis, who is Greek and has a passion for Indian culture and music, was praised.”

The excerpt is from episode 95 of Man ki Bat (Talks of the Mind) broadcast live on Sunday, November 27, 2022 by All India Radio.

Konstantinos Kalaitzis is from Aigaleo, Attiki and lives in Agios Stefanos. He has visited India over 30 times and toured in 15 more Asian countries. As a researcher and photographer he owns a rich and rare photographic collection, depicting the local people, flora, fauna and landscapes of those countries, as he says on his website.

His spiritual and also musical quests have led him to visit all the 29 states of India, as well as island and Himalayan regions.

As a hiker and mountaineer he has trekked and climbed in many places of the Himalaya range, in the countries of India, Myanmar, Bhutan, Tibet, Nepal and Pakistan, reaching the high altitude of 6.000 metres.

​Searching the classical and folk music, as well as the classical and folk dances of the Indian peninsula, he collected 150 musical instruments, including all the classical instruments, many folk and many tribal ones, used by the musicians of the tribes he met. Those pieces are planned to be hosted in a museum.

​He has played leading roles in two theatrical plays, in South India with topics from the Greek and the Indian philosophy. He has met many great Indian music instructors and performers of the vocal and instrumental Indian music.

He, himself, as a musician, plays the percussion instrument tabla and as a singer sings in various Indian languages the vocal styles bhajan, ghazal and qawwali of North India and the vocal style kriti of South India.

​He has taken part in the “Island Tourism Festival”, which takes place annually in Port Blair, in the Andaman Islands, twice, singing in the Bengali, Urdu and the Hindi language. He also gave a concert in the vocal form qawwali in the Indian International Centre of N. Delhi.

​​In 2018 he was chosen to represent Greece, among other 155 countries, performing Mahatma Gandhi’s favorite song (bhajan) “Vaishnav Jan To”, on the occasion of the celebrations for Mahatma’s 150th birth anniversary, organized by the Indian Government.

He was also invited to take part in the global participation (182 countries) of Kumbh Mela 2019, in Prayagraj by the Indian Embassy in Athens.
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​He has written a book which was recently published in Greek and is shortly going to be published in English, about Indian music and dances, in their classical and folk form, the great composers and poets and the musical instruments of India.

By Harut Sassounian

The openDemocracy.net website published a critical article about BBC’s airing of a two-part propaganda film funded by the UK oil and gas giant British Petroleum (BP) about Azerbaijan. Written by James Dowsett, the article was titled, “BBC accused of ‘whitewashing’ autocratic Azerbaijan in BP-sponsored film.” BP has invested $84 billion in Azerbaijan since 1995 and is the largest foreign corporate investor in Azerbaijan’s oil operations.

The film was titled; ‘Wonders of Azerbaijan,’ leaving no doubt about its propagandistic purpose. It was produced with the backing of the ruling Aliyev family.

Azerbaijan is one of the most corrupt countries in the world. BBC is wrong to promote such a kleptocracy. BP “has long faced criticism from human rights and climate activists for its ties to the ruling Aliyev regime, which has been accused of ‘electoral fraud,’ the silencing of dissenting voices and benefiting disproportionately from Azerbaijan’s oil and gas wealth,” openDemocracy reported.

“BP spent $300,000 on the film, which was made by the UK production company SandStone Global with support from a foundation and a media center run by members of Azerbaijan’s ruling Aliyev family. Broadcaster and historian Bettany Hughes, who co-founded SandStone, presented the film,” openDemocracy wrote.

“Emin Huseynov, an Azerbaijani journalist who fled political persecution in Azerbaijan in 2015, accused the BBC of ‘whitewashing a dictatorship’ over the film,” wrote openDemocracy. Huseynov said BBC was giving “the floor to one of the bloodiest and most corrupt regimes in the world.”

Before its airing in August, BBC promoted the film by promising the viewers that they would discover “how Azerbaijan’s oil wealth enabled the capital Baku to flourish” and “gain the reputation of being the ‘Paris of the East.’”

In the film, Bettany Hughes travelled to Azeri-occupied Shushi, but did not say a single word about the city’s Armenian heritage. “The film also implicitly promoted Azerbaijan’s claims to Shusha [Shushi],” openDemocracy wrote. Azerbaijan has allocated millions of dollars to turn Shushi into its ‘cultural capital.’

A BBC spokesman tried to justify its objectionable transaction by telling openDemocracy that the revenue from airing the Azeri propaganda film “allows us to invest in the BBC’s world-class journalism, which provides independent and impartial news across all topics.” BBC’s ridiculous excuse is akin to a prostitute claiming that she donates to the church the money she makes from prostitution!

To generate additional income, BBC ran during the airing of the film travel ads paid by Azerbaijan’s official tourist board. The “Baku Media Center provided logistics support to SandStone, while the Heydar Aliyev Foundation helped the UK company secure filming permits and access to unique heritage sites,” a SandStone representative told openDemocracy. The Baku Media Center is run by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s youngest daughter, Arzu Aliyeva. The Center works closely with the family-run Heydar Aliyev Foundation.

BP admitted that the propaganda film was its “contribution to Azerbaijan’s global promotion” in partnership with the Heydar Aliyev Foundation. The Foundation is chaired by Ilham Aliyev’s wife Mehriban Aliyeva, who is also the country’s vice president.

OpenDemocracy reported that “the Heydar Aliyev Foundation is tasked with promoting Azerbaijan’s image abroad, including by advancing the government position over Nagorno-Karabakh. But government critics say this work extends to diverting attention from the regime’s relentless crackdown on dissent and its systemic corruption.”

Arzu Geybullayeva, an Azerbaijani journalist living in exile, told openDemocracy: “The [Heydar Aliyev] Foundation was set up by the ruling family to whitewash Azerbaijan’s image. It can by no means be described as independent of the state.”

“The Heydar Aliyev Foundation is leading restoration works in Shusha [Shushi]. Some of these works [are] featured in the BBC program,” reported openDemocracy. Meanwhile, BP is planning a solar power plant in the city of Jabrayil, which Azerbaijan occupied in the 2020 war.

BP’s regional president Gary Jones “took to the stage at the Baku premiere of the film in late September to praise the ‘unwavering support of the [Azerbaijani] government’ for his company and its co-venturers’ operations in the country. Jones also spoke of the ‘joint effort’ that went into creating the documentary. He thanked the Heydar Aliyev Foundation for its support and paid personal homage to the president’s daughter, Arzu Aliyeva, and to the Baku Media Center she heads, ‘for their outstanding technical support’ on the production,” openDemocracy wrote.

Furthermore, “This isn’t the first time BP has collaborated with the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, or that the Foundation has cropped up on the BBC. Last year, BBC StoryWorks… ran a separate tourism-focused campaign for Azerbaijan to mark the 30th anniversary of the country’s independence from the Soviet Union. The campaign included a paid-for advertorial that invited readers to ‘discover more’ about Azerbaijan by following a link to an external website run by the Heydar Aliyev Foundation. The ‘Azerbaijan’ portal claims (among other things) that Azerbaijan’s current president Ilham Aliyev ‘has always focused on ensuring a fuller provision of human rights and freedoms in the country.’ It also contains information about the so-called ‘Armenian problem.’” However, the weblink was deleted after openDemocracy contacted BBC. The link had included scenes from a ‘war park’ in Baku where figures of Armenian soldiers with distorted faces were featured.

BP has signed a cooperation agreement with the Heydar Aliyev Foundation to jointly implement some of its social investment projects. “Previous joint projects have included sponsored films, such as ‘The Last Session’, a 2018 documentary commemorating the birth of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic — the short-lived independent state that was ended by Soviet invasion in 1920. BP spent $320,000 on the project, which was organized by the Baku Media Center. Arzu Aliyeva was credited as the film’s executive producer,” openDemocracy reported.