“They have brought the country to a state when the former presidents of the kolkhoz treat our country with contempt,” Ishkhan Saghatelyan, the Armenian National Assembly Deputy Speaker, said on February 8 during the protest rally for the Goris community leader, Arush Arushanyan. In an interview with Vladimir Solovyov, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko expressed the opinion that other republics of the post-Soviet space could join Belarus and Russia in a united country, most likely Armenia, because “nobody needs it.”

Ishkhan Saghatelyan was indignant on this occasion: these authorities brought this country to such a state that even the head of a non-hostile country speaks about our nation with a history of five thousand years in such a way. Speaking about the policy pursued by the ruling political force, he said, “This hammer is used only against the people and in domestic political life. Do not respond to the enemy. They are not able to respond to the enemy, they do not respond at all to all the foreign statements that are made about our country. The sovereignty of the Republic of Armenia is an absolute value, which no one has the right to question. This speaks about the lack of foreign policy in the Republic of Armenia. This is what we mean when we say that those who brought us to our kneel should leave in order to restore our dignity. The symbolic force of defeat can not properly serve and represent the interests of the Republic of Armenia. When we oust this government, the world will speak to us in another language.” Tatev HARUTYUNYAN

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The Turkish broadcasting supervisory authority has given three international media outlets 72 hours to obtain a license to operate or block access to their platforms, Reuters reported.

Ilhan Tashi, who is also an opposition MP, criticized the decision of the Radio and Television Supreme Council to request licenses from the Turkish-language websites of German broadcasters Deutsche Welle, Voice of America, and Euronews, saying it marks a further assault on freedom. media in Turkey.

A majority decision was made to give the websites amerikaninsesi.com, dw.com/tr, and tr.euronews.com 72 hours to obtain licenses, said Tashi, one of the nine members of the RTUK High House.

In recent years, Turkey has taken steps to increase media control by giving RTUK full control over all online content, which it also has the right to remove. About 90% of the mainstream media in Turkey is currently state-owned or close to the government.

Tashi said that the real goal of RTUK was freedom of the media.

After the national media, it is the turn of the international news sites that need to be shut down. With RTUK’s there is a video on the site, it needs to get a licensing approach, there will be no uncontrolled news outlets, he said.

Western allies and human rights groups have accused President Tayyip Erdogan’s government of using the failed 2016 coup as an excuse to crush dissent.

In his nearly two decades in power, Erdogan has frequently criticized media content that is not in line with the conservative Islamic values ​​espoused by his AKP party.

Turkey’s efforts to normalize relations with Armenia and Israel represent a tactical shift in diplomacy rather than a value-based commitment to cordial relations, said Aykan Erdemir, senior director of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies (FDD) Turkish program in Washington.

Turkey and Armenia have appointed special envoys to restore diplomatic relations interrupted since the early 1990s and open a common border. They held their first meeting in Moscow on 14 January.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog may visit Ankara next month after Israel cautiously welcomed Turkey’s calls to repair relations torn apart by disagreements in regional politics and the Palestinian issue.

More than 1 million people have left Armenia since 1992.

the data of the RA Statistical Committee, the difference between the arrivals and departures – migration balance, by years. Annual Migration Balance (+, -) President of the country

Ներկայացնում ենք ՀՀ Վիճակագրական կոմիտեի տվյալները՝ ժամանածների և մեկնածների միջև տարբերությունը՝ միգրացիոն սալդոն, ըստ տարիների:

Թվական Միգրացիոն սալդո (+, -) Երկրի նախագահը

Լևոն Տեր-Պետրոսյանը ՀՀ նախագահ է դարձել 1991 թվականի հոկտեմբեր 16-ին

1992 -228.600 Լևոն Տեր-Պետրոսյան

1993 -141.100 Լևոն Տեր-Պետրոսյան

1994 -127.800 Լևոն Տեր-Պետրոսյան

1995 -37.500 Լևոն Տեր-Պետրոսյան

1996 -20.500 Լևոն Տեր-Պետրոսյան

1997 -31.300 Լևոն Տեր-Պետրոսյան

ՀՀ նախագահ Լևոն Տեր-Պետրոսյանը հրաժարական է տվել 1998թ փետրվարի 3-ին, ընտրությունների երկու փուլով նախագահ է դարձել Ռոբերտ Քոչարյանը

1998 -24.400 Ռոբերտ Քոչարյան

1999 -7.200 Ռոբերտ Քոչարյան

2000 -57.500 Ռոբերտ Քոչարյան

2001 -60.400 Ռոբերտ Քոչարյան

2002 -2.700 Ռոբերտ Քոչարյան

2003 -10.200 Ռոբերտ Քոչարյան

2004 +2.100 Ռոբերտ Քոչարյան

2005 +12.500 Ռոբերտ Քոչարյան

2006 +21.700 Ռոբերտ Քոչարյան

2007 -3.200 Ռոբերտ Քոչարյան

Սերժ Սարգսյանը ՀՀ նախագահի պաշտոնմը ստանձնել է 2008թ ապրիլին

2008 -23.059 Սերժ Սարգսյան

2009 -24.978 Սերժ Սարգսյան

2010 -46.684 Սերժ Սարգսյան

2011 -43.820 Սերժ Սարգսյան

2012 -42.811 Սերժ Սարգսյան

2013 -31.188 Սերժ Սարգսյան

2014 -41.672 Սերժ Սարգսյան

2015 -43.438 Սերժ Սարգսյան

2016 – 48.170 Սերժ Սարգսյան

2017 – 26.897 Սերժ Սարգսյան

2018 թվականի ապրիլի 23-ին վարչապետ Սերժ Սարգսյանը հրաժարական է տվել, նրան փոխարինել է Նիկոլ Փաշինյանը

2018 + 15.317 Նիկոլ Փաշինյան

2019 + 10.506 Նիկոլ Փաշինյան

2020 + 12.093 Նիկոլ Փաշինյան

2021 – 73 571 Նիկոլ Փաշինյան

Խորհրդային Միության տարիներին անցկացված մարդահամարի տվյալներով՝ Հայաստանում բնակչության թիվը կազմել է՝

1926 881.300

1939 1.282.300

1959 1.763.000

1970 2.491.900

1979 3.037,300

1989 3.304,800

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Azerbaijani military have been filmed vandalizing the St. Astvatsatsin Church in the Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) village of Karin Tak, which fell under Azerbaijan’s control in the 44-day war.

The footage, shared by a YouTube user called Karabakh Honor in March 2021, shows that the Holy Altar of the church tabernacle has been broken, the inside of the church is in a mess, while Azerbaijani soldiers are entering the sacristies, which are also in disarray, and climbing on the altar, the Artsakh Monument Watch reported.

In addition, the Azerbaijani vandals are heard saying a Muslim prayer in the Christian place of worship, thus desecrating the site, it added.

“Judging by the video, we can conclude that a large Azerbaijani military unit is stationed in the village of Karin Tak, and its soldiers desecrate the Armenian cultural heritage,” the watchdog said.

Earlier in February, Azerbaijan’s government announced plans to erase Armenian inscriptions from churches in the territory that fell under Baku’s control in the 2020 war.

The second president of Armenia, the leader of the “Hayastan” bloc, Robert Kocharyan, has issued a statement condemning the arrest of Judge Boris Bakhshiyan, who released the commander of the “Sisakan” detachment of Syunik mayors. According to him,

“what is being done by the authorities is the destruction of the rule of law with the tacit support of international structures.” The announcement is presented in full below. “In the face of the extremely difficult challenges facing Armenia’s Artsakh, these authorities have concentrated all their resources on persecuting, torturing, detaining and detaining the opposition at their best.

Arush Arushanyan, Manvel Paramazyan, Narek Mantashyan and Garnik Isagulyan are arrested exclusively for their political views. Today, we are no longer surprised that even a judge is detained for the administration of justice. This is a new sign of legal disgrace. This is a special operation to abolish the independence of the judiciary – a new wave of arrest intimidation. What is happening is the destruction of the rule of law with the tacit support of international organizations. All this shows that the government is weak and incapable of meeting difficult challenges. Instead, he does his best to break the resistance inside. It is obvious that the government is among the number one headaches today.

An arms dealer who had started to expose Turkey’s clandestine arms trafficking networks was snatched during a Turkish intelligence operation. The whistleblower had claimed kickbacks reached the highest offices in Turkey.

Nuri Bozkir is a man who many believe poses a threat to the Turkish president. The abducted arms dealer is viewed as one of the few people who could unveil systematic wrongdoing by the Turkish government because he was an integral part of its covert weapons shipments to war zones.

The Turkish national intelligence agency, MIT, captured the arms dealer-turned-whistleblower in Ukraine, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told pro-government media last week.

“Our intelligence found that this person was hiding in Ukraine and we talked to [Ukrainian President] Zelenskyy about him being caught,” Erdogan said. “Our intelligence service and great cooperation with its partners made this arrest possible.”

In interviews with Ukrainian news site Strana at the end of 2020, Bozkir had disclosed delicate aspects of Turkey’s clandestine arms transfers to militant groups operating in Syria and Libya, noting that MIT operatives would take a cut from the deals.

Bozkir, a former special forces captain in the Turkish armed forces, said he would legally buy weapons in eastern European countries and have them shipped to Turkey, where Turkish intelligence would divert them to battlefields across the region.

Out of 50 shipments transferred to militant groups in Syria, his last one before fleeing to Ukraine in 2015 was allegedly conducted without the organizational involvement of MIT. The shipment was intercepted by Turkish police, triggering a hasty operation by his MIT handlers to get him out of the country.

Fighting extradition

In Ukraine, Bozkir later applied for political asylum, fearing Turkish authorities would eventually turn against him despite his involvement in many state-sanctioned operations.

Following his asylum request, Turkey issued an Interpol red notice calling for his arrest in connection with the 2002 murder of Turkish academic Necip Hablemitoglu, a case that has remained cold for two decades. Bozkir has categorically denied any involvement, according to his Ukrainian lawyer.

“I have carefully read the documents provided by the Turkish side,” Roman Denysiuk, who represented Bozkir at his extradition hearings, told DW. “The evidence is very doubtful. There is no direct evidence of his involvement in the murder of this professor.”

The former arms dealer was still fighting the extradition request when he was abducted, with Ukrainian judges having yet to issue a final ruling. The Turkish and Ukrainian governments did not respond to DW’s repeated requests for comment regarding the extrajudicial Turkish operation on Ukrainian soil.

“The only thing I can say is that according to the laws of Ukraine, what the Ukrainian security service has done is illegal — it is an excess of power, and they can be held criminally liable,” Denysiuk added.

Extraordinary renditions

Nuri Bozkir is not the first person to be targeted for revealing details about Turkey’s clandestine arms trafficking networks.

In 2015, Turkish journalist Can Dündar broke the news on how Turkey was arming militant groups in Syria. He was later charged with revealing state secrets and sentenced to 27 years in prison. He narrowly escaped an assassination attempt, and now lives in exile in Berlin.

Commenting on Bozkir’s arrest, Dündar told DW that the Turkish government uses tactics such as extraordinary renditions and exaggerated criminal charges to silence critics and prevent whistleblowers from coming forward.

“This is standard practice by the Turkish government — silence those who want to bring to light the state’s dirty deeds. Those in power know that Bozkir is one of the black boxes of their corrupt system, and when that black box is opened, all their filth will be exposed,” Dündar said.

The Washington-based pro-democracy organization Freedom House has identified Turkey’s involvement in at least 58 cases of extraordinary renditions since 2014, largely targeting dissidents and perceived enemies of the state.

Turkey’s transnational campaign is “notable for its heavy reliance on renditions, in which the government and its intelligence agency persuade the targeted states to hand over individuals without due process, or with a slight fig leaf of legality,” Freedom House said in a 2021 report.

Ukraine under pressure

The abduction was announced last Wednesday, a week prior to President Erdogan’s official state visit to Ukraine on Thursday, at a time when Kyiv is courting international partners amid Russia’s military buildup at its border.

Experts believe Ukraine is willing to make concessions to would-be allies in exchange for support amid the crisis, especially after Western partners like Germany tempered their military aid to the country.

“Turkey is the guardian of the straits; it has the most capable navy of the non-Russian littorals,” said Gustav Gressel, a senior policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations, referring to the areas near a shoreline. “So, for Ukraine, it is important to have Turkey on its side — as far as possible.”

Over the past two years, NATO member Turkey and Ukraine have bolstered defense industry ties, including an agreement by Turkish drone-maker Baykar to build a production facility near Kyiv for its popular Bayraktar TB2 drone. The Ukrainian government has also dubbed Turkey “one of its key economic partners.”

The Prosecutor’s Office has invented a new crime not envisaged by the Criminal Code ․ Ruben Melikyan Human rights activist Ruben Melikyan writes ․

Tomorrow at 17:00 in the “Kentron” residence of the Yerevan court, another disgraceful trial will start, accusing him of speaking (not committing an act).

The peculiarity of this trial is that the prosecutor’s office has invented a new crime not envisaged by the criminal code, that is, “forcing the prime minister”, and it blamed my client. According to the accusation, my client forced the Prime Minister to resign because of our heavy defeat in the 44-day war. My client, Russian citizen Arsen Mirijanyan, who during the whole war “after that sent large-scale aid to the Homeland”, is now being tried under Article 301.1 for “forcing” the number one person responsible for the defeat to resign.

Armenia is turning from a democracy into a dictatorship amid the “tacit support” from international organizations, lawyer,s and opposition Hayastan faction MP Aram Vardevanyan claims.

His comments came after a first instance court in Armenia’s southernmost Syunik Province on Monday ordered the arrest of judge Boris Bakhshiyan shortly after the latter ruled to release jailed opposition figure and war veteran Ashot Minasyan on bail.

He had also ordered the release of opposition Kajaran Mayor Manvel Paramazyan and Deputy Mayor of Goris Menua Hovsepyan.

“One thing is crystal clear when it comes to the current authorities: a political order is carried out by the law enforcement agencies,” Vardevanyan wrote on Facebook.

“Immediately after the assignment of judge Bakhshiyan’s case, it was clear to the professional community that his arrest was imminent. It was inevitable because the current authorities cannot tolerate an independent judiciary, thus sending a message to all.

“Armenia is swiftly turning from a democracy into a dictatorship with the active support of international organizations. A judge was arrested amid at least the tacit support of the European Union in Armenia and other international organizations. This is obviously an unprecedented existential challenge to the law,” the deputy stated.