A new government investigation has brought arrests and official recognition of many more victims. But it remains unclear why the Tartar case, which alleged widespread spying in the military, was launched in the first place.
Many Armenians sympathize with the Ukrainians under attack, but are tightly bound to Russia and resentful of Ukraine’s long-standing pro-Azerbaijan position on Karabakh.
The two lawmakers brought up the contentious history of the city’s most famous Islamic monument, and Azerbaijan’s president suggested they were in physical danger.
Every country in the region has its own relationship with self-proclaimed breakaway republics, forcing them to reckon in their own ways with Russia’s moves in Ukraine.
Even as tech has created good opportunities for a small middle class in Armenia, the sector’s effect on the country’s economy as a whole has grown less noticeably.
The Ministry of Culture issued a new statement responding to international criticism of an earlier announcement that it intended to “remove” Armenian “forgeries” from churches on its territory.
The minister of culture said that a working group will be set up to identify what he called “Armenian forgery” from churches, putting into practice a pseudoscientific theory that denies the churches’ Armenian origin.
In his attempts to maintain neutrality, Armen Sarkissian managed to alienate both the old regime that appointed him and the post-revolution government.
The trend began as a way for wealthy businessmen to show off their philanthropy and religiosity. Now communities are using limited funds to erect the towering symbols of Christianity.
Many object that the CSTO didn’t aid Armenia when it asked for help, and pointed at the irony of the current government coming to power as the result of street protests.
The Russia-led security bloc will be sending peacekeeping forces, the first time in its history that its collective security provision has been exercised.
Last year Baku took the surprising step of announcing the prosecutions of four soldiers for crimes against Armenians. But there is no word on what happened since – and no reciprocation from Armenia, either.
