Armenian News Network - Groong: Week In Review Podcast

ANN Groong Week in Review - June 11, 2023

Topics:

• Erdogan Reshuffles Cabinet, First Visit to Baku
• Latest Developments in Armenia-Azerbaijan Negotiations, Baku Postpones
• Economic Developments, More Subsidies to IT Sector
• MPG Poll: Pashinyan’s Rating is Falling

Guest:

• Hrant Mikaelian

Hosts:

• Hovik Manucharyan TW/@HovikYerevan
• Asbed Bedrossian TW/@qubriq

Episode 262 | Recorded June 12, 2023

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Hagop Djernazian - Questionable 99-year Land Lease by the Armenian Patriarchate in Jerusalem | Ep. 261 - June 11, 2023

Topics:

• Intro to Armenians in Jerusalem
• Escalating violence on Armenians
• Intro to the Armenian Patriarchate
• On the contract of the 99-year lease and its consequences
• About the community protest movement
• What if the contract goes forward?

Guest:

• Hagop Djernazian - TW/@HDjernazian

Hosts:

• Katia Peltekian - TW/@KatiaPeltekian
• Asbed Bedrossian TW/@qubriq
• Hovik Manucharyan TW/@HovikYerevan

Episode 261 | Recorded: June 11, 2023

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ANN Groong Week in Review - June 4, 2023

Topics:

• Armenian Azerbaijani Negotiations Continue
   
  • You say Chisinau, I say Kishinev
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  • Deputy PMs Meet in Moscow
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• Israeli President Visits Azerbaijan
• Pashinyan Attends Erdogan’s Inauguration
• Armenia-Russia Relations

Guest:

• Sergei Melkonian - FB/sergei.melkonian

Hosts:

• Hovik Manucharyan TW/@HovikYerevan
• Asbed Bedrossian TW/@qubriq

Episode 260 | Recorded June 5, 2023

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Artsakh Blockade Flash Update with Gev - June 2, 2023

Topics

• Current Living and Humanitarian Conditions
• Morale after Pashinyan’s Recognition of Artsakh in Azerbaijan
• How is Artsakh Responding to Aliyev’s Amnesty Threats?
• Moral of the Artsakhtsi Population
• About Artsakh Men Being Denied Transit through Azeri Checkpoints
• Have the Russian Peacekeepers Changed Under Lentsov?
• All Parties are in Breach of the November 2020 Trilateral Ceasefire Agreement

Guests:

• Gev Iskajyan - TW/@GevIskajyan

Hosts:

• Hovik Manucharyan TW/@HovikYerevan
• Asbed Bedrossian TW/@qubriq

Episode 250 | Recorded: June 2, 2023

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Dziunik Aghajanian - on Armenian Diplomacy, Foreign Policy, Pashinyan Agenda and Mother Armenia | Ep. 258 - June 1, 2023

Topics:

• Intro to Ms Aghajanian 
  • Career path, Mentors, Influencers 
  • Parting ways with the MFA 
• How did Armenia Resist Turkish Pressure prior to 2018
• Impressions of 2018 events
• On Pashinyan’s Policies to Surrender Artsakh 
  • Letter Planning the Surrender 
  • Messaging Aliyev to begin Instigations 
  • Changing Security Doctrine 
• The Myth of Western Security Guarantees
• Pashinyan’s Fiction re Alma Ata and Madrid Principles
• On Armenia’s National Interests
• On Armenian Foreign Policy Vectors 
  • Can Armenia get Closer to Iran? 
  • Can “Normalization” with Turkey work? 
• Mother Armenia / Մայր Հայաստան Movement Announced

Guest:

• Dziunik Aghajanian

Hosts:

• Hovik Manucharyan TW/@HovikYerevan
• Asbed Bedrossian TW/@qubriq

Episode 254 | Recorded: May 31, 2023

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Armenian News Network Groong 
Week in Review - May 28, 2023

Topics:
  - Mother Armenia Movement
  - Aliyev Threatens, Pashinyan Concedes
  - Erdogan Reelected
  - Goodbye CSTO / Hello NATO?

Guest:
  - Arthur Khachikyan

Hosts:
  - Hovik Manucharyan TW/@HovikYerevan
  - Asbed Bedrossian TW/@qubriq

Episode 257 | Recorded May 30, 2023

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Armenian News Network Groong 
Week in Review - May 21, 2023

Topics:

  - Accelerated Negotiations
      - Negotiations Carousel
      - Meghri Railway
      - Russia Finances Rasht-Astara
      - Rallies in Artsakh and Kornidzor
  - Artsakh Domestic Politics

Guest:

  - Tevan Poghosyan TW/@TevanPoghosyan

Hosts:

  - Hovik Manucharyan TW/@HovikYerevan
  - Asbed Bedrossian TW/@qubriq

Episode 256 | Recorded May 22, 2023

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ANN Groong Week in Review - May 14, 2023

Topics:

• Pashinyan, Aliyev, Michel in Brussels 
  • Azerbaijani Attacks on Sotk 
• Turkish Presidential Elections

Guest:

• Benyamin Poghosyan - TW/@Benyamin_Poghos

Hosts:

• Hovik Manucharyan TW/@HovikYerevan
• Asbed Bedrossian TW/@qubriq

Episode 255 | Recorded May 15, 2023

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Ruben Melikyan - Armenian Court Freezes Assets of Journalist and News & Media Outlet

Topics:

• Yerevan Court Freezes Assets of 168.am
• Are these harsh punitive measures unusual?
• Is Tigran Avinyan’s Demand Reasonable? 
  • Can it be considered “Administrative Pressure”? 
• Is the court’s action illegal or unconstitutional?
• External Factors Influencing Armenian Media
• Where does USAID support for Armenian media go?

Guest:

• Ruben Melikyan - FB/@RubenMelikian

Hosts:

• Hovik Manucharyan TW/@HovikYerevan
• Asbed Bedrossian TW/@qubriq

Episode 254 | Recorded: May 13, 2023

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Artsakh Blockade Flash Update with Gev - May 11, 2023

Topics

• May 11 Azeri attacks on Sotk, Armenia
• Azerbaijan blocking ICRC convoys
• Sarsang reservoir depleting
• Rumors of a second pseudo-eco activist effort
• Lentsov in Baku - what results?
• Artsakh Ombuds & FM activities
• Matthew Bryza bemoans Armenian Opp & diaspora
• May 9 in Artsakh 
  • Armenians, Artsakh and the victory in WW2

Guests:

• Gev Iskajyan - TW/@GevIskajyan

Hosts:

• Hovik Manucharyan TW/@HovikYerevan
• Asbed Bedrossian TW/@qubriq

Episode 250 | Recorded: May 11, 2023

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