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And of course French.... And Armenian pop

Yerevan won't be the same without street musicians. They add extra value to the welcoming spirit and make you feel part of whatever happens around you. Luckily Yerevan offers great variety of music genres and styles from opera and folk singers at the Northern Boulevard to rocking Gevork at the French square, or ELENA who became famous from the streets of Yerevan. We Armenians have an obsession with Deep Purple:)

The same day there were 100 Cristian deaths in Nigeria. The big media were silent. As to the writings there were writings also in Serbian, Greek, North Macedonian, etc..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLQWDMEra4A&list=PLrZDrrClG0tNbOLmTv81sPtFooHKs7-rG

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1FgOxSI-fU Only in Armenia baby:)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NyeAMf7PKk Sparapet would have been 60.

https://www.panorama.am/en/news/2019/02/18/Social-Media/2074415 Social Media users outraged by an Azerbaijani man burning the Armenian flag in the church yard A footage of Azerbaijani man burning the Armenian flag was disseminated on Facebook social media on Monday. As the video shows, the man makes insulting remarks towards Armenians while entering the church. The instigator then walks out of the church setting the flag on fire just in the yard of the church. The video has been widely disseminated in the Armenian segment of the social media with many users calling on Georgian authorities to hold the provocateur into responsibility. “Let us see Georgia’s reaction to hate speech and efforts to incite violence,” one of the users Erna Aslanyan has wrote. PS: By the way, if you watch the video from the website you will see typical representative of the so-called azeribaijanis - nomadic looking dweller from the pastures of Altai region.... in other words anthropological catastrophe:)

https://worldnewsdailyreport.com/ottomans-were-the-first-to-reach-the-moon-says-turkish-president/?fbclid=IwAR34yfu2K16IXyXZDJaTBrZM6DPVSVsTpL9Mj26ncAq2lt_pVFn-W2H_ECQ “Ottomans Were The First to Reach The Moon,” says Turkish President Istanbul| Ottomans were the first to walk on the surface of the moon, not Neil Armstrong, said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, yesterday, during an iftar (fast-breaking) dinner hosted by the Turkish Green Crescent. Mr. Erdoğan claimed that Muslim explorers reached the Moon more than 300 years before the beginning of the Appolo program, vowing to build a mosque “in the crater” where they landed. “It is alleged that the first man to walk on the moon was Neil Armstrong in 1969,” Erdoğan said. “In fact, Muslim space explorers reached our satellite 334 years before that, in 1635. Everyone knows the story of the famous aviator, Lagâri Hasan Çelebi, the “Ottoman Rocket Man”, who made the first successful manned rocket flight in 1633. What you might not know, is that he attempted to reach the moon, two years later, and could very well have succeeded!” The story of Lagari Hasan Çelebi was purported by a famous 17th century Arab merchant and traveller, Mehmed Zilli, also known as Evliya Çelebi. In his famous travelog, he explains that Lagari Hasan Çelebi launched in a 7-winged rocket using 50 okka (63.5 kg or 140 lbs) of gunpowder. It took off from Sarayburnu, a site below the Topkapı Palace in Istanbul. As Evliya Celebi wrote, Lagari proclaimed before launch “O my sultan! Be blessed, I am going to talk to Jesus!”, before lighting the rocket’s gunpowder. He then ascended more than 200 meters in the air and landed in the sea, hundreds of meters from his takeoff point. Swimming ashore, he allegedly reported: “O my sultan! Jesus sends his regards to you!”. President Erdoğan’s surprising claim generated some whispers and laughter from the audience, a reaction that clearly angered the Turkish politician. He slammed the skeptics for mocking his claims, adding that he would soon have the proofs to back his claims. “Why do you not believe it? Because you’ve never believed that a Muslim can do such a thing, just like you’ve never believed that our ancestors could manage to launch ships in the Golden Horn after transporting them across land,” Erdoğan said, referring to Ottoman Sultan Mehmet II’s conquest of Istanbul in 1453. “This claim is not new. A number of academics in Turkey and in the rest of the world have made this claim, and I believe they are right. NASA may have destroyed most of the physical evidence of the Ottoman’s success during the Apollo 11 mission, but we’ll try to find any evidence that might have escaped the cover up.” The Turkish President did not, however, give any precision about the proofs he was expecting to find nor how he was hoping to gather them. The Turkish President did not, however, give any precision about the proofs he was expecting to find nor how he was hoping to gather them. The story of Lagâri Hasan Çelebi is considered a legend by most historians, and most experts believe that it is impossible that the “aviator” could have survived a flight into outer space. His first flight was, indeed, addressed in an experiment by the television show MythBusters, on November 11, 2009, in the episode “Crash and Burn”. The rocket constructed for the TV show did not adhere closely, however, to Evliya Çelebi’s descriptions and the final design did not attempt to utilize materials of the period; The team noted that Evliya Çelebi had not sufficiently specified the alleged design used by Lagâri Hasan, but concluded that it would have been “extremely difficult” for a 17th-century figure, without access to modern steel alloys and welding techniques, to land safely or even achieve thrust at all. This conclusion was backed by the fact that, although the re-imagined rocket rose, it exploded in midflight

https://www.numbeo.com/crime/rankings_by_country.jsp?fbclid=IwAR09TDu48mWXmXeUO8wlS7Iu63fnFDfaxBibY-N_aQU0wDDQHDUX0RjUgfg Armenia ranked 103 which is pretty good. The State Department should have a look at these statistics before posting BS.

Yet another beautiful version.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpVJ9d2TH-E

https://gagrule.net/armenian-villager-lost-tens-of-thousands-of-dollars-due-to-negligence-of-russian-border-guards/ How much you can trust a drunk Cossack? Armenian villager lost tens of thousands of dollars due to negligence of Russian border guards A tractor and a lawn mowing machine of Gor Karapetyan, a 61-year-old resident of the village of Haykavan in the Shirak region, was stolen due to the negligence and bad work of the Russian guards on the Armenian-Turkish border. Traces lead to Turkey. Speaking to Panorama.am, Karapetyan said that the tractor had broken down while lawn mowing in a field belonging to Getashen community in the 3rd zone of the border zone in September. “On September 30, the lawnmower broke down, I left it at the side of the road, 1.5-2 km away from the bar. Before going home, I informed the guards that I had left the tractor and the lawnmower close to the crossroads. I went home at 4:20pm that day, and I said, I’d go back the next day early in the morning, “said Haykavan resident. The next day, the man went to repair the machine to finish mowing the field. “They said that the commander was not there, they would let me in two hours later. By the time the commander came, it was past 12 pm. I headed where I had left the machines, the tractor was not there. I did not believe my eyes, and started wondering whether the tractor had been stolen. I did not find there neither my tractor nor the lawnmower. I found the tail lights of the tractor lying there smashed. No trails of the lawnmower. I told the border guards that my equipments had been stolen and showed them the smashed parts,” said Karapetyan. Then they made a call, some officers arrived and found that the trails were leading to Turkey, Bazrgyan village. “At that moment, they called me in Gyumri, they came, took shots and measurements. They sent a letter to the Turkish side. They exchanged something with Turkish soldiers, I don’t know what, I did not understand,” he said. About 50 days after the incident, Karapetyan went to the Russian guards again to see if they hadnews over the stolen a tractor. They said the machine had reached Bazrgyan village and there are no traces anymore. “They have been stolen from where the border guards should be watching and monitoring. They haven’t been doing their work properly then if such a thing happened. They didn’t pay enough attention. The operation should have taken about 3-4 hours. My equipments cost $ 20,000. Additionally, the mowed grass is still in the field. The tractor and the mower were the source of income for my family. Now I’ve lost my equipments, the grass is left in the snow, my income is gone, and moreover, now I have to buy grass for the cattle, ” said the resident of Haikavan. The villager has appealed to the Russian Frontier Service, the NSS Amasia division, the military police, and the Onbudsman today. He is well aware that Armenia does not have diplomatic relations with Turkey, but says the Russians can negotiate, find the stolen equipments and return them. Russian border guards have not offered any compensation options. “I inquired what should be done in case the machines were not found. They did not say anything, did not suggest anything. I do not want new equipments, I want mine back, or let them give me a compensation at a market price, “he said. The villager thinks that Yerevan is not aware of the problem, otherwise it would be resolved.

https://armenianweekly.com/2018/11/20/iranian-citizens-in-armenia-feel-strain-of-us-sanctions/?fbclid=IwAR3c-lRgcp3omut5jnlf8EgyeE8QTzX88NaV5QHsswCJ8FeShxps1NC7-hM With U.S. sanctions on Iran going into effect this month, Iranians in Armenia are beginning to feel the pinch. Iranian citizens discovered their bank accounts are being frozen, and banks across the country have implemented similar policies affecting all clients who list Iran as their place of birth regardless of ethnicity or current citizenship. As such, even ethnic Armenians living in Armenia with Armenian citizenship (i.e. repatriates), who happen to be born in Iran, are being affected. Other repatriates complained that banks forbade them from holding Dollar or Euro accounts, despite holding Armenian Citizenship. Repat Armenia, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping Diaspora Armenians relocate to Armenia, estimates that up to 10,000 Iranian-Armenians have chosen to make Armenia home since Independence. A more significant number still have business interests or maintain residences here. Several thousand Iranian expats also live in Armenia. Most are involved in business or study at the local universities. In short, the contributions of this demographic of Iranian-Armenian Diasporans are strategic. This makes banks blindness to them worrisome. The Central Bank, for its part, announced it had not instructed Armenian banks to take such a measure, meaning that the policy has been implemented independently by the countrys private financial institutions. Iranian nationals in other countries have reported similar asset freezes. Despite the European Union refusing to back Washingtons trade embargo, some European banks have already begun refusing to process payments made by Iranian-registered companies doing business in the EU. The sanctions come after the Trump administration unilaterally pulled out of the Obama-era Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (known colloquially as the Iran Nuclear Deal) citing its perceived failure. The leaders of Great Britain, France and Germany, all of whom are signatories to the deal have expressed regret and concern at the decision to reimpose sanctions in a joint statement. The new sanctions have placed Armenia, which maintains good relations with Iran and depends on it for trade, in an awkward position. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan made clear to U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton, during a working visit to Yerevan, that his government respects the foreign policy priorities of other nations, but the Republic of Armenia has its own national and state interests which do not always coincide with the interests and ideas of other countries. Eight countries, including Turkey, have secured temporary exemptions from sanctions due to their high dependence on Iranian oil. U.S. expectations of Armenia remain unclear with no information about any agreement being available to the public. Although a delegation from the U.S. Departments of State and Treasury met with the Armenian Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Economic Affairs and Energy last week for outlining areas for cooperation, no official statements have been released. Previous administrations traditionally turned a blind eye to Armenias continued trade relationship with Iran. Armenian officials quietly complied American requests to closely monitor Iranian financial transactions going through Armenian banks to alleviate money laundering concerns. Boltons recent comments that the Trump administration would administer the Iran sanctions very vigorously has put this long-standing gentlemans agreement into question. Boltons short visit last month caused a stir in Armenia. His insistence that Armenia comply with US sanctions was criticized as imperialistic in tone. The National Security Advisor appeared satisfied with his trip though, tweeting Yesterday I had a nice visit to Armenia, an important friend in the region. I enjoyed productive conversations with the Prime Minister and his national security team. He also acknowledged Armenias particular need for trade with Iran, explaining to an RFE/RL reporter Obviously, we dont want to cause damage to our friends in the process. With the uncertainty over the sanctions continuing, Iranian-Armenians living in Yerevan brace for more difficulties. PS: I would sue the hell out of any bank in Armenia that refuses services to Armenian citizens immaterial of their place of birth.

This reality exists for many years. Russians and Byelorussians are in "competition" as to who will sell more to the enemy. The sad fact is that these countries on paper are our "allies". At one point or another Armenia will have to rethink her membership in CSTO. In my opinion we don't fit well in that Turko-Slavonic alliance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wj0ZeWwGyVo&t=142s

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