Artsakh Blockade Flash Update with Gev Iskajyan - Ep 246, Apr 12, 2023

Armenian News Network Groong - April 12, 2023

Guest:

• Gev Iskajyan

Topics:

• April 11 Azeri Aggression near Tegh
  • What Agency does Artsakh have in keeping links open?
• Bothsidism of EU and Russia in the face of Azeri Aggression
• Who is to Blame for the Continuing Losses in Armenian Life?
• Reaction of the Armenian Government
• About the EU Mission and its Role and Effectiveness
• Stepanakert invites Baku to talks
• Artsakh Farmers Urged to work in Russian Presence

Episode 246 | Recorded: April 12, 2023

Guest:

• Naira Melikyan

In this Conversations on Groong episode, we’ll be talking Naira Melikyan who shares troubling information from her attempt to travel to Artsakh via the newly built road passing by the village of Kornidzor. Armenian border guards turned away the Miasin group citing security concerns.

Episode 245 | Recorded: April 7, 2023

Guest:

• Benyamin Poghosyan

Topics:

• What agreements were reached between China and Russia?
• What is the role of India in the new world order?
• Consequence of moving away from a dollar-denominated global economic order?
• China as peacemaker in Ukraine
• China as peacemaker in the Middle East
• China’s role in Iran and South Caucasus
• How should Armenia navigate world order changes?

Episode 244 | Recorded: April 5, 2023

Artsakh Blockade Flash Update with Gev Iskajyan - Ep 243, Apr 4, 2023

Armenian News Network Groong - April 4, 2023

Guest:

• Gev Iskajyan

Topics:

• The Current Living Conditions
  • Complete gas cutoff for 2 weeks
  • Weather clearing, rolling blackouts alleviate
• Young farmer hits landmine
• Azeris Tighten Blockade on March 25
• Situation with the Sarsang Reservoir
• Artsakh FM meets French Delegation in Yerevan
  • What do Western Statements mean to us?
  • What do they signal to Azerbaijan?

Episode 243 | Recorded: April 4, 2023

Guest:

• Suren Sargsyan

Topic:

• Azerbaijan Invades, Pashinyan “Explains”
• Armenia at the Democracy Summit
• Armenia and the Rome Statute
• Iran FM in Moscow, Azeri FM in Israel

Episode 242 | Recorded: April 3, 2023

Guest:

• Benyamin Poghosyan

Topic:

• Azerbaijani Attacks over the Weekend
• East and West
• Armenia and the Rome Statute

Episode 241 | Recorded: March 26, 2023

Guest:

• Tevan Poghosyan

Topics:

• Pashinyan’s Press Conference
• Negotiating with Belligerent Azerbaijan
• Mirzoyan in Moscow
• Mayoral Politics in Yerevan

Episode 240 | Recorded: March 20, 2023

Artsakh Blockade Flash Update with Gev Iskajyan - Ep 239, Mar 19, 2023

Armenian News Network Groong - March 19, 2023

Guest:

• Gev Iskajyan

Topics:

• The Current Living Conditions
  • Gas, Power, Food, Weather
• Daily Ceasefire Violations
  • Shooting at Civilians
  • Heightened Threat of War
• Process of Constitutional Amendment
  • Is Arayik Harutyunyan Planning to Resign?
  • Will the Amendment Go Through?
• Negotiations with Azerbaijan
  • Invitation to Negtiate “Integration” in Baku
  • Artsakh Demands that Armenia Respect its own Laws
  • Artsakh Demands an International Platform for Negotiations

Episode 239 | Recorded: March 19, 2023

Guest:

• Johnny G. Melikian

Topics:

• On March 7, the Georgian parliament voted into law a bill that would require political actors to clarify their foreign funding sources and their activities to lobby lawmakers with such funding. This ignited large protests in Tbilisi, and on March 9 the parliament agreed to rescind the law and to release arrested opposition members. We analyze the events and the outcome.

Episode 238 | Recorded: March 15, 2023