Series: Video

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Guest:

• Fyodor Lukyanov

Topics:

• Venezuela
• Ukraine War
• Russia-Iran Relations
• TRIPP and Russian-Armenian Relations

Episode 502 | Recorded: January 8, 2026

#FyodorLukyanov #RussiaGeopolitics #UkraineWar #IranIsrael #VenezuelaCrisis #TRIPP

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Guest:

• Hrant Mikaelian

Topics:

• Developments in Venezuela
• Attacks on Armenian Church Continue
• New MPG Poll Results

Episode 501 | Recorded: January 6, 2026

#VenezuelaCrisis #ArmenianChurch #MPGPoll #ArmeniaEconomy #Geopolitics

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Guest:

• Dr. Benyamin Poghosyan

Topics:

• Foreign Crises Affecting Armenia
• Armenia-Azerbaijan Saga
• Russia and TRIPP
• Change of US Ambassador
• Year-End Review & Outlook

Episode 500 | Recorded: December 31, 2025

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Guest:

• Dziunik Aghajanian

Topics:

• Ukraine War and EU Rift
• Siege on Etchmiadzin and the Church
• Peace Dividend or Political Theater
• TRIPP and Competing Power Claims

Episode 498 | Recorded: December 23, 2025

#ArmenianChurch #Etchmiadzin #TRIPP #ArmeniaPolitics #Groong

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Guest:

• Rafael Ishkhanyan

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Topics:

• Criminalization of Speech and Dissent in Armenia
• Legal Pressure on Lawyers, Journalists, and Clergy
• Selective Justice and Coordinated Propaganda
• Article 236 and the Policing of Protest

Episode 497 | Recorded: December 14, 2025

#SpotlightOnSilence #ArmeniaJustice #PoliticalPrisoners #FreedomOfSpeech #RuleOfLaw #HumanRights #Groong

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Guest:

• Arthur Khachatryan

Topics:

• Armenia between EU and Russia
• Church–state confrontation in Armenia
• Artsakh concessions and return debate
• Economy, debt, and governance
• NSS raids Artsakh offices

Episode 496 | Recorded: December 15, 2025

#ArmeniaPolitics #EUvsRussia #ArmenianChurch #Artsakh #Geopolitics

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Guest:

• Harry Istepanian

Topics:

• Venezuela’s oil and US pressure
• Trump, oil prices, and OPEC+
• Middle East fallout from cheap oil
• Ukraine war and Iran conflict stakes

Episode 495 | Recorded: December 11, 2025

#Venezuela #OilPolitics #Geopolitics #USForeignPolicy #EnergyWars

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Guest:

• Dr. Benyamin Poghosyan

Topics:

• 1988 Earthquake Remembered
• Pashinyan’s War on the Armenian Church
• EU-Armenia Relations
• Nagorno-Karabakh Negotiation Documents
• ARAR Foundation Poll

Episode 494 | Recorded: December 8, 2025

#ArmenianChurch #NSS #Pashinyan #ArarPoll #ArmeniaEU

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Guest:

• Dr. Arthur Khachikyan

Topics:

• OSCE MG Dissolved
• Libaridian on Submitting to Turkey and Azerbaijan
• News Constitution to be Drafted by March 2026
• Archbishops, Letters, Attacks on the Church
• Border Commissions Meet in Baku
• Comments from Jacob Pursley

Episode 493 | Recorded: December 2, 2025