Hayastan Dashinq

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Topics:

• Georgian Patriarch Ilia II passes away
• Karekin II travel banned from funeral
• Iran war update
• June election in Armenia

Episode 527 | Recorded: March 23, 2026

#Groong #Armenia

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Topics:

• Georgian Patriarch Ilia II passes away
• Karekin II travel banned from funeral
• Iran war update
• June election in Armenia

Episode 527 | Recorded: March 23, 2026

#Groong #Armenia

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Guest:

• Dziunik Aghajanian

Topics:

• Iran War Fears
• June Parliamentary Elections
• Attacks on the Armenian Church

Episode 519 | Recorded: February 25, 2026

#Armenia #Iran #ArmeniaElections #ArmenianChurch #SouthCaucasus

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Guest:

• Dziunik Aghajanian

Topics:

• Iran War Fears
• June Parliamentary Elections
• Attacks on the Armenian Church

Episode 519 | Recorded: February 25, 2026

#Armenia #Iran #ArmeniaElections #ArmenianChurch #SouthCaucasus

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Guest:

• Arthur Khachatryan

Topics:

• Memorial Day vs. Army Day
• JD Vance to Armenia and Azerbaijan
• Armenian Church Developments
• Strong Armenia - New Political Party

Episode 510 | Recorded: Jnauary 27, 2026

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Guest:

• Arthur Khachatryan

Topics:

• Memorial Day vs. Army Day
• JD Vance to Armenia and Azerbaijan
• Armenian Church Developments
• Strong Armenia - New Political Party

Episode 510 | Recorded: Jnauary 27, 2026

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Guest:

• Anna Grigoryan

Topics:

• Return of Four Hostages
• Pashinyan vs. Church
• TRIPP
• Armenia Parliamentary Election

Episode 507 | Recorded: January 16, 2026

#AnnaGrigoryan #Armenia #ArmenianPolitics #TRIPP #ArmenianChurch #POWs

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Guest:

• Anna Grigoryan

Topics:

• Return of Four Hostages
• Pashinyan vs. Church
• TRIPP
• Armenia Parliamentary Election

Episode 507 | Recorded: January 16, 2026

#AnnaGrigoryan #Armenia #ArmenianPolitics #TRIPP #ArmenianChurch #POWs

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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:

• 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:

• 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:

• 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:

• Hrant Mikaelian

Topics:

• High-Stakes Ukraine Talks
• Armenia’s Growing Political Detentions
• Pashinyan Honored In Kazakhstan
• Rising Pressure On The Church
• Impeachment vs. Elections
• Pashinyan Seizes Power Grid

Episode 488 | Recorded: November 24, 2025

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Guest:

• Hrant Mikaelian

Topics:

• High-Stakes Ukraine Talks
• Armenia’s Growing Political Detentions
• Pashinyan Honored In Kazakhstan
• Rising Pressure On The Church
• Impeachment vs. Elections
• Pashinyan Seizes Power Grid

Episode 488 | Recorded: November 24, 2025

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Guest:

• Hayk Mamijanyan

Topics:

• Freedom of Expression at Risk in Armenia
• Vagharshapat Municipal Outcomes
• Republican Party Election Strategy
• Stand in Support of Independent Media and Journalism in Armenia

Episode 487 | Recorded: November 18, 2025

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Guest:

• Hayk Mamijanyan

Topics:

• Freedom of Expression at Risk in Armenia
• Vagharshapat Municipal Outcomes
• Republican Party Election Strategy
• Stand in Support of Independent Media and Journalism in Armenia

Episode 487 | Recorded: November 18, 2025

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Guest:

• Arthur Khachatryan , MP

Topics:

• Euronest session takeaways
• Aliyev’s transit move and TRIPP
• Gyumri mayor arrest fallout
• Pashinyan’s push to control the Church

Episode 481 | Recorded: October 29, 2025

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Guest:

• Arthur Khachatryan , MP

Topics:

• Euronest session takeaways
• Aliyev’s transit move and TRIPP
• Gyumri mayor arrest fallout
• Pashinyan’s push to control the Church

Episode 481 | Recorded: October 29, 2025

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Guest:

• Hrant Mikaelian

Topics:

• Aliyev pushes “Zangezur Corridor” at OTS
• Pashinyan pitches “Trump Route” at CIS
• Putin–Aliyev meeting eases tensions
• Armenia’s opposition gears up for 2026

Episode 478 | Recorded: October 14, 2025

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Guest:

• Hrant Mikaelian

Topics:

• Aliyev pushes “Zangezur Corridor” at OTS
• Pashinyan pitches “Trump Route” at CIS
• Putin–Aliyev meeting eases tensions
• Armenia’s opposition gears up for 2026

Episode 478 | Recorded: October 14, 2025

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Guest:

• Armen Ashotyan , MP, VP Republican Party of Armenia (HHK)

Topics:

• TRIPP / Trump Route / Zangezur Corridor
• Vote of No Confidence
• “Pashinyan or War”?

Episode 473 | Recorded on September 17, 2025

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Guest:

• Armen Ashotyan , MP, VP Republican Party of Armenia (HHK)

Topics:

• TRIPP / Trump Route / Zangezur Corridor
• Vote of No Confidence
• “Pashinyan or War”?

Episode 473 | Recorded on September 17, 2025

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Guest:

• Arthur Khachatryan , MP

Topics:

• September 13, 2022 War anniversary
• Serdar Kiliç in Armenia for Normalization
• U.S. State Dept. $145M for TRIPP

Episode 472 | Recorded: September 15, 2025

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Guest:

• Arthur Khachatryan , MP

Topics:

• September 13, 2022 War anniversary
• Serdar Kiliç in Armenia for Normalization
• U.S. State Dept. $145M for TRIPP

Episode 472 | Recorded: September 15, 2025

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Guest:

• Arthur Khachatryan , MP

Topics:

• Artsakh Negotiations
• Armenian Domestic Politics

Episode 455 | Recorded: July 25, 2025

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Guest:

• Arthur Khachatryan , MP

Topics:

• Artsakh Negotiations
• Armenian Domestic Politics

Episode 455 | Recorded: July 25, 2025

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Guest:

• Arthur Khachatryan

Topics:

• May 28, Republic Day
• Armenia’s EU-Russia policy confusion
• Constitutional changes for “peace”
• Impeachment vs. election dilemma
• Azeri invasion threat and silence

Episode 441 | Recorded: May 28, 2025

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Guest:

• Arthur Khachatryan

Topics:

• May 28, Republic Day
• Armenia’s EU-Russia policy confusion
• Constitutional changes for “peace”
• Impeachment vs. election dilemma
• Azeri invasion threat and silence

Episode 441 | Recorded: May 28, 2025

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Guest:

• Hrant Mikaelian

Topics:

• Pashinyan in Tirana
• Russia’s Lavrov in Yerevan
• Democracy in Jeopardy
• Armenia’s Demilitarization by Any Other Name
• The Kitchen Sink

Episode 438 | Recorded: May 21, 2025

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Guest:

• Hrant Mikaelian

Topics:

• Pashinyan in Tirana
• Russia’s Lavrov in Yerevan
• Democracy in Jeopardy
• Armenia’s Demilitarization by Any Other Name
• The Kitchen Sink

Episode 438 | Recorded: May 21, 2025

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Guest:

• Mr. Arthur Khachatryan , MP, Hayastan Dashinq/Armenia Alliance

Topics:

• Iran Rejects US Offer of Direct Negotiations
• Iran and Armenia Ties
• Gyumri and Parakar Municipal Elections
• Artsakh Refugee Protests in Armenia

Episode 425 | Recorded: March 31, 2025

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Guest:

• Mr. Arthur Khachatryan , MP, Hayastan Dashinq/Armenia Alliance

Topics:

• Iran Rejects US Offer of Direct Negotiations
• Iran and Armenia Ties
• Gyumri and Parakar Municipal Elections
• Artsakh Refugee Protests in Armenia

Episode 425 | Recorded: March 31, 2025

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Guest:

• Hrant Mikaelian

Topics:

• TBD

Episode 417 | Recorded: February 12, 2025

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Guest:

• Hrant Mikaelian

Topics:

• TBD

Episode 417 | Recorded: February 12, 2025

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Guest:

• Mr. Arthur Khachatryan , MP, Hayastan Dashinq/Armenia Alliance

Topics:

• Mirzoyan in Moscow
• Vahan Kostanyan in Tehran
• Mher Grigoryan on the Border (concessions)
• FIS Annual Report 2025
• The Silence of the Lambs

Episode 408 | Recorded: January 29, 2025

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Guest:

• Mr. Arthur Khachatryan , MP, Hayastan Dashinq/Armenia Alliance

Topics:

• Mirzoyan in Moscow
• Vahan Kostanyan in Tehran
• Mher Grigoryan on the Border (concessions)
• FIS Annual Report 2025
• The Silence of the Lambs

Episode 408 | Recorded: January 29, 2025

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Guest:

• Mr. Arthur Khachatryan

Topics:

• Armenia Azerbaijan Talks
• Draft 2025 State Budget
• Armenian Internal Politics

Episode 385 | Recorded: November 13, 2024

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Guest:

• Mr. Arthur Khachatryan

Topics:

• Armenia Azerbaijan Talks
• Draft 2025 State Budget
• Armenian Internal Politics

Episode 385 | Recorded: November 13, 2024

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Guest:

• Mr. Arthur Khachatryan

Topics:

• The Government’s Track Record
• The State of the Economy
• “Pivot to the West”
• Elections in Georgia

Episode 366 | Recorded: September 18, 2024

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Guest:

• Mr. Arthur Khachatryan

Topics:

• The Government’s Track Record
• The State of the Economy
• “Pivot to the West”
• Elections in Georgia

Episode 366 | Recorded: September 18, 2024

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Guest:

• Mr. Giro Manoyan

Topics:

• Role of the Opposition
• Relations with the Tavush Movement
• Relations with the Diaspora

Episode 364 | Recorded: September 13, 2024

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Guest:

• Mr. Giro Manoyan

Topics:

• Role of the Opposition
• Relations with the Tavush Movement
• Relations with the Diaspora

Episode 364 | Recorded: September 13, 2024

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Guest:

• Aghasi Yenokyan

Topics:

• Ruling Party Power Grabs
  • Why is Civil Contract so Adamant on Total Municipal Control
  • Political Prisoners
• Early/Snap Elections?
• Armenia’s Controlled Judiciary
• About Yenokian’s new book: Ալտերնատիվ պատմություն Հայոց

Episode 298 | Recorded: December 13, 2023

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Guest:

• Aghasi Yenokyan

Topics:

• Ruling Party Power Grabs
  • Why is Civil Contract so Adamant on Total Municipal Control
  • Political Prisoners
• Early/Snap Elections?
• Armenia’s Controlled Judiciary
• About Yenokian’s new book: Ալտերնատիվ պատմություն Հայոց

Episode 298 | Recorded: December 13, 2023

Guest:

• Hrant Mikaelian

Topics:

• Situation in Artsakh
• Yerevan Elections Heating Up
• July MPG Survey Outtakes
• August MPG Survey Outtakes
• Baku Poll
• Thoughts on the Economy

Episode 273 | Recorded: August 15, 2023

Guest:

• Hrant Mikaelian

Topics:

• Situation in Artsakh
• Yerevan Elections Heating Up
• July MPG Survey Outtakes
• August MPG Survey Outtakes
• Baku Poll
• Thoughts on the Economy

Episode 273 | Recorded: August 15, 2023

Guest:

• Hovhannes Ishkhanyan , writer, documentary filmmaker, publicist, co-founder of Eye for an Eye (Akn Und Akan), a community of documentarians. Hovhannes has a Master’s in journalism from the Georgian Institute of Public Affairs.

Using art to prevent catastrophes instead of reacting to them

Ishkhanyan’s documentary “Sleep art”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzqzPpVsK-g

Topic:

More than 120,000 people remain trapped in the Republic of Artsakh (or Nagorno-Karabakh) due to Azerbaijan’s blockade of the Lachin (Berdzor) corridor, as this crisis enters its 25th

Guest:

• Hovhannes Ishkhanyan , writer, documentary filmmaker, publicist, co-founder of Eye for an Eye (Akn Und Akan), a community of documentarians. Hovhannes has a Master’s in journalism from the Georgian Institute of Public Affairs.

Using art to prevent catastrophes instead of reacting to them

Ishkhanyan’s documentary “Sleep art”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzqzPpVsK-g

Topic:

More than 120,000 people remain trapped in the Republic of Artsakh (or Nagorno-Karabakh) due to Azerbaijan’s blockade of the Lachin (Berdzor) corridor, as this crisis enters its 25th

Guest:

• Benyamin Poghosyan

Topic:

• Hovik’s Reflections from the Artsakh Blockade Interviews
• Is Russia Pressuring Armenia to join a “Union State”?
• Government Bill to Control the Internet During Martial Law
• Highlights and Lowlights from Armenian News in 2022
• Predictions for 2023

Episode 197 | Recorded: January 3, 2023

Guest:

• Benyamin Poghosyan

Topic:

• Hovik’s Reflections from the Artsakh Blockade Interviews
• Is Russia Pressuring Armenia to join a “Union State”?
• Government Bill to Control the Internet During Martial Law
• Highlights and Lowlights from Armenian News in 2022
• Predictions for 2023

Episode 197 | Recorded: January 3, 2023

Guest:

• Edgar Elbakyan , a political scientist and social thinker based in Yerevan, Armenia. He is a co-founder of the Armenian Project non-profit organization, which contributes to enhancing Armenian national civil society.

“The problem is not resources or power, the problem is how you put forward your goals”

Topic:

The blockade of Artsakh is now 13 days old. More than 120,000 people remain trapped in the Republic of Artsakh (or Nagorno-Karabakh). Supermarket shelves are empty. Essential medicine is running out.

On Friday, December 23, that’s yesterday, a meeting between

Guest:

• Edgar Elbakyan , a political scientist and social thinker based in Yerevan, Armenia. He is a co-founder of the Armenian Project non-profit organization, which contributes to enhancing Armenian national civil society.

“The problem is not resources or power, the problem is how you put forward your goals”

Topic:

The blockade of Artsakh is now 13 days old. More than 120,000 people remain trapped in the Republic of Artsakh (or Nagorno-Karabakh). Supermarket shelves are empty. Essential medicine is running out.

On Friday, December 23, that’s yesterday, a meeting between

Guest:

• Arthur G. Martirosyan

Topics:

• Armenia-Azerbaijan Negotiations Continue
  • CSTO Debacle
  • Lavrov Bombshell
  • Lachin Corridor Blockaded
  • Brussels Summit Canceled
• Artsakh President Lays off Government
• Parliamentary Opposition Fragmenting

Episode 181 | Recorded: December 6, 2022

Guest:

• Arthur G. Martirosyan

Topics:

• Armenia-Azerbaijan Negotiations Continue
  • CSTO Debacle
  • Lavrov Bombshell
  • Lachin Corridor Blockaded
  • Brussels Summit Canceled
• Artsakh President Lays off Government
• Parliamentary Opposition Fragmenting

Episode 181 | Recorded: December 6, 2022

Guest:

• Hrant Mikaelian

Topics:

• How is Armenia’s Economy Doing?
• Armenia-Azerbaijan Negotiations
• French Senate Slams Azerbaijani Occupation of Armenia
• The Opposition Returns to Parliament

Episode 179 | Recorded: November 21, 2022

Guest:

• Hrant Mikaelian

Topics:

• How is Armenia’s Economy Doing?
• Armenia-Azerbaijan Negotiations
• French Senate Slams Azerbaijani Occupation of Armenia
• The Opposition Returns to Parliament

Episode 179 | Recorded: November 21, 2022

Guest:

• Arthur Khachatryan @Arthur.Khachatryan

Topics:

• Massive Stepanakert Rally
• Sullivan Plan vs. Russian Plan
• Upcoming Protest on November 5

Episode 174 | Recorded: November 3, 2022

Guest:

• Arthur Khachatryan @Arthur.Khachatryan

Topics:

• Massive Stepanakert Rally
• Sullivan Plan vs. Russian Plan
• Upcoming Protest on November 5

Episode 174 | Recorded: November 3, 2022

Guest(s):

• Hrant Mikaelian

Armenian News Network/Groong Week in Review - June 12, 2022

Topics:

• The Opposition Activates Politics
• Russia Revises Lavrov’s Parukh Response
• War Dividends
• Caucasus Barometer Survey Takeaways

Guest:

• Hrant Mikaelian - TW/@Hrant_M

Host:

• Asbed Bedrossian - TW/@qubriq

Episode 142 | Recorded: Monday, June 13, 2022 Website: https://groong.org/podcasts/WiR-20220612.html

#lavrov #armeniannews

Guest(s):

• Hrant Mikaelian

Armenian News Network/Groong Week in Review - June 12, 2022

Topics:

• The Opposition Activates Politics
• Russia Revises Lavrov’s Parukh Response
• War Dividends
• Caucasus Barometer Survey Takeaways

Guest:

• Hrant Mikaelian - TW/@Hrant_M

Host:

• Asbed Bedrossian - TW/@qubriq

Episode 142 | Recorded: Monday, June 13, 2022 Website: https://groong.org/podcasts/WiR-20220612.html

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