Tag: Lachin Corridor

Artsakh Blockade Flash Update with Gev Iskajyan - Ep 205, Jan 15, 2023

Armenian News Network Groong - Jan 15, 2023

Guest:

• Gev Iskajyan

Topics:

• Food Stamps & Rationing
• Politics around Ruben Vardanyan
• Awareness of Protesters and Corridor Blockage

Episode 205 | Recorded: January 15, 2023

Artsakh Blockade Flash Update with Gev Iskajyan - Ep 204, Jan 14, 2023

Armenian News Network Groong - Jan 14, 2023

Guest:

• Gev Iskajyan

Topics:

• Rolling Blackouts Continue
• Internet Connection Difficulties
• Over 200 Businesses Closed
  • Thousands laid off
  • Kashen Mine remains Closed
• Status in the Regions and Towns
• Concerns over Tax Revenue  Shortfalls
• Concerns about Rumors and Disinformation

Episode 204 | Recorded: January 14, 2023

Guests:

• Aram Orbelyan, international law specialist, who is an attorney and managing partner at Concern Dialog law firm, and PhD in Public international law. Mr. Orbelyan lectures at the Academy of Advocates of the Republic of Armenia, and lectured public international law at French University of Armenia. Mr. Orbelyan was Deputy Minister of Justice of Armenia between 2011 and 2014.

“The Armenian government, under its legislation, is obliged to protect the independence of Artsakh” - Aram Orbelyan

Topic:

As of earlier this week, Artsakh has introduced coupons to ration food. Other

Artsakh Blockade Flash Update with Gev Iskajyan - Ep 203, Jan 13, 2023

Armenian News Network Groong - Jan 13, 2023

Guest:

• Gev Iskajyan

Topics:

• Internet Restored
• Rolling Blackouts Continue
• 33rd Day of #ArtsakhBlockade, and 33rd Anniversary of Baku & Sumgait Pogroms in Azerbaijan

Episode 203 | Recorded: January 13, 2023

Artsakh Blockade Flash Update with Gev Iskajyan - Ep 201, Jan 12, 2023

Armenian News Network - Jan 12, 2023

Guest:

• Gev Iskajyan

Topics:

• Internet cutoff
• Power situation and rolling blackouts
• Psychological pressure on Artsakh
• It’s going to get tougher…
• Consequences of Internet cutoff
• Psychological pressure on Artsakh

Episode 201 | Recorded: January 12, 2023

Artsakh Blockade Flash Update with Gev Iskajyan - Ep 200, Jan 11, 2023

Armenian News Network - Jan 11, 2023

Guest:

• Gev Iskajyan

Topics:

• Power Shortages
• Food Rationing and Basic Supplies
• Weather Conditions
• New Ministerial Appointments

Episode 200 | Recorded: January 11, 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 day.

Guest:

• Karen Vrtanesyan, expert on military and warfare strategies with a focus on Armenia and its neighboring region. Co-founder of the website razm.info.

“This is not a humanitarian crisis. This is a political crisis, a crisis of statehood. -Karen Vrtanesyan”

Topic:

This interview is a continuation of the collaboration between Groong and 168 Hours aiming to bring you more English-language coverage on the developments of this very serious humanitarian crisis in progress.

Links:

• 168 Hours: https://168.am
• Groong: https://podcasts.groong.org

Episode 196 | Recorded: December 30, 2022

Guest:

• Benyamin Poghosyan, Chairman of the Yerevan based think tank Center for Political and Economic Strategic Studies.

“Aliyev’s strategy is ’no Armenians, no problems’. What is our strategy?” -Benyamin Poghosyan

Topic:

More than 120,000 people remain trapped in the Republic of Artsakh (or Nagorno-Karabakh) due to Azerbaijan’s blockade of the Lachin corridor, as this crisis enters its 16th day.

This interview is a continuation of the collaboration between Groong and 168 Hours aiming to bring you more English-language coverage on the developments of this very