Benyamin Poghosyan - Trump Ultimatum to Putin, Corridor Pressures, DC Summit, Kitchen Sink | Ep 457, Aug 3, 2025

Chapters

1. 00:00 Intro to show with Dr. Benyamin Poghosyan
2. 00:28 What can we expect from Steve Witkoff's visit to Moscow on 8/8/25?
3. 08:30 What repercussions could arise from Trump's "secondary sanctions" on Russia?
4. 13:35 What are Armenia's options if US tariffs become sanctions against trade with Russia?
5. 21:03 Could a Pashinyan-Aliyev summit in DC materialize and shift corridor politics?
6. 26:48 How long can Russia disregard the West's corridor politics in the South Caucasus?
7. 29:15 India's corridor interests through the South Caucasus
8. 31:06 China's corridor interests through the South Caucasus
9. 33:26 Alternatives corridors bypassing the South Caucasus
10. 35:50 Are Iran's red lines regarding its border with Armenia unchanged?
11. 39:34 Are Russian and Iranian interests in alignment, regarding the "Zangezur Corridor"?
12. 41:19 Personal thoughts from the participants
13. 41:30 Benyamin: Pashinyan-Aliyev summit in DC, next episode of Trumpian geopolitics as a reality show?
14. 42:12 Hovik: Scott Ritter, disgusting Armenian Genocide denier
15. 45:21 The Kitchen Sink
16. 45:37 Armen Ashotyan goes from House Arrest to Administrative Supervision
17. 50:39 ICRC booted from Azerbaijan
18. 53:04 Flower diplomacy
19. 54:44 Pashinyan driver convicted in the traffic death of Sona Mnatsakanyan
20. 58:58 Wildfires in Artsakh: Arson? De-Armenianization? Islamization?
21. 1:00:03 Armenian consul in Russia fired for defending the Armenian Church
22. 1:02:06 About Dr. Benyamin Poghosyan