Hrant Mikaelian - Ukraine Talks, Armenia’s Crackdowns, and Rising Tensions | Ep 488, Nov 23, 2025

Chapters

1. 00:00 Intro to show with Hrant Mikaelian
2. 00:39 Ukraine war: what's with the 28-point plan, where is the conflict headed?
3. 07:04 What's the point of proposing a plan that has no chance of being accepted?
4. 10:58 Kazakhstan: how is it successfully managing and balancing its superpower geopolitics?
5. 17:37 What's the significance of Kazakhstan joining the Abraham Accords?
6. 18:37 What's the significance of Kazakhstan for Armenia, why a "Strategic Partnership"?
7. 19:44 What's the significance of the wheat shipment through Azerbaijan?
8. 24:16 Why did the Russian SVR accuse Armenia of "wheat betrayal"?
9. 28:04 Does the Vagharshapat foreshadow what's to come in the 2026 parliamentary elections?
10. 32:51 Where is RPA's impeachment process going?
11. 38:59 What are the problems with the opposition, are they resource strapped?
12. 41:06 ENA license has been revoked. What's next for the Electric Company?
13. 44:46 Given the Stockholm Arbitration Court decision, what investor would buy the ENA?
14. 47:04 How can the political detentions continue?
15. 50:52 Personal thoughts from the participants
16. 51:04 Hovik: Ask Zareh Sinanyan tough questions if you catch him on his US/Moldova tour of a diaspora he's trying to divide
17. 52:47 Hrant: Thomas de Waals propgandistic article - yet more BS and fake narrative
18. 53:38 Hrant: Azerbaijan destroying Shia mosque in Artsakh, and tilting Sunni under Turkish guidance
19. 56:05 About Hrant Mikaelian