EU Interference and Armenia's 2026 Elections | Ep 543, May 10, 2026

Chapters

1. 00:50 Intro to show with Nare Navasardyan & Hovhannes Ishkhanyan
2. 03:22 The experience of protesters of the 8th European Political Community Summit in Yerevan
3. 10:29 Why is Europe only talking with the government and not engaging the opposition as well?
4. 13:57 How has the Armenian public received the intense EPC propaganda via the Public channels?
5. 16:44 Are the effects of the propaganda primarily in Yerevan, or also the regions?
6. 20:07 What are France's interests in supporting Pashinyan?
7. 22:14 What's the purpose of EU's 300M Euro injection to the government for "democracy & resilience"?
8. 27:57 Why is the EU treating Armenia's domestic politics like a crisis and a security threat?
9. 31:27 Euro-hosted PR for Pashinyan, fear of free expression of issues
10. 34:20 What is the role of the Euro Hybrid Rapid Response Team?
11. 36:38 Is the Moldova model the EU's new standard of election interference and how will it play out in Armenia?
12. 44:13 Is the Azeri government funding narratives like "western Azerbaijan"?
13. 48:05 Support for strategic sellout of Armenian intereats, and exhausting opposing voices
14. 49:57 What is the role and effect of the "fact checking" industry?
15. 54:01 Are there truly independent fact-checkers in Armenia?
16. 1:03:02 How do these fact-checkers plug into social media, which is very important for Armenians?
17. 1:06:10 What is the nature of Hovhannes's complaint to the IFCN about fip.am?
18. 1:09:30 What is the nature against Hovhannes Ishkhanyan?
19. 1:15:38 About Nare Navasardyan
20. 1:16:11 About Hovhannes Ishkhanyan
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