Pashinyan’s Church War, the Russia-EU Choice, and TRIPP | Ep 576, Aug 9, 2026

Chapters

1. 00:00 Intro to Week in Review for August 9, 2026
2. 00:25 Turkey-Pakistan-Saudi Arabia Mecca Joint Deterrence Agreement
3. 08:13 Iran appoints new national security and Army Chief of Staff
4. 10:39 Status of the US/Israeli war on Iran
5. 12:21 Pashinyan's attack on Church and Catholicos
6. 16:33 The presiding judge recused himself from the case against the Catholicos
7. 18:15 What are the next steps in this case?
8. 20:31 EAEU meeting in Cholpon-Ata
9. 22:33 How long can Pashinyan sit on two chairs?
10. 27:32 1-year anniversary of the TRIPP project meeting in the White House - August 8
11. 28:43 How will Pashinyan change the constitution without a 2/3rds majority in Parliament?
12. 29:54 Steve Witkoff & Aryeh Lightstone meet Pashinyan in Yerevan
13. 31:26 Who is Steve Witkoff's advisor, Aryeh Lightstone?
14. 34:11 Aram Vardevanyan becomed a Deputy Speak of parliament
15. 36:57 Parliament approves 12 standing committees - see the show notes
16. 38:33 Strong Armenia's platform
17. 39:21 What do we think about this parliament's potential?
18. 42:12 Corruption: Haypost, Shushan Aleksanyan, Gohar Abajian, fake "job contests"...
19. 44:39 Persecutions continue: Tsarukyan, Mkrtchyan, Ghazinyan, Ghazaryan, Soghoyan...
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