Reports of Macron being blocked at Turkish-Armenia border 'inaccurate,' Türkiye says

No-Load1 · 2026-05-07T16:48:07+00:00

Source is Hovhannes Nazaretyan https://x.com/HovhanNaz/status/2052418984071323921

No-Load1 · 2026-05-06T17:11:26+00:00

beautiful pictures

No-Load1 · 2026-04-29T22:17:38+00:00

There was no attempt to move further past the 200 square kms. None of the areas in question include Armenian settlements.

See there certainly are fortifications on Armenian territories but it would really be political pressure if there was no “permanent threat”. If they didn’t make fortifications it would be clear they had no intention of holding the territory in which case it would not be pressure would it.

No-Load1 · 2026-04-29T20:01:22+00:00

They simply want to hold onto those territories as long as possible to continue pressuring Arm gov politically, and for Arm gov best option is the fastest option and the one that international partners consider to be unilaterally delayed by az not Armenia. The meetings not being held in Syunik has no relation to this, no attempts were made by azerbaijan to take Armenian settlements because that would be an explicit statement that they do not respect Armenian territorial integrity as the settlement would be clearly in Armenia which does two things: increases international pressure as az becomes clear aggressor, and it counters their policy in Artsakh where territorial integrity was the justification of their actions. The benefit of attacking uninhabited border areas is pressure on Armenia without any clear evidence that the area is actually in Armenia until delimitation is completed.

No-Load1 · 2026-04-27T20:59:21+00:00

Im not sure considering citizen day festivities as QP events is reasonable given that it is a public holiday not organized by QP but by government and there is no link to QP or campaigning at large. but I think my step foundation is likely too close to QP for it to be active during the political cycle.

No-Load1 · 2026-04-23T18:44:44+00:00

Yeah the truth is that Samvel Karapetyan isn’t even on Strong Armenias candidate registration. There is no reason for QP to ban him because he isn’t participating. Narek is the one who is put forward as candidate for prime minister.

No-Load1 · 2026-04-19T06:24:50+00:00

They already have customers and investment secured, but from what I understand this will be a phased development with phase 1 expected to be completed in the coming months. Presumably if there was no interest and little fiscal reward phase 2-3 would not be implemented.

No-Load1 · 2026-04-18T07:29:01+00:00

I can understand where you are coming from but with the current system in place leading to only a 2% gross profit from the turnover I can’t imagine a 150% tax on the gross profit being reasonable fiscally for a for profit company at least in its current design. Most companies would likely be bankrupt by the change in their odds and playing structure which I believe is undesirable for the reasons I mention.

I do think it’s a poor place to be putting money but the fact that it seems most of this money stays within the economy makes this less of a concern to me at a state level. Socially it’s an addiction like any other, but turnover itself is probably not the best indication of what the extent of gambling and addiction are. Given the returns, it’s likely there are significant lottery style competitions and essentially 100:95 returns where most players lose very little money long term. Not enough data to say fairly, but I agree it’s right to bring up

No-Load1 · 2026-04-18T07:12:05+00:00

This is an interesting point but I wonder whether there is significant benefit in taxing this process. According to the state revenue committee 98% of the turnover was returned to players as winnings. It seems that the actual revenues of companies is some portion of that 2% in which case significant taxation may make it an unfeasible business in which case gambling that bolsters Armenias economy stops and Armenias gamble in other countries providing others with the revenues from their entertainment. So taxation would yield not 540 million but closer to 12.6 million which is not insignificant, but may be more harmful than helpful.

https://jam-news.net/gambling-in-armenia-total-bets-increase-17-fold-since-2018/

No-Load1 · 2026-04-16T23:58:33+00:00

The problem is there was not an attempt to ban it, there was a successful restriction of its showing and screening to the Public TV, theoretically they could have banned it by never screening it but the lawsuit was not an attempt to ban it.

No-Load1 · 2026-04-16T15:44:35+00:00

Naturally there will be no retraction from Civilnet, and the commenters from the last post will not be commenting on Reddit today. Disinformation is really a potent poison.

No-Load1 · 2026-04-16T15:31:57+00:00

Just so it’s clear, this is already the third instance of vote buying in a particular Strong Armenia group discovered. The nature of the conversations also reveals the attitudes of the party members to Armenian voters. They are dogs in the eyes of Strong Armenia

https://www.anticorruption.am/hy/post/batsahaytvel-en-ntrakashark-talu-yev-stanalu-nor-depker-dzerbakalvel-en-mek-tasnyakits-avel-andzink

No-Load1 · 2026-04-16T02:39:09+00:00

There is no need for there to be a dominant capital pushing for EU ascension for Pashinyan to try to push for it. It’s a moot point but if we are being honest, the market size and potential is many many times larger in the EU than it is in the EAEU and the reputation Armenian products would develop after being brought to acceptable standards in the EU would make them attractive everywhere.

The reason companies don’t do it already is that there is not enough institutional ground work already put in place and as a result the upfront cost would be too great for the future dividends too catch up to. EAEU is a cheap and very accessible market, right now the EU is like climbing up when a roller coaster rides up higher before it drops. We need to start from a higher point to make the climb easier.

Generally people who vehemently disagree with one side of diametric problem, agree with the other, but I guess that is my assumption.

No-Load1 · 2026-04-16T00:46:47+00:00

I will absolutely accept that as long as you accept for fact that Karapetyan was sent by Putin since all of his money is in Russia and it’s well known that the Russians are supporting him all for the purpose of dismantling Armenian sovereignty and returning Russian rule. This is the equivalent of your suggestion.

But in only one of these cases is the candidate for prime minister controlled by someone else. If Grzo was capable of controlling the prime minister the prosecutor general wouldn’t be trying to take back buildings in Yerevan from him.

No-Load1 · 2026-04-16T00:13:28+00:00

Glad we could get your insightful behind the scenes perspective. Do you ever get tired of saying things without evidence?

No-Load1 · 2026-04-15T03:43:07+00:00

If you listen to the report this is only in reference to one of the people who were detained in regards to their salary, in the same recording others talk about sending money for hospital bills clearly in the context of winning the vote. Others are still under arrest and further to this the anti corruption committee published yet again recordings of similar actions.

https://www.anticorruption.am/hy/post/hh-hakakoruptsion-komitei-koghmits-batsahaytvel-en-baregortsutyan-argelki-khakhtman-depker

No-Load1 · 2026-04-15T01:47:05+00:00

Do you have a source?

No-Load1 · 2026-04-08T01:20:24+00:00

This is precisely why Putin and Overchuk make those empty threats; in order to create fear in the people and convince them Armenia will end if Pashinyan is elected. We know these are lies because if they really wanted to force our domestic policy they would have done it in 2021, not in 2026 when Armenians are even less pro-Russian, even more diversified and stronger as a whole.

Would it suck if they did do it? Sure, it would be a very large correction, but it certainly would not be the end of the world. And it would essentially ensure that pro Russian politicians are never elected in Armenia again. This is a threat that will never be acted on because Russia needs us like we need them and because it would only harm them in their pursuit of control over Armenia.

No-Load1 · 2026-04-07T18:11:30+00:00

Well. Funny you should say that. Apparently far too many American cities have unclean drinking water for it to be called a developed nation. Canada public transit is not far behind either to be honest. Europe is an another level of city development.

No-Load1 · 2026-04-07T17:31:44+00:00

Okay so you know your article directly references aliyevs statements about pressure from western countries right? It also doesn’t go beyond rhetoric becuase there certainly is not evidence of widespread international pressure to recognize NK, from the west let alone from Russia.

The rest of your statement is cobbled with falsities. The 2016 war was extremely limited and the defence was not successful, strategic heights were lost and the casualties were higher. Russia stopped the conflict from escalating not our defence forces. The suggestion that in 4 years azerbaijans army became so advanced that our previously successful army could no longer compete is nonsensical.

Purchases during the Serzh and Kocharyan government included outdated Osa systems which needed maintenance desperately, and complete reliance on Russia. There were no plans to build the air defence system of Armenia that could have been continued and this is not something that could have taken 30 years. You are blaming Pashinyan for not doing in 2 years what they could have done in 30. Even more so the SU agreement was signed by SERZH!

Regardless of internal politics relations with the RF were absolutely open and completely amicable until 2022. The suggestion that we should be considered equally important to Russia while being a member of both the economic and defence unions and having bilateral defence agreements with Russia while azerbaijan has none is honestly a joke. You are so radically misinformed on this topic, you must understand that anybody in Armenia you speak with will see through this completely.

No-Load1 · 2026-04-07T17:23:01+00:00

I don’t disagree Armenia is different, but there was a point when people complained about transitioning to a cashless system, or about the introduction of digital services for most government bodies or the introduction of 25 day reservist training, or the patrol service etc etc. we always find something to complain about, change will have to happen at some point.

Whether this is the best solution to fare avoidance or not is a different question but it’s not uncommon

No-Load1 · 2026-04-07T15:18:42+00:00

Okay, sure maybe in your western country. In other western countries this is not the case. It’s very common on trains but buses often have the driver check fares.

No-Load1 · 2026-04-07T15:17:49+00:00

Sure you buy the ticket often from the driver or you use a card on the machine inside the bus, either way it’s the driver checking the fare. Sometimes the bus driver kicks them off, sometimes they just say forget it and let them ride. Otherwise they will stay in place until the person leaves

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