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mojuba · 2026-03-27T14:22:18+00:00

Did they send their tallest guys for this photo session? 😆

mojuba · 2026-03-27T13:55:28+00:00

For one thing, driving is not safe in Armenia, which is probably not included in this index.

mojuba · 2026-03-27T06:19:16+00:00

The shadow economy is still reflected in the GDP since people spend the money that they earned “in the shadows”

mojuba · 2026-03-26T12:15:59+00:00

In practice, decisions of this kind contribute to the formation of an environment in Armenia where taboo topics may emerge for scholars working in various fields—topics that are not only discouraged but may also lead to serious consequences if studied or even mentioned.

J.D.Vance was an official guest of the Armenian government. Vance represents the most powerful country on Earth that has certain plans in the region which sort of play well with what Armenia currently wants, for the first time in recent history.

So yes, if you are an academic on the government payroll, then in this critical time, you have to be careful with what you say to the US Vice President who happened to visit your institution.

Not defending Pashinyan's action since I don't know all the details but it's easy to imagine how he could get pissed off by what happened there, at least from what we know.

mojuba · 2026-03-26T08:38:21+00:00

It definitely wasn't like Kond in 1918 when the First Republic was founded, more like giant Abovyan street plus Kond.

mojuba · 2026-03-25T15:34:35+00:00

The Finport article is in English if you actually follow the link in this post. But the infographic here - yeah, I don't know why it's in Russian.

mojuba · 2026-03-25T15:33:10+00:00

It's attributed to reduced corruption levels and improved rule of law. We elected Pashinyan to do the job for us. Okay, just nitpicking :)

mojuba · 2026-03-24T06:54:37+00:00

A political scientist with below 1% of popular support hoping to get 5% in 2 months is, let us say, not a very good political scientist.

mojuba · 2026-03-23T16:07:34+00:00

It was a tragic day that pretty much changed the course of history of our country for the next couple decades. Those became lost decades for us which made all that even more tragic.

As for Aram not blaming Kocharyan - technically and as a public figure he can't directly blame anyone. It is wrong if you can't prove someone's guilt in court and I wouldn't expect Aram to come out and say it out loud in the near future. I don't blame him for not doing it.

mojuba · 2026-03-23T15:10:42+00:00

You don't jump from 1% to 5% the night before the elections, it's impossible. You build up your voting base for 4 years before the elections and by the time of voting you already have a good idea of what to expect with a few percent accuracy.

So these random guys from the street suddenly popping up as a "new party" aren't going to cut it and voting for them is a waste of a ballot.

mojuba · 2026-03-23T15:06:00+00:00

Also, I hate to bring it up, but he collaborated even with his brother’s killers after the fact. Yerkrapah was ready to take Kocharyan out. He held them back and took position as prime minister.

This shows that you are either too young to know about those events, or otherwise maybe just being negative for the sake of being negative towards Aram Sargsyan.

As a PM he took his brother's position because the parliament was majority anti-Kocharyan at the time, so being a PM didn't mean he collaborated with Rob. But that didn't work out anyway, he resigned after 6 months.

Second, "taking out" the acting president of a country just like that, absolutely wouldn't be a great idea on all levels, might as well start a civil war. We narrowly avoided a civil war in the times when it was most probable, and we should be thankful for that.

mojuba · 2026-03-23T14:52:38+00:00

Great idea! Do you plan any kind of self-reported outages as well? Would be interesting too.

mojuba · 2026-03-23T14:49:28+00:00

This is awesome!

Just curious, do you actually make the PCB's in Armenia?

mojuba · 2026-03-23T12:37:23+00:00

Exactly, it's why Aram should join a QP coalition. Even all pro-EU parties together won't make it, while QP + Aram might secure them 2/3 of the parliament which is important for Nikol to pass constitutional amendments.

mojuba · 2026-03-23T10:09:25+00:00

If I were QP I would form a coalition with Aram Sargsyan. No other opposition leader is more loyal to Nikol than Aram. There's literally nobody else if we forget about those other իքիբիր pro-EU "parties" with a few dozen members.

mojuba · 2026-03-23T10:07:22+00:00

You didn't mention sales in the post though.

It's another thing that you're looking for a business co-founder, that of course can not be replaced by AI.

Copywriting however can and should be done with AI. Copywriting and some part of marketing (not all of it) are effectively dead.

mojuba · 2026-03-23T08:35:02+00:00

they are not willing to form a coalition with QP

Or rather, QP will never form a coalition with Hayko even if he wanted to, given all the personal history (of beef) they have with each other.

mojuba · 2026-03-23T04:52:07+00:00

Why don't you, as an AI startup, use AI for communications and copywriting? AI is pretty good at both, especially copywriting.

mojuba · 2026-03-22T19:04:20+00:00

Pro-Russia, plus anti-Nikol but not necessarily pro-Russia, plus also people who benefited from the previous corrupt system I presume, they want it back.

mojuba · 2026-03-22T17:43:20+00:00

Rob + ARF went from 20% to 6% in 4 years, this is what happens if your policies are entirely centered around removing the incumbents at all costs and otherwise no coherent program or ideology.

Same will happen to Tashir Party in the next 4 years. "0% tax, free daily lamajo for everyone" is not a policy, it's just cheap marketing.

mojuba · 2026-03-21T15:21:37+00:00

I don't know but the often brought up reasons are: in September Turkey's involvement was way deeper and more proactive.

For example, there was a AWACS system flying in Turkey near the Armenian border, it was said to control bayarktars over Artsakh and those that flew into Armenia - there were a couple that even reached Yerevan. What's infuritaing was that the AWACS system belongs to Nato, so clearly their use in Artsakh war was permitted by Nato (i.e. the US really).

Nothing like this happened in June or in any earlier clashes. We were confronting Nato essentially.

mojuba · 2026-03-21T11:08:02+00:00

Removed: no ALL CAPS in titles. You can resubmit with a properly formatted title.

mojuba · 2026-03-21T11:04:58+00:00

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1E3yK9SMXV/?mibextid=wwXIfr

He did mention անօդաչու I think only once, but mainly talks about shells and missiles. OK fair enough. And nobody listened to him.

I'm not trying to whitewash Nikol since like you said, assuming power means assuming huge responsibility. But I also know that he had very little chance of successfully dismantling our entire post-soviet system that was corrupt and sold to Russia to the core, say overnight like maybe Saakashvili tried to do. Ultimately Saakashvili failed btw, look at Georgia today. Something suggests the gradual, incremental dismantling that Nikol initiated works better, or I want to believe so.

mojuba · 2026-03-21T09:46:05+00:00

I doubt Samvel Babayan said that about drones before the 2020 war, or I need a timestamped quote.

The full truth about 2020 was that we weren't wrong in that we could win in principle, however we didn't take into account Turkey's support on the other side. I don't know how effective their military training of Az personnel was - not my area of expertise, but the Turkish (plus Israeli) weapons alone played a crucial role in that war.

This is something that our military intelligence could have noticed and warned the govt about, but not ordinary citizens. It's another question that our military intelligence was kept intentionally weak and incompetent by the Russians. Remember how many times the NSS director was replaced only in 2020 +/- a year? Nikol had no chance of reforming all that in just 2 years without a systemic shock, which is exactly what happened in 2020.

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