Yerevan says it doubts Russia can play ‘constructive’ role in talks with Baku
Armenia condemned remarks earlier this week by Russia’s top diplomat suggesting Yerevan is undermining Moscow’s attempts to reopen transit routes in the region. Armenia’s state anti-corruption agency...
View ArticleEXCLUSIVE: US confirms nuclear pact with Armenia ‘under consideration’
By Mark Dovich The United States has confirmed it is studying a request by Armenia to ink a deal that would allow Washington to transfer civil nuclear technology to Yerevan. That could pave the way...
View ArticlePutin and Aliyev plot their next moves in Baku
In this episode of CivilNet’s Insights series, host Eric Hacopian discusses the state of normalization talks between Armenia and Azerbaijan and breaks down Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit...
View ArticleState Department tells CivilNet US considering nuclear pact with Armenia
The State Department told CivilNet it is studying a request by Armenia to reach a Section 123 Agreement, which would pave the way for the United States to design and build a new nuclear power plant in...
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A lifetime of exile in Istanbul
– “Oh doctor!” he said, “Please, quickly save me from this tonsil trouble. Do it swiftly so I can return to my village immediately.” He had never wanted to leave his village in the first place. If...
View ArticlePutin holds phone call with Pashinyan to discuss recent trip to Baku
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan insisted Armenia’s declaration of independence is not part of the country’s constitution, in an apparent attempt to rebuff demands by Azerbaijan to change the...
View ArticleNo official complaints from Russia over brandy quality, Armenia says: THIS...
Armenia said it has not received any official complaints from Russia about the quality of the country’s multimillion-dollar brandy exports, after Moscow-based consumer rights and lobbying groups...
View ArticleIranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi speaks at Golden Apricot film festival in Yerevan
In a rare public appearance, renowned Iranian filmmaker and screenwriter Jafar Panahi sits down with Russian film critic Anton Dolin and attendees at this year’s Golden Apricot International Film...
View ArticleExploring Yerevan’s ‘biography’ with Mark Grigoryan
Mark Grigoryan, a journalist, author, and the former director of Armenia’s National Museum of Architecture, speaks about Yerevan’s evolution over the millennia at a symposium organized by the Monterey...
View ArticleRed Cross pays latest visit to Armenians illegally detained in Azerbaijan
Staff at the International Committee of the Red Cross visited Armenians detained in Azerbaijan, giving them the opportunity to communicate with their relatives. Armenia’s prime minister and president...
View ArticleEU monitors patrol the Armenia-Azerbaijan border
CivilNet takes you to the Armenia-Azerbaijan border with monitors from the European Union Mission in Armenia to see their work first hand in the fragile area. The mission was deployed last year at...
View ArticleArmenia’s main opposition group still backs Bagrat Galstanyan
An investigation by the news site Hetq found apparent conflicts of interest with senior government officials around Armenian Public Television’s move this year to set up an English-language subsidiary...
View ArticleArmenia’s democratic gains at risk: what the West should and shouldn’t do
By Tigran Grigoryan Armenia has been lauded for its democratic progress in the years following the 2018 Velvet Revolution. The promise of a more transparent, accountable, and inclusive government...
View ArticleThe Russian Revolution and the Making of a Self-Denying Empire
Historians Sheila Fitzpatrick and Ronald Grigor Suny deliver a lecture on class and nationality in the Russian Empire at a symposium organized by the Monterey Initiative in Russian Studies at the...
View ArticleArmenia’s Central Bank greenlights HSBC sale, leaving country with no Western...
By Mark Dovich Armenia’s monetary authorities have greenlit the sale of HSBC’s local subsidiary to the country’s biggest bank, putting an end to the London-based financial giant’s nearly three-decade...
View ArticleAzerbaijan’s top diplomat warns Armenia’s ‘militarization’ threatens...
Senior Azerbaijani officials reiterated that signing a normalization deal hinges on Armenia removing indirect references to Nagorno-Karabakh from its constitution and called Armenia’s ‘mass...
View ArticleWhy aren’t Armenian Americans as politically influential as they should be?
CivilNet commentator and political consultant Eric Hacopian sits down with CivilNet’s Mark Dovich to discuss why Armenian Americans are not as influential in U.S. politics as they could and should be...
View ArticleArmenian government further delays takeover of stake in lucrative gold mine
By Mark Dovich The Armenian government has again delayed plans to take partial ownership of the long-stalled Amulsar Gold Mine project. The arrangement was initially set to be finalized by March 22 of...
View ArticleArmenia to hold constitutional referendum in 2027
Armenia will hold a constitutional referendum in 2027, the country’s justice minister said. An independent watchdog found that Armenian Public Television violated journalistic norms by falsely...
View Article‘Russian History’ by Dominic Lieven
Historian Dominic Lieven delivers a lecture on Russian history at a symposium organized by the Monterey Initiative in Russian Studies at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey....
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