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Armenian News Network - Groong

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Armenian News Network - Groong @groong.bsky.social · 1d

🇦🇲 Historian #PietroShakarian new book:
Anastas Mikoyan, an Armenian Reformer in Khrushchev’s Kremlin
- Push to confederate the USSR, Nationality reforms
- #Armenia’s cultural thaw,The National Movement
- History Meets Politics
w/@hovikyerevan.bsky.social & @qubriq.bsky.social
▶️ youtu.be/jUrHCAxfIns

Pietro Shakarian - Anastas Mikoyan, Armenian Reformer in Khrushchev’s Kremlin | Ep 480, Oct 22, 2025

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Armenian News Network - Groong @groong.bsky.social · 2d

🇦🇲#WeekinReview for Oct. 19, 2025 with Amb. #DziunikAghajanian

* #UkraineWar, #Trump - #Putin Upcoming #BudapestSummit
* #Israel-#Gaza “Cease Fire”
* #Armenian Government Repressions Accelerate

w/ @hovikyerevan.bsky.social & @qubriq.bsky.social
#NagornoKarabakh #Artsakh
▶️ youtu.be/P_osOjMGefA

Dziunik Aghajanian - Ukraine, Israel-Gaza, Armenian Government Repressions | Ep 479, Oct 19, 2025

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Armenian News Network - Groong @groong.bsky.social · 8d

🇦🇲#WeekinReview for Oct. 12, 2025 with #HrantMikaelian

* Aliyev pushes “Zangezur Corridor” at OTS
* Pashinyan pitches “Trump Route” at CIS
* Putin–Aliyev meeting eases tensions
* #Armenia’s opposition gears up for 2026

w/ @hovikyerevan.bsky.social & @qubriq.bsky.social
▶️ youtu.be/XaWREPZvgSk

Hrant Mikaelian - OTS & CIS summits, Trump-Aliyev, Armenia Opposition 2026 | Ep 478, Oct 12, 2025

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Armenian News Network - Groong @groong.bsky.social · 15d

🇦🇲#WeekinReview for Oct 5, 2025 @Benyamin_Poghos on what matters:
- Arch. #Ajapahyan gets 2 years, for speaking out
- #Moldova Election, EU Patterns of Force
- #EPC & #WSF Handshakes, no deliverables
- PEACE Act politics
- Dismantling #Armenia’s Defense
w/ @HovikYerevan & @qubriq
youtu.be/I_FOIAiT_7c

Benyamin Poghosyan - Ajapahyan, Moldova, Peace Act, Dismantling Armenian Def. | Ep 477, Oct 5, 2025

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Armenian News Network - Groong @groong.bsky.social · 22d

🇦🇲#WeekinReview for Sep 28, 2025
Five years since Sept 27, 2020.
How Pashinyan’s rise, failed talks, bad defense choices, propaganda led to “#Artsakh is #Armenia” then capitulation.
Was the #44DayWar betrayal or inevitability?
w/ @hovikyerevan.bsky.social & @qubriq.bsky.social
▶️ youtu.be/RbtiLQ9DRo0

44-Day War: A Tale of Betrayal | Ep 476, Sep 28, 2025

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Armenian News Network - Groong @groong.bsky.social · 23d

#Georgia votes on Oct 4. What’s at stake in #Tbilisi and why the boycotts
Plus the “foreign agent” and Georgia’s view on #TRIPP

Archil Sikharulidze joins us to discuss
#Elections #GeorgianDream #KakhaKaladze #SouthCaucasus
With @hovikyerevan.bsky.social & @qubriq.bsky.social
▶️ youtu.be/fDFagnKleJk

Archil Sikharulidze - Georgian Municipal Elections 2025 | Ep 475, Sep 30, 2025

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Armenian News Network - Groong @groong.bsky.social · Sep 24

🇦🇲#WeekinReview for Sep 21, 2025 w/ #ArthurMartirosyan
* Sep. 19, 2023: #Artsakh #Blockade #Starvation #EthnicCleansing
* #CivilContract’s 7th Congress pitches #FourthRepublic
* Opposition (In)Action
* Electric Net of #Armenia
w/ @hovikyerevan.bsky.social & @qubriq.bsky.social
▶️ youtu.be/HG_7nfcVwD0

Arthur Martirosyan - Sep 19, Civil Contract, Opposition Inaction, Electric Net | Ep 474, Sep 21,2025

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Armenian News Network - Groong @groong.bsky.social · Sep 19

“Pashinyan or war” is a Fake Narrative says #ArmenAshotyan 🇦🇲
- On the 🇦🇲 Opp plan: impeachment math, street mobilization, why unity matters
- Unpacking TRIPP & US $145M
▶️ Episode youtu.be/T7fyNOIjUhg
With @hovikyerevan.bsky.social & @qubriq.bsky.social
#TRIPP #TrumpCorridor #Artsakh #NagornoKarabakh

Armen Ashotyan - Pashinyan Vote of No Confidence, Opposition Strategies | Ep 473, Sep 19, 2025

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Armenian News Network - Groong @groong.bsky.social · Sep 17

🇦🇲#WeekinReview Sep 14, 2025 w/MP #ArthurKhachatryan
* September 13, 2022 War
* Serdar Kiliç in #Armenia / Normalization
* State Dept. $145M for #TRIPP in Yerevan
* Shorter Military Service
w/@hovikyerevan.bsky.social & @qubriq.bsky.social
#TRIPP #Artsakh #NagornoKarabakh
▶️ youtu.be/0j0R3tfDldQ

Arthur Khachatryan - Sep 13 War, Kiliç in Armenia, $145M TRIPP, Military Svc | Ep 472, Sep 14, 2025

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Armenian News Network - Groong @groong.bsky.social · Sep 10

#WeekinReview for Sep 7, 2025 w/ #HrantMikaelian
* War in #Iran
* #Russia’s Stance on #TRIPP/#Trump Route
* New #MPG Poll in #Armenia
* Armenian Economy in H1/2025

w/ @hovikyerevan.bsky.social & @qubriq.bsky.social
#Artsakh #NagornoKarabakh #Azerbaijan
▶️ youtu.be/xBAOqH36IAE

Hrant Mikaelian - War on Iran, Russia on TRIPP, New Armenia MPG Poll, Economy | Ep 471, Sep 7, 2025

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Armenian News Network - Groong @groong.bsky.social · Sep 8

Conversations on Groong - September 5, 2025

Topics:
- Reflections on August 8 White House Meeting
- Tough Times for Diaspora-Armenia Relations
- Challenges to Armenian American Advocacy

Guest: Lenna Hovanessian

Episode 470 | Recorded: September 5, 2025

VIDEO: youtu.be/ruwhwAhRUN0

Armenian News Network - Groong @groong.bsky.social · Sep 6

🐉🐘🐻 At the SCO Summit in Tianjin, the dragon and the elephant danced while the bear clapped along.
Dr. #GilbertDoctorow joins us to unpack what this means for multipolarity, #Armenia, & incoming world order.
▶️ Full episode: youtu.be/5HSTvblWxT0
With @hovikyerevan.bsky.social & @qubriq.bsky.social

2025 09 04 GDoctorow geopolitics

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Armenian News Network - Groong @groong.bsky.social · Sep 5

Conversations on Groong - September 4, 2025

Topic:
- Arrest of Samvel Karapetyan
- Pre-trial detention practices
- Lawfare and double standards
- Armenia’s global consequences

Guest: Robert Amsterdam

Episode 468 | Recorded: September 4, 2025

VIDEO: youtu.be/3UPm6_bfusA

Armenian News Network - Groong @groong.bsky.social · Sep 2

Groong Week in Review - August 31, 2025

Topics:
- SCO Summit in China
- The UK in Armenia
- TRIPP / Zangezur Corridor
- RU - AZ Relations

Guest: Benyamin Poghosyan

Episode 467 | Recorded: Sep 1, 2025

VIDEO: youtu.be/kTh52542vtU

#Armenia #SCO #ZangezurCorridor #AzerbaijanRussia

Armenian News Network - Groong @groong.bsky.social · Aug 29

🌍🇦🇲 “#Armenia won’t find security from powers thousands of miles away. Its future depends on its neighbors.” – Jeffrey Sachs
- #TRIPP/#ZangezurCorridor, US meddling, Armenia’s strategy and economy

With @hovikyerevan.bsky.social & @qubriq.bsky.social
▶️ youtu.be/r7IH9YG88PY 
#TrumpRoute #Geopolitics

Jeffrey Sachs - TRIPP down Zangezur Corridor, Armenian Economy | Ep 466, Aug 29, 2025

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Armenian News Network - Groong @groong.bsky.social · Aug 29

VP of the Republican Party of #Armenia #ArmenAshotyan joins us:
- On life as a #politicalprisoner
- Int'l & Diaspora Response
- Pashinyan Attack on the Church
- The Managed Capitulation Process

With @hovikyerevan.bsky.social & @qubriq.bsky.social
▶️ youtu.be/LGgUqD-n5OM
#TrumpCorridor #Artsakh

Armen Ashotyan - Life as Political Prisoner, Attacks on Church & Sovereignty | Ep 465, Aug 28, 2025

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Armenian News Network - Groong @groong.bsky.social · Aug 27

🇦🇲 #WeekinReview for Aug 24, 2025 #TevanPoghosyan joins us
35 years since #Armenia’s Declaration of Sovereignty Yerevan faces #TRIPP traps, secret deals, pressure from #Aliyev & #Erdogan.
▶️ youtu.be/OWqkDLfRpe4

w/@hovikyerevan.bsky.social & @qubriq.bsky.social
#Artsakh #NagornoKarabakh #TrumpRoute

Tevan Poghosyan - State Sovereignty Day, TRIPP Trap, Reactions, Kitchen Sink | Ep 464, Aug 24, 2025

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Armenian News Network - Groong @groong.bsky.social · Aug 19

#WeekinReview for Aug 17, 2025 w/Dr. #SergeiMelkonian
* Did #Trump’s #AlaskaSummit change the #UkraineWar
* #TrumpRoute
* Moscow & Baku
* #Russia-#Iran Recalibration
* New #Armenian Opp Emerging - Our Way/#ՄերՁեվով

w/ @hovikyerevan.bsky.social & @qubriq.bsky.social
#Artsakh
▶️ youtu.be/FgllRo0YTp4

Sergei Melkonian - Alaska,, Trump Route, Russia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Our Way | Ep 463, Aug 17, 2025

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Armenian News Network - Groong @groong.bsky.social · Aug 17

🇦🇲 Christine Arakelian @CAArakelian on Armenian affairs:
✝️ #Pashinyan vs Church
 🌍 #India–#Armenia reins
🧵 Foreign Influence: NGOs, “Save Armenia”
 🇺🇸 U.S. politics & the Trump Corridor

▶️ youtu.be/aWTfpn0D3n8
With @hovikyerevan.bsky.social @qubriq.bsky.social
#TrumpCorridor #TRIPP #ZangezurCorridor

Christine Arakelian - Pashinyan vs Church, India Armenia, Foreign Influence | Ep 462, Aug 17, 2025

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Armenian News Network - Groong @groong.bsky.social · Aug 16

#DonaldTrump, #Pashinyan & #Aliyev announced TRIPP, the “Trump Route” corridor w/#HamidBahrami
"peace deal” or a plan to encircle #Iran?
▶️ youtu.be/lTYVEAuZ8fc

With @hovikyerevan.bsky.social & @qubriq.bsky.social
#Armenia #SouthCaucasus #TrumpCorridor #TRIPP #ZangezurCorridor #Geopolitics

Hamid Bahrami - Iran and the corridor through Syunik, Armenia | Ep 461, Aug 16, 2025

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Armenian News Network - Groong @groong.bsky.social · Aug 13

🔥 The #TrumpCorridor: #Armenia in the Crosshairs what’s behind the #Trump–#Pashinyan–#Aliyev deal?
🎙️ Col. #DougAMacgregor & #ChristineArakelian break it down.
🎧 youtu.be/TRgLnwe0YSU

w @hovikyerevan.bsky.social & @qubriq.bsky.social
#Armenia #SouthCaucasus #TRIPP #ZangezurCorridor #Geopolitics

Douglas MacGregor Christine Arakelian - Armenia in US Geopolitical Crosshairs | Ep 460, Aug 12, 2025

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Armenian News Network - Groong @groong.bsky.social · Aug 12

#WeekinReview for Aug 10, 2025 w/Amb. #DziunikAghajanian

* #DonaldTrump, #Aliyev, #Pashinyan #WhiteHouse mtg.
* Trump Corridor, #Section907 & more
* #Armenia’s #Azebaijan #Turkey what do they get?
* #Iran, #Russia Reactions

w/ @hovikyerevan.bsky.social & @qubriq.bsky.social
youtu.be/4p5Ie3G56XM

Dziunik Aghajanian - Trump, Aliyev, Pashinyan Oval Office Meeting, Reactions | Ep 459, Aug 10, 2025

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Armenian News Network - Groong @groong.bsky.social · Aug 10

Conversations on Groong w/#StanislavKrapivnik
- Trump, Pashinyan, Aliyev DC Summit
- Ukraine War and the Shifting World Order
- Russia and the South Caucasus

W/ @hovikyerevan.bsky.social & @qubriq.bsky.social
youtu.be/d37MqzjkV8A

#ArmenianNews #SouthCaucasus #Trump #TRIPP #ZangezurCorridor

Armenian News Network - Groong @groong.bsky.social · Aug 8

#Washington DC Summit - August 8, 2025
#Aliyev #DonaldTrump #Pashinyan #Erdogan
#GroongCartoons

Armenian News Network - Groong @groong.bsky.social · Aug 5

Groong Week in Review - August 3, 2025

Topics:
- Trump Ultimatum to Putin
- US Sanctions effect on Armenia
- Turkey, US, and Armenia’s Territory
- The Kitchen Sink

Guest: Benyamin Poghosyan

Episode 457 | Recorded: August 4, 2025

youtu.be/CehSMWvolf4