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  1. All decent minded Armenians must support Arsinee Khanjian’s initiative which I firmly believe to be a noble cause.

    Armenia deserves much better than what we had and what we have now.

    Sadly, Armenia has been turned into a corrupt and criminal entity by this regime where there is not an ounce of justice left. By changing faces or shuffling people around through a revolving door will not solve our chronic situation,it needs radical system change.

    Arsinee Khanjian deserves full credit for her courageous work for the sake of our country and its suffering people,for the sake of democracy and human rights.

  2. Khanjian had no business getting involved in illegal demonstrations in support of foreign funded militants that had murdered policemen in an attempt to overthrow the Armenian government by force. In a normal country Khanjian would have been put away for a very long time for aiding and abetting foreign funded militants. Diasporans like her and her husband are slowly becoming a liability for Armenia…

  3. I agree hundred percent with Arsine. Unfortunately my age and health do not allow me to travel. But, I urge all my compatriots in diaspora especially young Armenians to participate in the pledge of this brave woman.
    Try to save travel expenses if you are not wealthy, make a trip to your homeland and get involved, don’t worry about getting arrested. You will be released within a very short while , just like Arsine.
    Let us try to make our fatherland a country worthy of living freely and enjoying life for our brave people in Armenia and heroic Artsakh.

  4. Criticizing is the easiest thing to do… I would like to see Arsinee invest real $$ in Armenia, share the real pain of running a business and feeding local families, then have the right to criticize. It’s so funny that all these so-called “intellectuals” come up with utopic ideas, yet on a personal level they don’t contribute anything concrete, and I’m not talking about donations but rather real investments. I’m just a simple Armenian from the Diaspora, however in a period of 10 years, I did my share my contributing over 1 million $ into Armenia’s economy (buying an apartment and opening an office with local staff) while paying zero $ in bribes nor contributing to any corruption; however during that time I did help families by paying their salaries and showing them that there is hope in Armenia. I also showed the next generation of Armenian professionals that the only way forward for Armenia is through little steps. I live in Canada, as does Arsinee, and our adopted country still has a lot of unresolved issues and corruption (yes corruption in Canada!). Next year, Canada will be celebrating its 150th anniversary. Should we expect Armenia to be different and fix all its problems in 25 years? Let’s be realistic, not utopic, in our approach and let’s get fully involved in the daily life of Armenia before starting to criticize. You can’t simply pick and choose when it pleases you to get involved in Armenia’s affairs. Either you are fully involved with full right to criticize or not.

  5. I myself is not Armenian just my husband was. I can see the need for help from the diaspora . Investments are heavily needed as the country only got it’s independence 25 years ago and it will take time to rebuild.The professional people some have no work . They live in poor conditions. The 21st celebrations were overkill and lots of Soviet presence. Roll Royce Showroom was opened whilst I was their.I observed extreme contradictions in wealth. Expensive cars being driven like maniacs especially the military driven vehicles,Certain arrogance of power mixed in with sincerely humble and nice people.It will take time with the help of outside investment and mentoring.I loved the fact of all tickets to cultural events were very inexpensive and they events were wonderfully attended. The young generations are really benefiting from this. A clean cut intelligent youth.I wish them all the luck in the world. Education is important to all of them . Hopefully their neighbours leave them alone to improve their country.

  6. Khanjian had no business getting involved in illegal demonstrations in support of foreign funded militants that had murdered policemen in an attempt to overthrow the Armenian government by force. In a normal country Khanjian would have been put away for a very long time for aiding and abetting foreign funded militants. Diasporans like her and her husband are slowly becoming a liability for Armenia.

    That said.

    Armenia is a TYPICAL developing nation with TYPICAL growing pains. Actually, when one considers that the country is small, poor, remote landlocked, blockaded and in a state of war since its independence, one may actually realize that Armenia is actually doing not so bad after all. It could have been much, much worst. But Armenia is alive and well. The constant, relentless complaints about the country are being propagated by Western intelligence agencies via their proxies (servants) in Armenian communities around the world. The net result: Today’s hysteria, panic, hate, hopelessness, disillusionment and thus, population flight. Armenians may think they are running away from “injustice”, “corruption” or “oligarchs” what they are actually doing is running away from all the constant negativity being propagated by Western powers. Injustice, corruption and oligarchs are much worst in most countries of the world. Yet, it sometimes feels like Armenians are the only ones fleeing from it. The Western agenda to weaken Armenia has achieved some success. Western interests want to foment a revolution in the country like the one they managed in Ukraine simply because Armenia is allied to Russia. This is why Western agents in Armenian society (and there are a lot of them) constantly air Armenia’s dirty laundry and this is why Western agents in Armenian society (and there are a lot of them) constantly bad mouth Russia. Trust me folks, had Armenia been in bed with Uncle Sam we wouldn’t be seeing any protests against our “corrupt leaders” or “oligarchs”. At the end of the day, we must realize that the Western agenda is alive and well in Armenia today only because we Armenians are foolish enough or, in the case of the thousands of Western funded NGO workers in Armenia, financially desperate enough to allow it. Anyway, despite all the hysterical rantings, be it in the homeland or in the diaspora, Armenia is slowly but surely developing and moving forward. People can begin developing a positive attitude and join in the long process of nation-building or continue staying on the murky sidelines and continue spewing their poison. Those who choose the latter are merely doing the bidding of Armenia’s enemies.

  7. How amusing it is that these Russian nationalist runts (who are obviously protective of that Moscow-controlled mafia crew which owns Armenia from top to bottom) are persistently galloping from article to article, in an extremely desperate and failed attempt to convince the audience that anybody (whether it’s people living in Armenia or visitors) who speaks out about the severe domestic problems threatening Armenia’s existence, must therefore be an agent connected to Western intelligence agencies. The intense paranoia of these particular runts, is indeed growing by the day.

  8. Yerevanian,

    I don’t post comments much but I have been reading AW for many years. I’m sorry to say that guys like Norserunt, Harutik and Avery make much more sense than guys like you. More people are beginning to see what’s going on around the world. More people around the world are coming out of their political darkness and seeing Western powers for what they really are. Whats happening in Ukraine, Iraq, Libya and Syria opened Armenian eyes. There is no doubt that Armenians and Russians natural allies and nothing will change that. Most Armenians know this. Armenia is no more controlled by Russia than much of the world is by imperial America and its cohorts. If you are not here with an agenda, I ask you to also open your eyes and see that Western powers pose a grave threat to Armenia whereas Russia is Armenia’s one and only natural ally and it has been so for the past two hundreds years. Yes there are some problems in the relationship between Armenia and Russia but these are superficial problems that can be fixed with proper dialogue. So no, Norserunt does not sound like a Russian nationalist in the least bit, he sounds like an Armenian patriot with a very good understanding of realpolitik.

  9. Gurgen Grigoryan,

    When one speaks out about the severe internal problems which are threatening the existence of Armenia today (and desires to find solutions to these problems), and is then accused of being a Western agent, most certainly does not make the slightest bit of sense.

    And, as the Russian nationalists have been doing this whole entire time, in senselessly and persistently attempting to minimize Russia’s four billion dollar sale of heavy military arms to Armenia’s mortal enemy of Azerbaijan (along with its future plans to sell so many more military arms to the Azeris), most certainly does not sound like Armenian patriotism; on the contrary, it’s called being anti-Armenian.

    “Russia is Armenia’s one and only natural ally and it has been so for the past two hundred years.”

    Well, a natural ally would not go behind its ally’s back, and furnish its ally’s mortal enemy with heavy military arms; nor would it give away a huge chunk of its ally’s homeland (the three provinces of Artsakh, Nakhichevan, Javakhk, along with Kars, Ardahan, Artvin, Ani, Lake Van, Mount Ararat), as Soviet Russia backstabbed Soviet Armenia (shortly after becoming a part of its union) in a failed effort to persuade Turkey into joining the former Soviet Union.

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