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Articles by Simon Maghakyan

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#ElectricYerevan: Lessons from the Armenian Summer

August 20, 2015 Simon Maghakyan 1

After occupying a capital avenue for two weeks earlier this summer, Armenia’s #ElectricYerevan protest against an electricity price hike dissipated without declaring victory. But it still managed to achieve more than its stated goal. Thanks […]

Opinion

Can an Armenian Spring Come with One Flower?

February 21, 2013 Simon Maghakyan 16

For the first time in post-Soviet Armenia’s history, a non-establishment candidate has almost won the presidency. Liberal candidate and Heritage Party nominee Raffi Hovannisian’s supporters assert that the Feb. 18, 2013 Presidential Election was rigged. His […]

Opinion

Washing Away Hate Crimes with Oil Is not the Only Path to Partnership

September 19, 2012 Simon Maghakyan 11

An unremorseful murderer was predictably pardoned and promoted last month after the Azerbaijani government secured military officer Ramil Safarov’s extradition from Hungary. Safarov had been serving a life sentence in that country for axing to […]

Opinion

Is Western Condemnation of Cultural Destruction Reserved Exclusively for Enemies?

August 16, 2012 Simon Maghakyan 13

The Armenian Weekly Aug. 18, 2012 International organizations, Western governments, and mainstream media are vociferously outraged–and rightfully so–over the recent destruction of majestic Sufi Muslim shrines by Islamist extremists in Timbuktu, Mali, mirroring the reaction […]

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