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Notes from the Pink City

Thoughts from the Canadian-Armenian repat in Yerevan, Raffi Elliott, on Armenia’s politics, international affairs, the tech industry, and everything in between.

Notes from the Pink City

The hard pill to swallow and the outlook you need to have right now

November 12, 2020 Raffi Elliott 73

Last night, I had more than eight hours of sleep for the first time in 45 days. For 45 days, I went to the front, then behind the front, then the home front. I held […]

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Diaspora Armenians train to protect Artsakh

October 28, 2020 Raffi Elliott 14

I met Vik in an old, abandoned courtyard in a suburb of Yerevan which had been retrofitted as a military training center. When the war started on September 27, he left his successful vinyl business […]

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Dealing with Diaspora FOMO in Wartime

October 20, 2020 Raffi Elliott 10

Twenty-four days since the attempted Azerbaijani invasion of Artsakh was launched, Artsakh remains defiant. Despite a collective $15 billion in military spending over a decade, the aid of high-tech Israeli Kamikaze drones, Turkish unmanned combat […]

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Remember Arthur

October 6, 2020 Raffi Elliott 10

It’s odd how cries of joy and cries of pain sound the same in the beginning. I was in the other room when we got the call—yes, that call—the one you pray never to receive […]

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Armenia Transformation Strategy 2050 Briefly Explained

September 23, 2020 Raffi Elliott 3

At an event on Monday timed to coincide with the 29th anniversary of Armenia’s Declaration of Independence, PM Nikol Pashinyan unveiled his government’s long-promised development strategy. The roadmap entitled Armenia Transformation Strategy 2050 lays out […]

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Why repatriation to Armenia is a good idea right now

September 16, 2020 Raffi Elliott 10

My son [NAME REDACTED] is about four months old now, and despite his inability to speak, he’s become quite communicative. My wife says he’s trying to bond with me, and what he really wants is […]

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Summer in lockdown compels Armenians to rediscover their own country

September 2, 2020 Raffi Elliott 1

On the far shore of Lake Sevan, a crew prepares a small sailing rig as one shouts instructions in German. A grey curly-haired gentleman, dressed in a pair of cropped chinos and sporting weathered boat […]

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Congratulating Belarusian dictator was disgraceful and premature, but ultimately inconsequential

August 12, 2020 Raffi Elliott 1

The succession of congratulatory messages from foreign leaders which started pouring in on Monday, following Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko’s sham election read like a who’s who list of post-Soviet autocrats. Praises from Russia’s Vladimir Putin, […]

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Building an Armenian Constitutional Court to Last

July 23, 2020 Raffi Elliott 0

This week, a long-awaited amendment to Article 213 of the Armenian Constitution—replacing at least three of the nine Armenian Supreme Court Justices—has come into effect. “Three new Constitutional Court judges will be elected soon,” Prime […]

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COVID-19: Public responsibility or renewed lockdowns?

June 3, 2020 Raffi Elliott 0

With the number of daily confirmed cases of COVID-19 continuing to rise––and with that, the death toll––calls on the government to reinstate draconian lockdown measures have grown louder. Still, the Prime Minister, who himself has […]

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