Following a period of silence, the White House confirmed last week that it had shut the door on Turkey’s participation in the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program. Turkey had been one of several international partners […]
It’s been ten months since I complained about OPS (other people’s stupidity), so please bear with me on this gripe session. I also ask your forbearance regarding Wannabe-Sultan President Erdoğan’s prominence in my pieces of […]
YEREVAN—Armenia’s Minister of Defense (MOD) Davit Tonoyan has confirmed the Armenian Armed Forces’ intentions of adopting Russian-built SU-30SM multirole fighters. During a press briefing on Monday, he also announced that the Air Force would be […]
The US government recently created a new and unnecessary controversy, this time with the Republic of Armenia. It all started when the Armenian government decided to send a non-combat humanitarian squad of 83 doctors, sappers […]
Last year, the Russian Federal Agency for Air Transport launched a national voting competition to rename at least 47 airports across the country. Known as “The Great Names of Russia,” the program aimed to highlight […]
Astute observers know that Russia needs Armenia as much as Armenia needs Russia. Its dependence on Armenia explains the Kremlin’s extra pressure on Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and his reformist ‘My Step’ alliance following Armenia’s […]
YEREVAN— The Armenian Ministry of Defense has confirmed that it is expecting an order for four Russian-built Sukhoi Su-30SM multi-role fighters. This announcement follows months of deliberation over the purchase of the aircraft. On June […]
Here we are in a brand new year and the bad news from the end of last year is hounding Armenians already. The Republic of Armenia (ROA) has decided to dissolve its Diaspora ministry as […]
GYUMRI—Authorities in Armenia have confirmed the arrest of a yet unnamed Russian soldier for the brutal murder of an Armenian woman. The 23 year-old serviceman allegedly accosted 57 year-old Julieta Ghukasyan on the morning of December […]
It seems like every few years I get an irrepressible urge to toy with the coincidence of Turkey with turkey, right around the Thanksgiving holiday in the U.S. as opposed to Canada’s which is in […]
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