Author: Ardanoush Artashessian

Armenia is going through hard times, but there are still many among young people who prefer to get on their feet and overcome difficulties in their homeland, rather than leave somewhere for a “better” life. This is the story of a couple who started a family two years ago and set up a business in Jermuk immediately after the 2020 Karabakh war. The family did not leave the border town even during the September military escalation, when Jermuk was under fire from the Azerbaijani Armed Forces . They have stayed in their city to raise a child and develop their…

Decision disclosed to Turkish exporters’ associations by Turkish Trade Ministry By Tugba Altun Amid normalization talks between the special representatives of both countries, Trkiye and Armenia have lifted barriers and began direct air cargo trade as of Jan. 1, diplomatic sources said on Friday ANKARA, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 6th Jan, 2023 ) -:Decision disclosed to Turkish exporters’ associations by Turkish Trade Ministry By Tugba Altun Amid normalization talks between the special representatives of both countries, Trkiye and Armenia have lifted barriers and began direct air cargo trade as of Jan. 1, diplomatic sources said on Friday. According…

Rüya Bayegan using prime minister Barzani’s right hand – Rania Majeed – to elbow her way back to KRG? Ankara, Erbil (4/1 – 45). Rüya Bayegan, the CEO of BGN International and its Turkey-based subsidiary Bayegan Group, was once considered an instrumental member of the petrochemical industry in Turkey. However, as of at least October 2022, Bayegan and her husband, Ercüment Bayegan, have been under investigation by Turkish authorities on allegations of fraud, document forgeries and tax evasion as a result of their role in the disastrous Yurtgas scandal. The recent contract between BGN International with the Indonesian state owned oil and gas company Pertamina raises…

The fugitive Russian billionaire of Armenian origin, Ruben Vardanyan, has long gained notoriety in the West. As western media reported for decades, Vardanyan was in fact a hub for laundering and withdrawing the money of Russian oligarchs to the West. Speaking about the criminal schemes of Vardanyan, one cannot fail to mention the investigation published in March 2019. Then the OCCRP (Corruption and Organized Crime Investigation Project) released an investigation into the Troika Dialog offshore company system, through which, according to Russian media, money was secretly transferred to the most powerful people in Russia. From 2006-2013, more than $4.5 billion…