Author: Dziadzan Davidian

Berlin (29/1 – 66.67). The Federal Government protects freedom of expression and emphasises the outstanding importance of independent media and fact checks by civil society. However, the Federal Government takes a firm stance against the deliberate dissemination of false information. Below are examples of disinformation which the Russian government is continually spreading via various platforms, including in Germany, in connection with its war of aggression against Ukraine. The Federal Government provides the facts to confront this disinformation. The usual claims are debunked by the German government. The range from the incredible to the laughable. Here the top five examples: Claim:…

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The agreement on the return of prisoners of war between Armenia and Azerbaijan was concluded shortly after the second Garabagh war. These processes were carried out under the supervision of Russian peacekeepers, and for this reason, the number and identity of prisoners of war were handed over to Armenia by list. However, the Armenian side still continues its claims regarding an obscure list of POWs. Armenian politicians, especially continue to shed crocodile tears over the so-called Armenian POWs in Azerbaijan. It has been exploiting this issue since 2020, playing the victim. And who are they? After the end of the…

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Russia may respond to any U.S. confiscation of its currency reserves frozen in the West by seizing the assets, including property and cash, of U.S. citizens and investors in Russia, Dmitry Medvedev, a senior security official, said on Saturday. The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill allowing the Biden administration to confiscate Russian assets held in American banks and transfer them to Ukraine, something the Kremlin has said would be illegal and trigger retaliation. In response to Russia’s war in Ukraine, the United States and its allies prohibited transactions with Russia’s central bank and finance ministry and blocked about…

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President Kassym-Joomart Tokayev approved the new government of Kazakhstan under the leadership of Olzhas Bektenov. The names of the ministers were published on primeminister.kz. Most of the ministers remained from the old government. Four ministers were replaced: Nurlan Baibazarov was appointed Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of National Economy instead of Alibek Kuantyrov, Madi Takiyev became Minister of Finance instead of Erulan Zhamaubaev, Akmaral Alnazarova was appointed Minister of Healthcare instead of Azhar Giniyat, and Chingis Arinov became the new Minister for Emergency Situations instead of Syrym Shariphanov. Members of the government who remained in their positions included First Deputy…

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The Asia-Pacific region has once again become a hotspot in Washington’s new Cold War, as Biden’s Indo-Pacific Strategy has been dead set on forging a new anti-China bloc across the region US president Joe Biden, Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol meet on the sidelines of the 2022 ASEAN summit in Phnom Penh. US-led militarism in the Asia-Pacific has once again turned the region into a hotspot in Washington’s new Cold War. With the US President Joe Biden waging an all-out economic war against China and aggressively pursuing new forms of collective security alliances to reinforce the military encirclement…

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Minister of Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna (Eesti 200) said Estonia should take steps to recognize the Armenian genocide during a visit to Yerevan on Wednesday (December 13). “Estonians owe it to the Armenians to recognize the genocide against their people,” Tsahkna said at the meeting with Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan. “In today’s world, where there is an aggression against another country in Europe and Russia is deporting Ukrainian children, we must not forget and neglect history and accept this kind of behavior,” Tsahkna said in a statement. The Armenian genocide took place in 1915 when the Ottoman Empire systematically…

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Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, answered questions from Armenian citizens and representatives of the Diaspora live. At the meeting, he informed about the shortcomings of the reform in water resources management, which can create a problem for the country. The Armenian Prime Minister informed that there are serious problems in the water sector. “Although the level of water losses has decreased to some extent, currently it is 60-70 percent. Only 40 liters out of 100 liters of water released from any tank reach farmers. There are many reasons for this. The problem is primarily related to the breakdown of the…

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Yerevan State University, with the support of the European Union, is launching modules on ‘Media Literacy and Critical Thinking’. The modules will be funded by the EU as part of the EU’s support to Armenia in building a resilient society and a safe digital space. On 2 November, Ambassador Vasilis Maragos discussed the modules to be launched during a meeting with Rector Hovhannes Hovhannisyan, vice-Rectors, as well as students and professors of Yerevan State University. The comprehensive training will be extended to academic and administrative staff. “Providing young people with media literacy and high-quality education is the cornerstone of building…

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Armenia’s president has signed the Rome Statute that governs the International Criminal Court, a move that further strains ties between Yerevan and its old ally Russia. Armenia’s President Vahagn Khachaturyan Saturday signed the Rome Statute, the treaty that created and governs the International Criminal Court, in spite of Russian warnings against the move. Khachaturyan said in a statement that he signed the treaty “retroactively recognizing the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court (ICC) by the Republic of Armenia.” The ratification comes as relations between Armenia and its old ally Russia sour over Yerevan’s anger at perceived Russian inaction to protect ethnic Armenians in…

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India could be among the three fastest growing markets for JPMorgan in the Asia Pacific region next year, alongside Australia and Japan, said a top official at the Wall Street bank. “People are starting to get excited about the whole China plus one element and while other countries have benefitted, India could be the largest beneficiary,” said Filippo Gori, JPMorgan’s CEO for Asia Pacific told Reuters, referring to a strategy for businesses diversifying supply chains beyond China. This is because India has the scale to absorb part of the supply chain that many companies around the world are looking to…

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