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Artur Papyan

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Artur has worked mostly in the fields of logistics, project management and fund-raising. His most recent positions were World Vision Armenia’s program officer for its Gyumri Area Development Program and Media Diversity Institute's Country Coordinator for Armenia. He has also practiced as IT consultant since 1996.

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17 January 2008

Armenia: Politics — The Driving Force Behind Blogs?

Written by Artur Papyan · Central Asia & Caucasus

Last week, the main topics discussed in the Armenian blogosphere were the election manifesto of former president Levon Ter-Petrossian and the presidential election in neighboring Georgia. It's no wonder that...

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24 October 2007

Armenia: Opposition Detainees Released

Written by Artur Papyan · Central Asia & Caucasus

Via Romamerda1 on YouTube, there are updates on the latest developments following the arrest of Armenian opposition leaders, Nikol Pashinyan and other members of the “Impeachment” bloc. The description accompanying...

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22 June 2007

U.S. Concerned About Armenia’s Ties With Iran

Written by Artur Papyan · Central Asia & Caucasus, North America

“Iran is planning massive investments into the economies of Georgia and Armenia. We’re talkingof 1 billion dollars for Tbilissi and a analogous offer to Yerevan. For your consideration: the total...

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31 May 2007

Nagorno Karabakh conflict: “Liberated Territories” in Focus

Written by Artur Papyan · Central Asia & Caucasus

The Armenian blogosphere is full of speculations about the seven regions in Azerbaijan currently under the control of Armenian and Karabakh forces, which are referred to as the “Liberated Territories”...

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10 May 2007

Armenia: Police beat opposition protesters in Yerevan

Written by Artur Papyan · Central Asia & Caucasus

Bloggers were faster then most media covering the violent events of yesterday. Unzipped, Narjan (am), Aramazd (am) here (am), here (am) and here (am), HyeBlog (ru), E-channel blog (am), A1plus...

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7 May 2007

Predictable Politics - Not Much Happening in Armenian Parliament Pre-Election Campaign

Written by Artur Papyan · Central Asia & Caucasus

“Less then a week to go” for the elections, says Onnik Krikoryan finding himself sitting in a restaurant with other foreign journalists, “Nobody is expecting post-election street protests to achieve...

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