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2021 Armenian Coup D'état Attempt
The 2021 Armenian political crisis was an alleged military coup attempt by the Armed Forces of Armenia led by the Chief of the General Staff of the Armenian Armed Forces Onik Gasparyan against the government of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Pashinyan accused Gasparyan and 40 other high-ranking military officers of attempting a coup after they published a statement calling for Pashinyan's resignation on 25 February 2021. Background Anti-government protests calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan have been ongoing in Armenia since the country's defeat in the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War. On 23 February 2021, Pashinyan gave an interview where, in response to claims made by former president Serzh Sargsyan, he cast doubt on the effectiveness of Armenia's Russian-supplied 9K720 Iskander missiles, implying that they were ineffective when used during the war against Azerbaijan. The next day, first deputy chief of the General Staff Tiran Khachatryan ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020–2021 Armenian Protests
The 2020−2021 Armenian protests (also known as the March of Dignity; ) were a series of protests that began following the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement, Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement on 10 November 2020. After Prime Minister of Armenia, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced that he signed an agreement to cede Armenian-occupied territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh, Armenian-occupied territories in Azerbaijan and put an end to 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, six weeks of hostilities over the Nagorno-Karabakh region, thousands of people took to the streets, and hundreds stormed the National Assembly Building of Armenia, Parliament building in the capital Yerevan. Protests continued throughout November, with demonstrations in Yerevan and other cities demanding the resignation of Nikol Pashinyan. The protests were led by two different political coalitions: the National Democratic Pole, a pro-Western and pro-European alliance consisting of several political figur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
President Of Armenia
The president of Armenia () is the head of state and the guarantor of independence and territorial integrity of Armenia elected to a single seven-year term by the National Assembly of Armenia. Under Armenia's parliamentary system, the president is simply a figurehead and holds ceremonial duties, with most of the political power vested in the parliament and prime minister. Vahagn Khachaturyan has been serving as president since 13 March 2022. __TOC__ Background The president of the republic strives to uphold the constitution, and to ensure the regular functioning of the executive and judicial powers. They are the guarantor of the independence, territorial integrity and security of the republic. The president of the republic is immune: they cannot be prosecuted or held liable for actions arising from their status during and after their term of office. For the actions not connected with their status the president of the Republic may be prosecuted when their term of office expi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armed Forces Of Armenia
The Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia (, abbreviated ՀՀ ԶՈՒ, ''HH ZU''), sometimes referred to as the Armenian Army (), is the national military of Armenia. It consists of personnel branches under the General Staff of the Armenian Armed Forces, which can be divided into two general branches: the Armenian Ground Forces, Ground Forces, and the Armenian Air Force, Air Force. Although it was partially formed out of the former Soviet Army forces stationed in the Armenian SSR (mostly units of the 7th Guards Army of the Transcaucasian Military District), the military of Armenia can be traced back to the founding of the First Republic of Armenia in 1918. Being landlocked country, landlocked, Armenia does not have a navy. The Commander-in-Chief of the military is the President of Armenia, Vahagn Khachaturyan. The Ministry of Defence of Armenia, Ministry of Defence is in charge of political leadership, headed by Suren Papikyan, while military command remains in the hands of the G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coup D'état
A coup d'état (; ; ), or simply a coup , is typically an illegal and overt attempt by a military organization or other government elites to unseat an incumbent leadership. A self-coup is said to take place when a leader, having come to power through legal means, tries to stay in power through illegal means. By one estimate, there were 457 coup attempts from 1950 to 2010, half of which were successful. Most coup attempts occurred in the mid-1960s, but there were also large numbers of coup attempts in the mid-1970s and the early 1990s. Coups occurring in the post-Cold War period have been more likely to result in democratic systems than Cold War coups, though coups still mostly perpetuate authoritarianism. Many factors may lead to the occurrence of a coup, as well as determine the success or failure of a coup. Once a coup is underway, coup success is driven by coup-makers' ability to get others to believe that the coup attempt will be successful. The number of successful cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tert
Tert may refer to: * ''tert''-, a chemical descriptor prefix used to designate tertiary atoms in molecules * Telomerase reverse transcriptase Telomerase reverse transcriptase (abbreviated to TERT, or hTERT in humans) is a catalytic subunit of the enzyme telomerase, which, together with the telomerase RNA component (TERC), comprises the most important unit of the telomerase complex. ... * Tert.am, an Armenian news website {{Disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vagharshak Harutiunyan
Vagharshak Varnazi Harutiunyan (; born 28 April 1956) is an Armenian military figure and politician currently serving as Armenia's ambassador to Russia. He previously served as the Minister of Defence (Armenia), Defence Minister of Armenia from 1999 to 2000 and again from 2020 to 2021. Early life Harutiunyan was born in Akhalkalaki, Georgian SSR (now Georgia (country), Georgia), a region with a large Armenian population. Military career Soviet Army and CIS service He graduated from the Azerbaijan Higher Naval Academy, Caspian Higher Naval School in 1978. From 1978 to 1989, he fought in the Soviet–Afghan War. Harutiunyan than graduated from the Kuznetsov Naval Academy, Grechko Naval Academy and the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia, Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union in 1991. He switched allegiance to Armenia prior to the Dissolution of the Soviet Union, fall of the Soviet Union. Harutiunyan was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armen Sargsyan
Armen Sargsyan (Russian: Армен Нагапетович Саркисян; Armenian: Արմեն Նահապետի Սարգսյան; 20 September 1978 or 1979 – 3 February 2025) was an Armenian-born Russian gangster and businessman that was wanted by the Ukrainian government since 2014. He was the founder of the paramilitary during the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Biography Sargsyan was born in Armenia but moved to Horlivka, and often went by the pseudonym Armen Gorlovsky after the city. In the early 2000s Sargsyan rose through the ranks of a local gang and by 2009 controlled industrial facilities, including a coal producer and a machine-building plant. The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) reported that Sargsyan was involved in the 2014 Revolution of Dignity and has been wanted in Ukraine since May 2014 for "organizing murders in the center of Kyiv" as he, and his gang, where hired as Titushky. The SBU also reported that Sargsyan was involved in the "inner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hetq
''Hetq'' () is an online newspaper published in Yerevan by the Investigative Journalists NGO. It first appeared in 2001 in the Armenian language, and since 2002 it has been publishing in English as well. The Investigative Journalists of Armenia NGO is a non-government organization founded on 29 July 2000, with the primary goal of assisting the development of investigative journalism in Armenia and to strengthen and develop freedom of speech and democratic principles. History Since 2001 the organization has produced investigative films and articles on environmental, social, educational, cultural, judicial, energy, the banking system, and other issues within the scope of different projects. These investigations have revealed various abuses by state and local government as well as the violation of human rights. Since 2001, the organization has published the ''Hetq Online'' internet newspaper: The English version of ''Hetq Online'' has been published since September 2002, thus garne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serzh Sargsyan
Serzh Azati Sargsyan (, ; born 30 June 1954)Official biography of Serzh Sargsyan . President.am. Retrieved on 21 June 2014. is an n politician who served as the third President of Armenia from 2008 to 2018, and twice as the from 2007 to 2008 and again from 17 to 23 April 2018, when he was forced to resign in the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Defence Of Armenia
The Ministry of Defence of Armenia () often abbreviated to the RA Ministry of Defence is an Armenian governmental agency in charge of overseeing the development of the Armed Forces of Armenia. The Ministry of Defence is also the executive body which implements the policies of the Armenian Government in the defence sector. It particularly oversees the budget of the armed forces and ensures the safety of troops. It is located on 5 Bagrevand Street, Yerevan. The ministry was officially established on 28 January 1992 by decree of the President of Armenia. History On 5 December 1991, by the decision of the Government of the Armenian SSR, the State Defence Committee under the Council of Ministers was created. The first head of this department was Vazgen Sargsyan. On 28 January 1992, the Government of Armenia adopted a resolution "On the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Armenia", which was actually a renaming of the previously created State Defence Committee. Sargsyan was appoint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Security Council Of Armenia
The Security Council of Armenia () is the highest decision-making National security council, defence and law enforcement body in the Armenia, Republic of Armenia. The office of the Security Council is located on 24 Baghramyan Avenue, Marshal Baghramyan Avenue in Yerevan. History On 22 November 1991, President Levon Ter-Petrosyan appointed Ashot Manucharyan as Senior Advisor to the President on national security. On 13 December 1991, the National Security Council (NSC) attached to the President of Armenia, Presidency was founded by decree. Following the 2005 Armenian constitutional referendum, 2005 constitutional amendments, article 55 of the Constitution of Armenia foresaw the formation of the Armenian NSC attached to the Presidency and having a consultative status. On 29 February 2008, Artur Baghdasaryan announced that he had accepted the post of Secretary of the National Security Council as part of a planned coalition government with then President-elect Serzh Sargsyan.Anna Sagha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Second Pashinyan Government
The Second Pashinyan government was the executive branch of the government of Armenia from 14 January 2019 to 2 August 2021. Nikol Pashinyan was appointed Prime Minister of Armenia, Prime Minister by President of Armenia, President Armen Sarkissian on 14 January 2019, after My Step Alliance's decisive victory in the 2018 Armenian parliamentary election. The Government was formed by the My Step Alliance, which consisted of the Civil Contract (Armenia), Civil Contract Party and the much smaller Mission Party. The National Assembly (Armenia), National Assembly approved a reduction to 12 ministries from the previous 17. Structure Governing staff References {{Europe topic, Cabinet of, title=National cabinets of Europe Politics of Armenia Political organizations based in Armenia Government of Armenia European governments Cabinets established in 2019 Nikol Pashinyan 2019 establishments in Armenia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
