So, Samvel Martirosyan writes on telegram, that he spoke with Artsakh military and other gov people, and
a. The probability of new offensive (Azerbaijani, obviously), is extremely high now. b. Because now it is hard for them to be invisible while approaching our positions (we have cameras and drones), the easiest way to bring military to the border is conducting military exercises. And now Azerbaijan is conducting military exercises without a pause, and it looks like those are very expensive. c. The probability of war will be much higher after July 14, when the football championship will be over. Before that starting the war can offend the Russian side. By the same logic, now they almost don’t shoot at the borders. e. The offensive probably will start from the south, so that less people will be affected, to decrease response of international community.
#armenia #artsakh #war #peace #nkpeace
Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev, BBC News, February 2012.
#armenia #azerbaijan #aliyev #armenians #enemies #peace #war #nkpeace #nkfreedom #nagorno-karabakh #artsakh #bbc #freedom
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpeje4eQriM
only two minutes are in Dutch, the rest is in English.
#pacifism #peace #peace_activism #fanatism #israel #palestine #writer #amos_oz #book
Putin’s nationalist propaganda resembles the US propaganda used to convince Americans to have faith that the US is the “good guy” in every war, in disregard of all truth. However, Putin’s version is even stronger. https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#18_September_2014_%28Russian_writer_Mikhail_Shishkin%29
#putin #russia #usa #propaganda #war #peace #rms #stallman #quote
Was it nice by naive Europe and US to support movement in Ukraine toward EU, and then refuse to help in case of Russian aggression? They didn’t expect it? Or they are so afraid of Russia?
Was it nice that when US, Britain and Russia demanded Ukraine to refuse from all their nuclear power, and promised to be warrants of Ukrainian territorial wholeness, that Russia was first who broke the agreement, by aggression, while UK and US just forgot about the paper. US even refuses to sell weapons to Ukraine.
Now, because of absence of western military support, Ukraine cannot fight Russian tanks, and cannot fight professionals from Russia. That’s why Poroshenko had to retreat and do what the monster, the Russian Tsar wants.
but that was predicted back in March by the former Putin’s advisor, and I have shared his talk in Russian yesterday. Putin will go as far as West will allow him.
What can stop tanks? Unfortunately, yes, other tanks can stop tanks. Man with a bag did not stop tanks moving to Tiananmen square. Tanks killed people.
We here know very well that the only reason Azerbaijan did not start war against Armenia yet, is that we are trying to not lag far behind their militarization, which is very hard, cause we are blocked, and don’t have oil money they have. Anyway.
Tanks can stop tanks. Yazidis don’t have military power, that’s why genocide of yazidis in #2014 was possible. And no one, no one helped them from the civilized world. As well, as nobody is helping Ukraine to survive Russian aggression.
This is a very old interview, which dates March 28. Unfortunately there are no good resources in English, and best talks of Illarionov are not available in English.
Now we know, why Yanukovich refused to sign agreement with EU in the last moment. He said to his close people, that Putin promised to take Crimea and Eastern part of Ukraine if he signs the paper. He was pale and frightened as never, as they say.
Also now we know, that military operation in Crimea had no connection with Yanukovich running out of Ukraine, because according to the Defence Ministry of Russia, it started in Feb 20, four days before he run away. Yes, they minted medals, “for taking crimea”, and we can see on those medals that operation started earlier, than they were saying it started.
Also we know from the very careful studies in April, that in all Ukrainian regions overwhelming majority of the people did not feel insecure because of religion, language or ethnicity, and that majority wanted to keep Ukrainian wholeness, continue to be Ukrainian citizens. It’s obvious that there was no people’s movement, but all the troubles were organized by emulating of movement by Russian SpetzNaz.
And corruption, that’s a very good lever if you want to colonize someone. That’s the lever Russia knows how to use.
It’s very pity that by having their great potential, their scientists and engineers they, instead of creating a civilized and developed country, make draconian laws and force free and clever people to emigrate from Russia, so that only controllable and manipulatable, non educated people remain there. I hope one day Russia will become a country, we all would want to be friends with. Not the country which forces Armenia to change national language. Not the country which wants all resources, to control anything, and wants to dictate everything, pressures so hard, by not giving us to take a breath.
Yes, if you don’t like US in Iraq, you shouldn’t like Russia in Ukraine or in Armenia. Let us be free.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jQZOUT_Iog
#ukraine #russia #tanks #military #putin #europe #azerbaijan #aggression #war #peace #nkpeace #armenia #freedom
True: we made mistakes. We tried too hard to pander to Russia in the Yeltsin era, ignoring the growth of corruption, authoritarianism and revanchism. We overlooked Russians’ resentment as their country drifted from the European mainstream and our vulnerability to the steps they could take in response. We neglected Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus and the countries of the Caucasus. The Blair government was bewitched by the Putin regime’s offer of cooperation against Islamist terrorism in 2001. We have been frequently dazzled by the spurious commercial prospects offered by Russia – in particular BP’s decision to form an alliance with Rosneft, the main Russian oil company, was a shameful example of greed and short-sightedness.
very good paper by Edward Lucas
#edward-lucas #russia #putin #oil #gas #caucasus #blair #ukraine #moldova #belarus #rosneft #russian #bp #vulnerability #authoritarianism #corruption #revanchism #europe #politics #world #war #peace #regime #challenge #soviet #ussr #empire #imperialism #freedom
Russia is a revisionist power
Russia wants to rewrite the rules in three ways. First, it does not believe that its neighbours should make their own decisions about their geopolitical future. Russia’s security, in short, depends on these countries’ insecurity. Russia particularly begrudges the former captive nations of the Soviet empire their freedom, their prosperity, and their independence. These pose an existential challenge to the stagnant and autocratic model of government pioneered by the Putin regime.
very good paper by Edward Lucas
#edward-lucas #russia #putin #europe #politics #world #war #peace #regime #challenge #soviet #ussr #empire #imperialism #freedom
he sounded hysteric back in march for you
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAdBBDmruYo
#ukraine #russia #crimea #annexation #war #peace #putin #georgia #freedom
106-year old Armenian woman protecting her home with an AK-47.
#1990 #nkpeace #degh #degh-village #ak #ak-47 #armenian #photo #war #peace
Russian military vehicles enter Ukraine as aid convoy stops short of border
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/14/russian-military-vehicles-enter-ukraine-aid-convoy-stops-short-border
#russia #ukraine #war #peace #russian
System of a Down vocalist Serj Tankian has addressed the recent tensions along the Armenian-Azerbaijani border
“Until there is a lasting peace agreement on Nagorno-Karabagh, both Armenia and Azerbaijan will be both militarily and financially constrained and fall deeper into corruptive political practices subservient to one superpower or another. Karabagh, called Artsakh in Armenian, has been an enclave with a majority population of Armenians given to Azerbaijan by Stalin.
“I’ve been to Artsakh on a visit to Armenia years ago and have to say that the people living there are gracious, generous, kind and deserve peace and prosperity as we all do,” reads his post.
#system-of-a-down #soad #serj-tankian #tankian #karabakh #artsakh #nkr #nagorno-karabakh #nkpeace #armenia #azerbaijan #stalin #armenian #war #peace
did you miss it?
#ukraine #russia #yanukovich #war #peace
Russian ‘Humanitarian Aid’: What We Know And Don’t Know So Far
http://www.rferl.org/content/russian-humanitarian-aid-ukraine-chronology/26527309.html
#ukraine #russia #aid #war #peace
photoshop of the day
#ukraine #russia #troy #trojan-horse #war #peace
I think it’s not sincere for me to post here nice pics, scientific researches, and cool gifs and get attention, while in the reality I am surrounded by not very lofty events.
That’s why I am posting, and I guess I will continue to post information about local events. I think it’s my fault that I wasn’t doing it before.
#armenia #politics #freedom #democracy #artsakh #nagorno-karabakh #war #peace
#un #peace #uninvolved
“Our army, targeting Armenia with missiles, is ready to fulfil even the order of destroying Yerevan,” the statement says
http://www.businessinsider.com/armenia-and-azerbaijan-approaching-war-2014-8#ixzz39sDQ2k8M
#azerbaijan #armenia #nkpeace #war #peace #yerevan (:
#BBCtrending: The president who threatened war on Twitter
The novelty of his approach was not lost on his audience, who offered a live commentary on Aliyev’s posts. “Shows how far Twitter has come as a diplomatic platform. Now even wars are declared here…” wrote one user. And of course, it left him open to being heckled in real time. “@presidentaz just try :) we will kill you and your soldiers,” said one, “Dream big, fail big,” said another, and “Go home Ilham, you’re drunk,” replied a third.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-28710785
#azerbaijan #aliyev #armenia #war #peace #twitter #threat
These attacks are more likely to come from the Azerbaijani side, which has rejected international initiatives to stabilize the ceasefire by removing snipers from the front-line. As the losing side in the conflict, the Azerbaijanis make it their business to challenge the status quo, make the other side nervous and remind the world of the conflict.
http://carnegie.ru/eurasiaoutlook/?fa=56322&reloadFlag=1
#thomas-de-vaal #nkpeace #nkfreedom #armenia #azerbaijan #aliyev #armenians #peace #war #nagorno-karabakh #artsakh #freedom
#armenia #azerbaijan #aliyev #armenians #enemies #peace #war #nkpeace #nkfreedom #nagorno-karabakh #artsakh #bbc #freedom
Putin’s motivations are similar to those of prewar Germany: He wants to rectify what he sees as unjust treatment and humiliation by Western powers after the Cold War. He is trying to reconquer lost lands and grab natural resources. Little has been said about the offshore oil resources in Abkhazia that the Russian state monopoly Rosneft confiscated in 2009. U.S. companies have invested considerably in shale gas fields off Crimea. But Ukraine’s emergence as self-sufficient in energy, and even a major gas exporter to Europe, would be Putin’s ultimate nightmare.
#Mikheil-Saakashvili #Putin #Georgia #Russia #Europe #EU #Crimea #Ukraine #war #peace
Armenian Village on Border with Azerbaijan Under Shelling All Night
They are destroying Chinari. Placing the DShK in the direction of the village, they are shooting at houses, on streets
#armenia #chinari #tavush #shelling #war #azerbaijan #peace
A man of Shahumyan who was 12 during those events told how the Russian soldiers shot the last people leaving the village in a Willis car. The child fell of the car with the others but did not die and understood that he should keep quiet. He lay quiet under the car and listened how the Russian soldiers shot the people, then climbed the cherry trees and ate cherries. Hranush Kharatyan says the man who was 12 then told her this picture remained in his memory.
http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/comments/view/32595
#Armenia #Artsakh #Shahumyan #Russia #Azerbaijan #peace #war #cleansing #deportation #Karabakh #Nagorno-Karabakh #cccp #ussr #soviet-union #ссср #freedom ##################################
сын мой не поинтересовался, почему людей с лозунгами «Танки на Киев!» милиция в центре Москвы охраняет, а с плакатами «Нет войне!» — жёстко задерживает.
First poster says: “with tanks - to Kiev” - police protects demonstrants. Second poster says - “No war” - police arrests protesters.
http://dolboeb.livejournal.com/2644306.html
#moscow #police #peace #war #ukraine #russia #imperialism #freedom #путин #янукович #cccp #ссср #украина #россия #майдан #империализм #политика #свобода #евразэс #тс #таможенный-союз #евразийский-союз #деспотизм #авторитаризм #права-человека #Евромайдан #євромайдан #вільність #ուկրայինա #ռուսաստան #իմպերիալիզմ #մաքսային֊միութիւն #եւրասիական֊միութիւն #մարդու֊իրաւունքներ #ազատութիւն #սովետ #պուտին #յանուկովիչ #խսհմ #քաղաքականութիւն
SALVE
Շուշիի ռեալական դրրոց մտնելիս։
Entering the Shoushi realschule.
#Շուշի #Արցախ #ռեալական֊դրպոց #սալվե #լուսանկարներ #ֆոտո #պատմություն #Հայաստան #պատերազմ #խաղաղություն
#Shoushi #Artsakh #Nagorno-Karabakh #realschule #salve #photos #photo #school #war #peace #history #Armenia
ես հատուկ ուզում էի Վանք մտնել այս պատը լուսանկարելու համար։ Պատին փակցված են ադրբեջանական բանակի մեքենաների համարները։
I went to Vank because I wanted to photograph this wall. It is covered with the numbers of the Azerbaijani military cars.
In short, deportation and ethnic cleansing of Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh failed, and resulted in war, and later, creation of de facto independent Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (Artsakh).
#Վանք #լուսանկարներ #պատ #պատը #գյուղ #փողոց #ֆոտո #Արցախ #անկախություն #պատերազմ #պատմություն #հաղթանակ #ազատություն
#Vank #photos #photo #wall #street #country #village #Artsakh #Nagorno-Karabakh #war #peace #freedom #victory #independence
ես մտածում էի, շատ վատն է, ու կպած չէի նայում։ չեմ նայել նույնիսկ ձրի, ծիրանի ժամանակ։ բայց արի ու տես՝ նայվում է։ Միքայել Պողոսյանը կարծես հավես մարդ է ֊ սցենարը իրենն է։ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JluMH7VsSsA #armenia #հայաստան #peace #արցախ #artsakh #Yerevan #Երեւան
