Armenians of Pyatigorsk (by Yeghia Tashjian)

Armenians of Pyatigorsk (by Yeghia Tashjian)

Weekly columnist Yeghia Tashjian outside St. Sarkis Church in Pyatigorsk, Russia, November 10, 2022 Between November 7-12, 2022, I was invited by the Primakov Center to participate in the “Russia – Middle East” International Expert Forum at the Southern Russian city of Pyatigorsk.

Armenia’s parliamentary election a step forward to democracy? (By Raffi Elliott)

Armenia’s parliamentary election a step forward to democracy? (By Raffi Elliott)

Voters across Armenia took part in the country’s 7th parliamentary election on Sunday, in what many observers described as the most important in Armenia’s modern history. The vote comes a year and a half after Armenia passed a controversial constitutional reform bill restructuring