Armenian News Network - Groong: Week In Review Podcast
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Spotlight on Silence - December 18, 2025 This episode examines a growing pattern of political pressure in Armenia, where journalists, lawyers, activists, and clergy are targeted through criminal prosecutions, selective justice, and coordinated propaganda. Drawing on recent cases and legal analysis, the discussion focuses on how laws such as Article 236 are used to constrain speech, protest, and independent institutions. Topics: Criminalization of Speech and Dissent in ArmeniaLegal Pressure on...
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Spotlight on Silence - December 18, 2025 This episode examines a growing pattern of political pressure in Armenia, where journalists, lawyers, activists, and clergy are targeted through criminal prosecutions, selective justice, and coordinated propaganda. Drawing on recent cases and legal analysis, the discussion focuses on how laws such as Article 236 are used to constrain speech, protest, and independent institutions. Topics: Criminalization of Speech and Dissent in ArmeniaLegal Pressure on...
Spotlight on Silence - December 18, 2025 This episode examines a growing pattern of political pressure in Armenia, where journalists, lawyers, activists, and clergy are targeted through criminal prosecutions, selective justice, and coordinated propaganda. Drawing on recent cases and legal analysis, the discussion focuses on how laws such as Article 236 are used to constrain speech, protest, and independent institutions. Topics: Criminalization of Speech and Dissent in ArmeniaLegal Pressure on...
Conversations on Groong - December 14, 2025 In this episode of Conversations on Groong, we examine how Venezuela’s vast oil reserves have become entangled in global conflict. The discussion links US pressure on Caracas to efforts to drive down oil prices, weaken Russia’s war effort in Ukraine, and limit Iran’s regional power amid rising fears of a wider war. We also explore how a revived Venezuelan oil sector could disrupt OPEC+, reshape Middle East politics, and alter the balance of power ac...
Groong Week in Review - December 7, 2025 Topics 1988 Earthquake RememberedPashinyan’s War on the Armenian ChurchEU-Armenia RelationsNagorno-Karabakh Negotiation DocumentsARAR Foundation Poll Guest Benyamin PoghosyanHosts Hovik ManucharyanAsbed Bedrossian Episode 494 | Recorded: December 8, 2025 https://podcasts.groong.org/494 Subscribe and follow us everywhere you are: linktr.ee/groong
Groong Week in Review - November 30, 2025 Topics OSCE MG DissolvedLibaridian on Submitting to Turkey and AzerbaijanNew Constitution to be Drafted by March 2026Archbishops, Letters, Attacks on the ChurchBorder Commissions Meet in BakuComments from Jacob Pursley Guest Arthur Khachikyan Hosts Hovik ManucharyanAsbed Bedrossian Episode 493 | Recorded: December 2, 2025 https://podcasts.groong.org/493 Subscribe and follow us everywhere you are: linktr.ee/groong
Conversations on Groong - December 1, 2025 Topics: US and VenezuelaPotential for New War on IranIs Azerbaijan a “Middle Power”?Europe’s Confused Geopolitical IdentityArmenia’s Confused GeopoliticsGuest: Eldar Mamedov Hosts: Hovik ManucharyanAsbed BedrossianEpisode 492 | Recorded: November 29, 2025 VIDEO: https://youtu.be/SjcJMIis7sg SHOW NOTES: https://podcasts.groong.org/492 #IranCrisis #AzerbaijanPolitics #EuropeanGeopolitics #ArmeniaSecurity #SouthCaucasus #GlobalPowerPolitics Subscribe a...
Conversations on Groong - November 30, 2025 Topics: Venezuela Ukraine War Gaza TRIPP in ArmeniaGuest: Matthew Hoh Hosts: Hovik ManucharyanAsbed BedrossianEpisode 491 | Recorded: November 29, 2025 Show Notes: https://podcasts.groong.org/491 Video: https://youtu.be/ZZ_n9Mwum30 #Venezuela #AmericaFirst #USForeignPolicy #TRIPP #UkraineWar Subscribe and follow us everywhere you are: linktr.ee/groong
Conversations on Groong - November 27, 2025 Topics: Clergy Arrests in Armenia Church Under Pressure Prayer Breakfast Controversy Western Silence on Repression CSI’s Findings in YerevanGuest: Joel Veldkamp Hosts: Hovik ManucharyanAsbed BedrossianEpisode 490 | Recorded: November 25, 2025 SHOW NOTES: https://podcasts.groong.org/490 VIDEO: https://youtu.be/BGnt2feIXMs #ArmenianChurch #ReligiousFreedom #ClergyArrests #ChristianSolidarityInternational #HumanRightsInArm...
Conversations on Groong - November 26, 2025 Topics: Azerbaijan’s war crimes and impunitySham trials of Artsakh leadersSilence of the OSCE and the WestArmenia’s growing political repressionAttacks on the Armenian ChurchGuest: Garen Jinbachian Hosts: Hovik ManucharyanAsbed BedrossianEpisode 489 | Recorded: November 23, 2025 SHOW NOTES: https://podcasts.groong.org/489 VIDEO: https://youtu.be/uwn6cFzDpAo #ArtsakhJustice #HumanRights #OSCE #Armenia #Azerbaijan #PoliticalPrisoners Subscribe and...
Freedom of Speech at Risk in Armenia, Vagharshapat, RPA Strategy | Ep 487, Nov 19, 2025 Conversations on Groong - Recorded on: November 18, 2025 Topics Freedom of Expression at Risk in ArmeniaVagharshapat Municipal OutcomesRepublican Party Election StrategyStand in Support of Independent Media and Journalism in Armenia Guest Hayk MamijanyanHosts Hovik ManucharyanAsbed Bedrossian Episode 487 | Recorded: November 18, 2025 SHOW NOTES: https://podcasts.groong.org/487 Subscribe and follow...
Groong Week in Review - November 16, 2025 Topics: Ukraine and Iran-Israel ConflictsC5+1 in Washington DCVagharshapat/Etchmiadzin MunicipalGuest: Sergei Melkonian Hosts: Hovik ManucharyanAsbed BedrossianEpisode 486 | Recorded: November 17, 2025 SHOW NOTES: https://podcasts.groong.org/486 VIDEO: https://youtu.be/53k2AVy6gAA #ArmeniaPolitics #SouthCaucasus #UkraineWar #IranIsrael Subscribe and follow us everywhere you are: linktr.ee/groong
Imnemnimi Podcasters Arrested:Freedom of Expression at Risk in Armenia Conversations on Groong Topics Arrest of Imnemnimi PodcastersWhat are the Government’s Real Intentions?Silence of the WestCall to All Media: Cover Aggressions Against Freedom of Expression in Armenia! Guest Arthur KhachikyanHosts Hovik ManucharyanAsbed Bedrossian Episode 485 | Recorded: November 14, 2025 SHOW NOTES: https://podcasts.groong.org/485 Subscribe and follow us everywhere you are: linktr.ee/groong
Groong Week in Review - November 9, 2025 Topics Nov 9: 44-Day War 5 years HenceUkraine and Iran-Israel ConflictsPres. Serge Sargsyan’s InterviewPres. Robert Kocharyan’s InterviewNarek Karapetyan on Tucker Carlson Guest Arthur G MartirosyanHosts Hovik ManucharyanAsbed Bedrossian Episode 484 | Recorded: November 10, 2025 https://podcasts.groong.org/484 Subscribe and follow us everywhere you are: linktr.ee/groong
Groong Week in Review - November 2, 2025 Topics: Ukraine war status and U.S.–Russia dynamicsChurch–state tensions and religious prosecutionsOpposition arrests, trials, and civil libertiesBorder demarcation, enclaves Guest Benyamin PoghosyanHosts Hovik ManucharyanAsbed Bedrossian Episode 483 | Recorded: November 3, 2025 SHOW NOTES: https://podcasts.groong.org/483 VIDEO: https://youtu.be/KqMS6eji7sc #UkraineWar #ArmeniaPolitics #ChurchPersecution #OppositionCrackdown Subscribe and follow u...
Conversations on Groong - November 1, 2025 Topics: Timing and intent for an Israel and Iran clash Unfinished business from the June war US role, limited support or full entry Iran’s escalation ladder and Caucasus spillover scenariosGuest: Trita Parsi Hosts: Hovik ManucharyanAsbed BedrossianEpisode 482 | Recorded: October 30, 2025 SHOW NOTES: https://podcasts.groong.org/482 VIDEO: https://youtu.be/hn0UM3BPYOc #TritaParsi #IsraelIran #MiddleEast #USForeignPolicy #Ira...
Euronest, Aliyev Transit Move, Gyumri Mayor Arrest, Pashinyan vs. Church Groong Week in Review - October 26, 2025 Topics Euronest session takeawaysAliyev’s transit move and TRIPPGyumri mayor arrest falloutPashinyan’s push to control the Church Guest Arthur KhachatryanHosts Hovik ManucharyanAsbed Bedrossian Episode 481 | Recorded: October 29, 2025 https://podcasts.groong.org/481 Subscribe and follow us everywhere you are: linktr.ee/groong
Anastas Mikoyan, an Armenian Reformer in Khrushchev’s Kremlin Dr. Pietro Shakarian explains the core arguments and new archival findings behind his book on Anastas Mikoyan. We cover Mikoyan’s effort to devolve power inside the USSR during Khrushchev’s constitutional reform drive, what a confederal model could have meant, and why it stalled. We discuss Mikoyan’s role in Armenia’s cultural thaw, including rehabilitations tied to his 1954 Yerevan speech. Shakarian details his research trail acro...
OTS & CIS summits, Trump-Aliyev Tensions, Armenia Opposition for 2026 Groong Week in Review - October 12, 2025 Topics Aliyev pushes “Zangezur Corridor” at OTSPashinyan pitches “Trump Route” at CISPutin–Aliyev meeting eases tensionsArmenia’s opposition gears up for 2026Guest Hrant MikaelianHosts Hovik ManucharyanAsbed Bedrossian Episode 478 | Recorded: October 14, 2025 https://podcasts.groong.org/478 Subscribe and follow us everywhere you are: linktr.ee/groong
Armenian News Network - Groong: Week In Review Podcast
Spotlight on Silence - December 18, 2025 This episode examines a growing pattern of political pressure in Armenia, where journalists, lawyers, activists, and clergy are targeted through criminal prosecutions, selective justice, and coordinated propaganda. Drawing on recent cases and legal analysis, the discussion focuses on how laws such as Article 236 are used to constrain speech, protest, and independent institutions. Topics: Criminalization of Speech and Dissent in ArmeniaLegal Pressure on...
