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Two Words for President LTP: Setting a Feud Aside for Armenia "I'll say two words about the past." Sassounian on putting Armenia first. #Armenia #Diaspora Sassounian recounts reconciling with Levon Ter-Petrosyan after years of tension, with a two-word answer, to work together for Armenia.
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Trump Offered to Call Aliyev About Armenian Prisoners Trump offered to free the Armenian prisoners in Baku. Pashinyan stayed silent. #Armenia #PrisonersOfWar #Pashinyan Sassounian says Trump offered to call Aliyev to free Armenian prisoners in Baku, and Pashinyan never took him up on it.
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A Government Report to Remove the Catholicos A Government Report to Remove the Catholicos #ArmenianChurch #Armenia The Prime Minister's office published a 74 page report describing a Church crisis and laying out a roadmap to remove the Catholicos.
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France Freed Its Hostage. What About Ours? France Freed Its Hostage. What About Ours? #Armenia #Azerbaijan France helped lift EU sanctions on a Russian billionaire the same day Azerbaijan pardoned a French prisoner, while Armenian hostages stay in Baku.
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Pashinyan Wrote His UN Speech on the Plane He wrote his UN speech on the plane. #Armenia #Pashinyan #UN Sassounian describes Pashinyan posting a toothbrush on Facebook, then writing his UN General Assembly speech mid-flight to New York.
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Pashinyan Says He Consulted Nobody "I consulted nobody." Sassounian on one-man rule in Armenia. #Armenia #Pashinyan Sassounian says Pashinyan told parliament he consulted nobody and made his own decision, calling it one-man rule.
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Turkey's Spy Chiefs Advise Washington on Armenia Turkey's Spy Chiefs Advise Washington on Armenia #Armenia #Turkey #TRIPP Steve Witkoff names his go-to advisors on Armenia: Turkey's foreign minister and its intelligence chief, both spymasters.
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The Head of the First Christian Nation Is Suing the Catholicos The first Christian nation is suing its own Catholicos. #ArmenianChurch #Armenia #Catholicos Sassounian calls it shameful that the head of the first Christian nation is taking the Catholicos to court, with prison a possible outcome.
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A Tata Concert on the Anniversary of the War State TV Aired a Tata oncert on the War Anniversary #Armenia #Artsakh #Yerablur On the sixth anniversary of the 2020 war, thousands streamed to Yerablur while state TV aired a pop concert and no Civil Contract official appeared.
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How Three Precincts Handed Pashinyan a Supermajority How Annulling 3 Precincts Built a Supermajority #Armenia #ArmenianElections Pashinyan fell short of 50 percent, then the annulment of three polling stations stripped Prosperous Armenia of five mandates and handed Civil Contract a three-fifths majority.
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Who Really Needs the Gyumri Base "We don't have an alternative" on the Russian base #Armenia #Russia #Geopolitics Khachatryan flips the question on Western journalists: if the Russian base leaves and Armenia is attacked, will NATO react?
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Can an Armenian Even Use TRIPP Can Armenians even use TRIPP? No one will answer #Armenia #TRIPP #Syunik Hovik asks a simple question about TRIPP that no one will answer: can an Armenian board a train in one village and get off in the next?
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Conversations on Groong - October 2, 2026 In this episode of Conversations on Groong, we speak with Harut Sassounian about Armenia's identity crisis amid escalating conflict between the Armenian government and the Armenian Apostolic Church. We discuss Catholicos Garegin II's statements at the May 2025 World Council of Churches conference in Bern, Pashinyan's public attacks on senior clergy, the constitutional role of the Armenian Church in national identity, and the deeper geopolitical questions surrounding Armenia-Diaspora relations following the June 2026 Armenian parliamentary elections. Topics: - Church-State conflict and Garegin II - Bern, Artsakh, and national identity - Government plans to "reform" Church - Pashinyan's meeting with All-ASA - Armenia-Diaspora relations after June 7 Guest: Harut Sassounian Timestamps: 0:29 Intro to show with Harut Sassounian 1:49 Why has Pashinyan's attack on the Armenian Church escalated especially since Bern? 7:13 How much of the attacks are against church governance, vs state policy disagreements? 10:27 Is the Church/State conflict being used by geopolitical actors? 12:31 The Church's constitutional responsibility to speak up against anti-national policies 15:08 What actions can the government legitimately take in Church/State differences? 16:50 US Armenian church leadership meeting in the White House & Hovnan Derderian's involvement 26:17 Pashinyan at the UNGA81 and secret All-ASA meeting 38:56 Where do Armenia-Diaspora relations stand post June 7? 44:05 How can the Armenia-Diaspora relationship be fixed? 53:07 About Mr. Harut Sassounian Hosts: - Hovik Manucharyan - Asbed Bedrossian Episode 592 | Recorded: September 30, 2026 SHOW NOTES: https://podcasts.groong.org/592
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The $2 Billion Bluff The $2 billion confiscation bluff, explained #Armenia #Corruption #Pashinyan Khachatryan details how confiscated hotels and villas are resold at deep discounts to Pashinyan-linked buyers while families get nothing.
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Week in Review - September 27, 2026 In this week's Groong Week in Review, Hovik and Asbed mark the sixth anniversary of the 44-Day War and examine Armenia's deepening crisis over historical memory and national identity. We discuss the Armenian government's controversial response to September 27 commemorations, escalating tension between the state and the Armenian Church, international concern over election integrity, and Armenia's isolated position as Azerbaijan demolishes Artsakh's Armenian cultural heritage while Turkey advances regional integration plans. Topics: - September 27 war anniversary and memory - Pashinyan escalates campaign against Church - PACE raises concerns over elections - Armenia, Turkey, Azerbaijan at UNGA - Witkoff reveals Turkish regional advisers - Opposition faces post-election divisions - Arrests and prosecutions over speech - France and Azerbaijan move toward normalization Timestamps: 0:00 Intro to Week in Review for September 27, 2026 0:29 September 27 6th anniversary of the 44-day war 5:47 PACE report on the June 7 Armenian Election 11:59 Pashinyan at the UNGA81 14:44 Netanyahu/Erdogan Armenian & Gaza Genocide spat at the UNGA81 16:20 Bayramov at the UNGA81 21:07 Steve Witkoff's Armenia advisors: Hakan Fidan, Ibrahim Kalin, Tom Barrack 23:14 Pashinyan's 74 page report on the alleged "crisis in the church" 31:25 What goals does this attack on the church have? 34:44 Who are potential "Pashinyan candidates" for Catholicos? 39:05 International reactions to Pashinyan's attacks on the Armenian Church 41:17 Samvel Karapetyan's interview 48:27 Corruptions & Persecutions 48:38 Vahram Sahakian 50:25 Artak Avetisyan 51:53 Aregnaz Manukyan - Solitary House Arrest 52:32 Andranik Tevanyan pretrial detention extended 53:02 Arthur Avanesyan, Kandaz 54:21 French-Azerbaijani relations thawing Hosts: - Hovik Manucharyan - Asbed Bedrossian Episode 591 | Recorded: September 27, 2026 SHOW NOTES: https://podcasts.groong.org/591
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