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“ARMENIA’S SUMMER OF DISCONTENT” RSC ANALYSIS OF ARMENIAN ACTIVISM

Media 05 July 2015

“FIVE MONTHS ON: ARMENIA IN THE EURASIAN UNION”

June-July 2015

In a series of analyses focusing on Armenia’s “summer of discontent” that was manifested through weeks of protests, RSC Director Richard Giragosian offered four different views of the activism in Armenia. These included two articles for al Jazeera, “Armenians have lost faith in Russia” on 5 July, a commentary for the “New Eastern Europe” publication entitled, “Power and Protests: Armenian activism,” on 29 June, and “Armenia: approaching the precipice,” published on 26 June as a European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) Commentary.

“Armenians have lost faith in Russia,” al Jazeera English commentary, 5 July 2015.
www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2015/07/armenians-lost-faith-russia-150705060558520.html

“Power and Protests: Armenian activism,” New Eastern Europe commentary, 29 June 2015.
www.neweasterneurope.eu/interviews/1637-power-and-protests-armenian-activism

“Armenia: approaching the precipice,” European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) Commentary, 26 June 2015.
www.ecfr.eu/article/commentary_armenia_approaching_the_precipice

“This is not Armenia's Maidan moment - yet,” al Jazeera English commentary, 26 June 2015.
www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2015/06/armenia-maidan-moment-150625112125114.html

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