"I’m Maestro Mourad, glad to meet you," says Mourad Mouradyan from Artsvanist, a village in Armenia’s Gegharkunik Province.
Historians still argue about the legacy of the Russian Revolution; described as "The Event that Changed the World". But how is the revolution perceived today in the region which was most affected by it? We asked people in the streets of 5 post-Soviet capitals: Moscow, Kyiv, Yerevan, Tbilisi and Bishkek.
In addition to meeting with top Armenian government officials, Dodon is scheduled to visit Holy Etchmiadzin, the Matenadaran, the Tumo Center and the Chess Academy of Armenia.
Scores of students continue to boycott classes at Yerevan State University, and are marching to protest recent legislation to end college military draft deferments.
Five of the seven jury members were either members of the board of trustees or the teaching staff at the Richard Wagner Conservatory (the official partner of the Aram Khachaturian Competition), or had been members at one time.
As the official partner of Vienna’s Richard Wagner Conservatory, the Aram Khachaturian Competition- Cultural Foundation illegally controls the diplomas of Yerevan State Conservatory, handing them out to students who never attended its classes.
Violins crafted by Antonio Stradivarius, Nicolò Gagliano, and other old-world masters were to be displayed and sold in Yerevan at an exhibition jointly organized by the Aram Khachaturian-Competition Cultural Foundation and the Del Gesu Foundation. The exhibition was a part of the 11th Aram Khachaturian International Competition.
Three former South American soccer officials faced a judge in a New York courtroom on Monday over accusations related to the FIFA corruption scandal, The Guardian reported.
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