Accident Kills 15 | EU Monitors | Russia Relationss | Vardanyan on HARDtalk | Ep 217 - Jan 22, 2023

ANN Groong Week in Review - Jan 22, 2023

Topics:
* Catastrophic Accident in Military Barrack
* New EU Civilian Mission to Armenia
* Armenia-Russia Relations
* Ruben Vardanyan on BBC HARDtalk

Guest:
* Tevan Poghosyan - TW/@TevanPoghosyan

Hosts:
* Hovik Manucharyan TW/@HovikYerevan
* Asbed Bedrossian TW/@qubriq

Timing:
00:00:00 Intro
00:00:17 Intro to topics
00:01:01 Intro to guest
00:01:30 Catastrophic fire in military barracks
00:02:53 Does the dominant theory hold water?
00:09:00 Where does the responsibility lie?
00:14:18 Why are there no names disclosed?
00:15:34 Why is there no public mourning?
00:18:57 Aliyev directive to remove Armenian army
00:21:22 Purpose of the new EU monitoring mission
00:23:57 How does it affect relations with Russian and Iran
00:28:00 Russian FM on Armenia dishonesty with its people
00:33:25 Armenian President’s comments in Estonia
00:38:44 Impressions of Ruben Vardanyan on BBC HARDtalk
00:46:01 Goodbyes and closing comments

Episode 217 | Recorded: January 24, 2023
https://podcasts.groong.org/217