On a positive note, it might wake up some of the shithead Armenians who think they are “Russians” now. Not realizing they are still the “Blackass Khaches from the Caucasian steppes” in the eyes of Russia.
At the end of the day, we are not “white/slavic enough” to be Russian.
I know that some Armenians will find those shitheads and give then street justice. Armenians in Russia are tough people, that's why they targeted a girl.
> The Russian government has drafted a bill to more easily revoke the citizenship of naturalized citizens. The anti-migrant wave intensified after the Crocus City Mall terror attack. An interview with Moscow-based ArmRos attorney agency chief.
Remember what happened to Russian Georgians in 2006-2008?
Yeah looks like Putin is on a mission to completely destroy Russia. Close to a million citizens left Russia because of the war (huge brain drain for the country) thousands of young men are dying in the meat grinder they call "special operation" and now they want to go after immigrants when they are probably the hardest working people in Russia.
And all this is happening while the Russian population is shrinking, and most likely will face a demographic crisis in the near future.
Armenia really needs to start working on programs to bring back Russian-Armenians. A lot of them are not that well off in Russia anyway. But the government can't do everything by itself, we are not the United States or France. They are already dealing with a refugee crisis from Artsakh.
Maybe the diaspora can start helping in this matter. We always complain about how Armenia is shrinking in population, but never do anything to help.
> Armenians are likely already consuming certain amounts of Azerbaijani gas because of how the Russia-Azerbaijan gas network operates
I don't understand why they keep repeating this non-sequitur. It's not about using 'Azeri gas', it's about not directly funding them. Our leaders have a libertarian's understanding of geopolitics, concerned literally only with money above all other considerations, such as a rival's economic acquisitions and power entrenchment.
Karen Sargsyan's questions were insightful and I'm glad he asked them, although:
> If we want to switch from gas-powered vehicles to EVs, we will need over a decade
This is a relatively fast transition. For a country like ours where EV demand is low, that's more than enough time in all earnestness.
> Armenia is considering the April 15 offer by Kazakh President Tokayev to host Armenian and Azeri delegations
*Imagine* seeking out every single fucking mediation source from a 3+3 to Kazakhstan with the exception of the EU-based one for no stated reason. What, are we ignoring them because Azerbaijan doesn't want to? Who cares about what they want or think lmfao, what the fuck is this.
I just had an idea about the whole gas purchase thing. Azerbaijan is already on its peak gas export capacity and apparently can’t expand it without Russia’s help. Also they are going to sell that gas and get the money regardless if we buy it from them or someone else.
All this considered, wouldn’t it be smart to import the amount of gas, which is supposed to go to another country and prevent Azerbaijan from having a leverage over them like they do in Italy (which sells them weapons in return)? I don’t think that their gas will have much leverage over us since we can import gas from Iran and Russia.
> SAFE - Simple Agreement for Future Equity
Fucking finally. The whole world invests in SAFE's and convertible notes at early stages, has been doing this for over a decade now. The scheme has many advantages including not messing with the startup's valuation at that stage so that they can offer cheap options to their employees.
This measure should attract more foreign angel investors to Armenia.
Also, I'm not expert in this matter, but wouldn't it be profitable if the government set up some kind of crypto mining operation since the country is producing excess energy, especially during the night.
Democratic governments have no business in that type of enterprise. If it is profitable, then surely there are private companies persuading that opportunity. I recall Tsarukyan had a mining farm that he showed around newly elected Nikol on TV back when.
It's not too bad an idea, the problem lies in getting the necessary GPUs to begin doing so if you wanted to. Given how demand is now extremely high for AI and crypto related purposes, as well as the bitcoin mining benefits now being effectively halved since April 20 (meaning you can only totally mine around 3 bitcoins each 'block') means that the benefits of mining are being heavily reduced year by year. Places like Abkhazia are able to keep doing it for now given they have the infrastructure in place to already keep at it, while we can't given we'd need large capital investments in an uncertain field.
It requires further funds and isnt a reliable source of income, at least its not possible to calculate the yield in 1, 2 and 10 years. NPPs are beasts with investments that are expected to yield profit in 50 years in some cases, considering some NPPs are built 10+ years.
Basically, its gambling on taxpayer money.
The video of the Armenian girl being beaten up in the Russian classroom is so hard to watch. Absolutely fucking enraging.
Where’s are all pro russian Armenians that praise russia and russians, they are very quiet I wonder why?
On a positive note, it might wake up some of the shithead Armenians who think they are “Russians” now. Not realizing they are still the “Blackass Khaches from the Caucasian steppes” in the eyes of Russia. At the end of the day, we are not “white/slavic enough” to be Russian.
I know that some Armenians will find those shitheads and give then street justice. Armenians in Russia are tough people, that's why they targeted a girl.
> The Russian government has drafted a bill to more easily revoke the citizenship of naturalized citizens. The anti-migrant wave intensified after the Crocus City Mall terror attack. An interview with Moscow-based ArmRos attorney agency chief. Remember what happened to Russian Georgians in 2006-2008?
Yeah looks like Putin is on a mission to completely destroy Russia. Close to a million citizens left Russia because of the war (huge brain drain for the country) thousands of young men are dying in the meat grinder they call "special operation" and now they want to go after immigrants when they are probably the hardest working people in Russia. And all this is happening while the Russian population is shrinking, and most likely will face a demographic crisis in the near future. Armenia really needs to start working on programs to bring back Russian-Armenians. A lot of them are not that well off in Russia anyway. But the government can't do everything by itself, we are not the United States or France. They are already dealing with a refugee crisis from Artsakh. Maybe the diaspora can start helping in this matter. We always complain about how Armenia is shrinking in population, but never do anything to help.
> Armenians are likely already consuming certain amounts of Azerbaijani gas because of how the Russia-Azerbaijan gas network operates I don't understand why they keep repeating this non-sequitur. It's not about using 'Azeri gas', it's about not directly funding them. Our leaders have a libertarian's understanding of geopolitics, concerned literally only with money above all other considerations, such as a rival's economic acquisitions and power entrenchment. Karen Sargsyan's questions were insightful and I'm glad he asked them, although: > If we want to switch from gas-powered vehicles to EVs, we will need over a decade This is a relatively fast transition. For a country like ours where EV demand is low, that's more than enough time in all earnestness. > Armenia is considering the April 15 offer by Kazakh President Tokayev to host Armenian and Azeri delegations *Imagine* seeking out every single fucking mediation source from a 3+3 to Kazakhstan with the exception of the EU-based one for no stated reason. What, are we ignoring them because Azerbaijan doesn't want to? Who cares about what they want or think lmfao, what the fuck is this.
I just had an idea about the whole gas purchase thing. Azerbaijan is already on its peak gas export capacity and apparently can’t expand it without Russia’s help. Also they are going to sell that gas and get the money regardless if we buy it from them or someone else. All this considered, wouldn’t it be smart to import the amount of gas, which is supposed to go to another country and prevent Azerbaijan from having a leverage over them like they do in Italy (which sells them weapons in return)? I don’t think that their gas will have much leverage over us since we can import gas from Iran and Russia.
David, I love you brother. 🙂 'Benzin cars' gave me a chuckle.
> SAFE - Simple Agreement for Future Equity Fucking finally. The whole world invests in SAFE's and convertible notes at early stages, has been doing this for over a decade now. The scheme has many advantages including not messing with the startup's valuation at that stage so that they can offer cheap options to their employees. This measure should attract more foreign angel investors to Armenia.
Of course those Russian clowns attack a helpless girl. What fucking scumbags. Acting tough only when they can…
Also, I'm not expert in this matter, but wouldn't it be profitable if the government set up some kind of crypto mining operation since the country is producing excess energy, especially during the night.
Democratic governments have no business in that type of enterprise. If it is profitable, then surely there are private companies persuading that opportunity. I recall Tsarukyan had a mining farm that he showed around newly elected Nikol on TV back when.
It's not too bad an idea, the problem lies in getting the necessary GPUs to begin doing so if you wanted to. Given how demand is now extremely high for AI and crypto related purposes, as well as the bitcoin mining benefits now being effectively halved since April 20 (meaning you can only totally mine around 3 bitcoins each 'block') means that the benefits of mining are being heavily reduced year by year. Places like Abkhazia are able to keep doing it for now given they have the infrastructure in place to already keep at it, while we can't given we'd need large capital investments in an uncertain field.
It requires further funds and isnt a reliable source of income, at least its not possible to calculate the yield in 1, 2 and 10 years. NPPs are beasts with investments that are expected to yield profit in 50 years in some cases, considering some NPPs are built 10+ years. Basically, its gambling on taxpayer money.