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CANDID TALK WITH ARMENIAN RAPPER AND ACTIVIST, R-MEAN R-Mean is an Armenian-American Hip Hop artist who gained massive popularity in the community for his song about the Armenian Genocide titled “Open Wounds”. The song led R-Mean and his team to launch merchandise (specifically t-shirts) to help spread genocide awareness. In this interview with R-Mean; we talk about his childhood, breaking into the entertainment industry as a Hip Hop artirst and as an Armenian artist, his advice for kids and parents who want to become rappers, and I ask him if he think the Armenian Genocide will get the worldwide recognition…

Today Armenia celebrated International Women’s Day, also known as March 8. The Armenian Report team went out to Yerevan to capture the festivities — where we spotted men buying fresh garden Spring flowers for the women in their life. We even spotted an Armenian celebrity, world famous weightlifter Simon Martirosyan. To our surprise, we also saw dogs in costumes. History of International Women’s Day: When women gained suffrage in Soviet Russia in 1917, March 8 became a national holiday there. But Soviet Armenia officially began celebrating March 8 since 1921. After Armenia’s Independence in 1991, there were attempts to remove…

How children in Gyumri, Armenia celebrated International Children’s Day during a global pandemic. One kid says he dreams of getting a Playstation, while the other boy asks for a microscope. They also wished Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan a happy birthday. The Armenian Report has hired reporter in Armenia thanks to our monthly donors to help us get stories from the locals in the motherland. Consider becoming a monthly donor — donorbox.org/thearmenianreport ® 2020  The Armenian Report. All Rights Reserved source

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH ARMENIA’S FIRST DAUGHTER — Mariam Pashinyan. Mariam is the eldest daughter of Armenia’s new Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Nikol Pashinyan successfully led a peaceful revolution in a corrupt, post soviet country. He woke an entire nation and its diaspora. Nowadays there’s immense interest for Armenia from Armenians and non-Armenians around the world. Whatever is happening in Armenia, we want to know! And what a lot of young Armenians want to know is, who is Mariam Pashinyan? Mariam is 20-years-old and a recent college graduate. She was studying abroad during the Velvet Revolution and returned back to a…

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Armenian actor, comedian, producer Hrant Tokhatyan has been actively participating in the opposition rallies in Yerevan. Today, The Armenian Report caught up with Tokhatyan in France Square who emphasized to us why he has joined the opposition movement. “Today the issue of our country and statehood is being raised, our compatriots in the Diaspora must also join, we must be here shoulder to shoulder,” Tokhatyan said to The Armenian Report. According to him, stereotypes should be put aside about the former authorities. We should understand, it is not a party issue, it is not a leader issue, even…

EXCLUSIVE: This is the story of an Artsakhtsi businesswoman who was displaced from her home after Azerbaijani forces invaded her homeland during the 2020 Artsakh war. Inna Sargsyan and her family had a successful business in their hometown of Hadrut in Artsakh. During an interview with The Armenian Report, Sargsyan told us that they had a factory and a store in Hadrut — they were among the top taxpayers in Artsakh until they lost everything. After Azerbaijani forces occupied Hadrut by brutally murdering civilians and servicemen — the Sargsyan family was one of the fortunate ones to escape the Azerbaijani…

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: On May 8, a clash took place in Gyumri between the elderly and the young members of the Resistance Movement. The Armenian Report interviewed the father of one of the young men who were arrested in the incident, Taron Manukyan. Member of Parliament of “Hayastan” faction Gegham Manukyan, referred to the incident, said that they were sorry for what had happened, but it was a specific provocation organized by the government. “They could have not have given into the provocations, despite the fact that they had completely broken one of the young man’s car,” said the father and…

Many volunteers and veterans are taking part in the opposition rallies taking place in Yerevan’s France Square, who say that the Armenian authorities should not be allowed to make new concessions in the Artsakh issue. The Armenian Report spoke with Ashot Sevyan, a participant in all the three Artsakh wars and a resident of Charektar village in Artsakh’s Shahumyan region. We caught up with Sevyan and his wife Anahit and daughter Marie in France Square. Sevyan became known when he refused to leave his village after the 44-day war, although according to a trilateral statement signed on November 9, the…

Two men who participated in the 44-day Artsakh war, announced an indefinite hunger strike in Yerevan’s Freedom Square today. The Armenian Report had an opportunity to interview the two war heroes today and Nver Kirakosyan and Arthur Avagyan said it does not matter to them who started the strike. What matters to them is to support Artsakh and not allow Azerbaijan’s demands to be met. “A few days ago the statement of the Artsakh National Assembly was made, we are trying to respond to that statement with an adequate action. It is not enough to make an announcement on Facebook.…