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AGBU | Armenian General Benevolent Union ANA Armenian National Assembly |
ANC | Armenian National Congress APNM Armenian Pan-National Movement ARF Armenian Revolutionary Federation |
ASALA | Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia CIS Commonwealth of Independent States |
CSTO | Collective Security Treaty Organization COW Correlates of War |
CUP | Committee of Union and Progress |
ECU | Eurasian Customs Union |
EEU | Eurasian Economic Union |
GONGO | Government Non-Governmental Organization HAAF Hayastan All-Armenian Fund |
ICG | International Crisis Group |
IDP | Internally Displaced Persons |
MP | Member of Parliament |
NDU | National Democratic Union NGO Non-Governmental Organization NK Nagorno-Karabakh |
NKAO | Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast NKR Nagorno-Karabakh Republic |
NUP | National United Party |
OSCE | Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe PANM Pan-Armenian National Movement |
PAP | Prosperous Armenia Party |
RA | Republic of Armenia |
RPA | Republican Party of Armenia |
TARC | Turkish Armenian Reconciliation Commission UNSD Union for National Self-Determination |
USSR | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics |
Appendix I
Contacted and interviewed politicians
Interviewed politicians
Interviews were conducted with the following politicians in 201011 in Yerevan, Armenia:
Alaverdyan, Larisa | Former Ombudsman and MP (Heritage Faction) |
Ararktsyan, Babken | Former Speaker of the Parliament |
Arzumanyan, Aleksander | Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, former MP (Free Democrats) |
Ayvazyan, Vardan | Former Minister of Nature Protection, Former MP (RPA) |
Bakhshyan, Anahit | Former MP (Heritage), Current City Elder (Yelq) |
Demirchyan, Stepan | Head of Peoples Party, former MP |
Galstyan, Lilit | Former MP (ARF) |
Ghazaryan, Manvel | Former MP (RPA), businessman |
Ghazarian, Salpi | Former adviser and personal assistant to V. Oskanian |
Hakobyan, Hranush | Minister of Diaspora, former MP (RPA) |
Harutyunyan, David | Former MP (RPA), current Chief of Staff |
Harutyunyan, Gagik | Current President of the Constitutional Court, former PM |
Hayrikyan, Paruyr | Head of the UNSD Party, former MP, presidential candidate |
Hovhannisian, Raffi | Head of the Heritage Party, former MP and Foreign Minister |
Hovhannisyan, Vahan | Former MP (ARF) (late) |
Kirakosyan, Arman | Current Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs |
Kocharyan, Shavarsh | Current Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs |
Martirosyan, Armen | Former MP ( Heritage ) |
Naghdalyan, Hermine | Current MP (RPA) |
Oskanian, Vartan | Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, former MP (PAP) |
Petrossian, Nairi | Current aide to the president |
Poghosyan, Hasmik | Former Minister of Culture |
Postanjyan Zaruhi | Former MP (Heritage) |
Sargsyan, Tigran | Former Prime Minister of Armenia |
Sefilian, Jirayr | Head of Sardarapat movement, veteran of NK war |
Shakhnazaryan, Davit | Former Foreign Minister |
Soghomonyan, Viktor | Former Speaker of President Kocharyan |
Torosyan, Tigran | Former MP (RPA) |
Tovmasyan, Hrayr | Former Minister of Justice |
Yeritsyan, Nerses | Former Minister of Economy, Current Vice-Chair of CB |
Zohrabyan, Nira | Current MP (PAP) |
Zohrabyan, Razmik | Current MP (RPA) |
Zourabyan, Levon | Former MP (ANC) |
Contacted politicians
Interviews were requested, but refused for various reasons:
Abrahamyan, Hovik | Former PM (RPA), businessman |
Aleksanyan, Samvel | Current MP (RPA), businessman |
Arzakantyan, Tigran | Former MP (RPA), businessman |
Baghdasaryan, Arthur | Former MP (RoL), formerly Head of National Security Council |
Gevorgyan, Armen | Current Chief of Presidential Staff |
Hayrapetyan, Ruben | Former MP (RPA) |
Nalbandyan, Edward | Current Minister of Foreign Affairs |
Ohanyan, Seyran | Former Defence Minister |
Rustamyan, Armen | Current MP (ARF) |
Sargsyan, Serzh | Current President |
Sukiasyan, Khachatur | Former MP (non-party), businessman |
Sargsyan, Vigen | Current Minister of Defence |
Tsarukyan, Gagik Current MP (PAP), businessman | Vardanyan, Mikael Former MP (RPA), businessman |
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