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Comments on: Paper ballot boxes, minor clashes, and another assault… Yes, it’s election time in Yerevan http://www.beta.frontlineclub.com/tensions_confrontation_increase_ahead_of_yerevan_election/ Championing Independent Journalism Wed, 14 Nov 2012 12:24:36 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Tigran Kocharyan http://www.beta.frontlineclub.com/tensions_confrontation_increase_ahead_of_yerevan_election/#comment-1022 Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:01:48 +0000 http://www.beta.frontlineclub.com/dev/?p=3749#comment-1022 Onnik
It was a joke
Moreover, I have never got any claims for links.
If there are any send it to me.
Best
Pro-Sperious Republican Bloody Blogger
Pigh

]]> By: Onnik Krikorian http://www.beta.frontlineclub.com/tensions_confrontation_increase_ahead_of_yerevan_election/#comment-1021 Sat, 09 May 2009 14:32:47 +0000 http://www.beta.frontlineclub.com/dev/?p=3749#comment-1021 To update on the allegation that opposition supporters attacked Mnatsakanian, I never received a response to my query and there have been no news reports that I’ve seen suggesting the same. Therefore I can only assume it was an attempt to spread misinformation on yet another case of a journalist being assaulted in Armenia. If I hear anything to the contrary I’ll post more details.

]]> By: Onnik Krikorian http://www.beta.frontlineclub.com/tensions_confrontation_increase_ahead_of_yerevan_election/#comment-1020 Thu, 07 May 2009 23:45:25 +0000 http://www.beta.frontlineclub.com/dev/?p=3749#comment-1020 Incidentally,on the subject of the aborted assault on Nver Mnatsakanian, one pro-government blogger now on Twitter alleges that he was attacked by opposition supporters:

Nver Mnatsakanyan was beaten by people representing Armenian National Congress. pposition people.
about 8 hours ago from web

However, @pigh, better known on this blog for counter-protesting a women’s rights march as well as responding on the post itself, doesn’t provide any links to back up the claims.
Nevertheless, I’ve requested links to any news items or evidence to validate the accusation. If any materialize, I’ll post them here. Of course, it’s also possible that the attack was unrelated to the election at all.
However, when such things happen during elections, there is every reason for concern.
Regardless, it does at least indicate one development. That is, a new election-related online information war is about to start. This also defined the 2008 presidential election in Armenia and actually made it quite unbearable.
Propaganda blogs mushroomed, and misinformation from both sides was spread as much as factual. Hopefully that won’t prove to be the case this time round, but more on that later.

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