Will Arayik Harutyunyan and his associates stay in Artsakh?

A snap shot of Arayik Harutyunyan testifying in Baku prison, Sarkis Mahserejian

 I was reading today about the plight of the Armenian prisoners in Baku and the looming harsh sentences they may get at the conclusion of this sham trial.

I was reminded of the article Sarkis Mahserejian wrote on August 31, 2023, in which he asked, “Will Arayik Harutyunyan and his associates stay in Artsakh, or will they find a way to leave?”.

 My estranged friend posed that question in the brutal partisan article he wrote on August 31, 2023, in which he likened the last-minute change in the Artsakh governance to a snow ball, hoping that it will roll down to Armenia and take over Nikol Pashinyan led Armenian government. He titled his article, “The snowball that should not melt”

His article was heralded by the diaspora ARF press. “Haierenik” presented it as its primary article.  The publishers of the Aleppo community ARF leaning newsletter “Kanstasar”, found that article to be of interest to its poverty-stricken community and had Sarkis Mahserejian’s article reproduced their newsletter.  

Much like many other diaspora armchair warriors who spew blinded partisanship in the long established ARF press, maybe in return for an “honorarium”, Sarkis Mahserejian continues to live in his house he rarely leaves,  while Arayik Haroutyunyan is languishing in prison in Baku and faces life imprisonment.

I attached the response I wrote on September 23, 2023, on one of the darkest hours in recent Armenian history.  

https://vhapelian.blogspot.com/2023/09/the-snowball-that-turned-into-fireball.html

I copied the picture of the snow ball next to Sarkis Mahserjian’s passport picture from the Aleppo “Kantsasar” newsletter, and captioned the original article in Armanian.

https://hairenikweekly.com/?p=57236