And now Russia wants a secret funeral, because even in death Navalny threatens Putin https://t.co/d59K2e8dz0
— Anne Applebaum (@anneapplebaum) February 23, 2024
Day: February 23, 2024
Denmark and Ukraine have signed a security agreement in Lviv today.
The document ensures Danish military help of at least 1,8 billion EUR in 2024, and 8,5 billion EUR by 2028.
Denmark will also support the “F-16 Coalition” through providing the aircraft, training and service… pic.twitter.com/9Vygq4f7bC
— Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) February 23, 2024
The US 🇺🇸 is working to send ATACMS missiles for 300km to Ukraine 🇺🇦 the US National Security Council Coordinator John Kirby confirms
These ATACMS will allow Ukraine to strike targets in all of Crimea, and if supplied in good quantities can cause massive damage to Russian forces pic.twitter.com/AUsOCj9cN5
— Ukraine Battle Map (@ukraine_map) February 23, 2024
Wolfson is the founder of Bank Otkritie – Google Search https://t.co/XIFLyWTCQM https://t.co/rGMoAmFdzs
— Michael Novakhov (@mikenov) February 23, 2024
U.K. authorities have frozen $50 million worth of real estate owned by an Azerbaijani lawmaker they say may have bought 22 London properties with dirty money.
Javanshir Feyziyev and his family have previously come under scrutiny for money laundering:https://t.co/1GDctoObMC
— Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (@OCCRP) February 22, 2024
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“In the footsteps of Missak Manouchian: Armenian Poet in the French Resistance” flyerThe University of California, Irvine Center for Armenian Studies will honor Missak Manouchian on Wednesday, March 6 with its program “In the footsteps of Missak Manouchian: Armenian Poet in the French Resistance.”
Missak Manouchian (1906-1944) was an Armenian Genocide survivor, poet, communist activist, and defender of liberty who joined the French Resistance during World War II, resolutely leading a group of fighters against occupying Nazi forces. Manouchian, along with many
members of his group, was sentenced to death by a German military court and shot by firing squad on 21 February 1944. In honor of his sacrifice, he entered France’s Pantheon mausoleum, along with his wife Mélinée Assadourian — also part of the Resistance — thus becoming both the first foreign and communist members of the Resistance to be honored in the Pantheon.
The program will include a reading of his last letter to his widow and a talk by Professor Daniel Brunstetter (UCI Political Science Department), followed by a Q&A session.
Co-sponsors of the event include the Center for Citizen Peace Building, Department of History, Department of European Languages and Studies and the UCI Armenian American Alumni Chapter.
Vahakn N. DadrianThe Ararat-Eskijian Museum Research Center and the Armenian Genocide Research Program, within The Promise Armenian Institute at UCLA, announced the launch of the Vahakn N. Dadrian Archive Project.
Professor Vahakn N. Dadrian (1926–2019) was a preeminent scholar of the Armenian Genocide and instrumental in establishing the larger field of genocide studies. He lectured and published widely in the field, leading to greater international recognition of the Armenian Genocide. His unique collection of archival materials and books is of extraordinary value to those researching the origins of the Armenian Genocide, the Genocide itself and its aftermath.
Throughout his long career, Professor Dadrian accumulated a wealth of material on the Armenian Genocide throughout the different archives in the world, American, British, German, French Armenian and Ottoman among them. His archive has also numerous unpublished manuscripts and newspapers from various languages. Before his death, he transferred these materials to the AEMRC. The Vahakn Dadrian Armenian Genocide Book Collection is now housed in The Edward L. Doheny Jr. Memorial Library located at the University of Southern California.
After a gradual process of herculean efforts and numerous trips across the nation transporting Professor Dadrian’s archives, the AEMRC initiated a project in 2009 to digitize his personal notes and archives of historical documents and make them available for future generations of researchers interested in furthering their knowledge of Armenian Genocide Studies and general genocide studies.
Pages archived by the Ararat-Eskijian Museum Research Center and UCLA’s Armenian Genocide Research Program
A total of 28,000 pages out of a total of 110,000 pages were digitized and indexed by 2018. It took two years of efforts to appropriately preserve the entire archive collection into special folders and boxes. This full archive has been available to scholars and researchers by in-person appointment only at the AEMRC. Due to a large grant recipient in 2023, participants of the project will be resuming the continuation of digitization and indexing of the remaining 80,000 pages.
They are also in the important process of facilitating the accessibility of the digitized collection, particularly to make it searchable through keywords for researchers. Dr. Anna Aleksanyan, a post-graduate student from Clark University, has been involved in these efforts. Dr. Aleksanyan is also currently on fellowship with the AGRP.
The Vahakn N. Dadrian Archive Project is led under the direction of Professor Taner Akçam, the inaugural Director of the AGRP. This project is anticipated to be completed by December 2025. Upon completion, the entire collection will be available online.
The AGRP will host a webinar this spring to offer additional insight into the project. For more information, visit the AGRP website.
The Ararat-Eskijian Museum was founded in June 1985 by Genocide survivor, Mr. Luther Eskijian, and includes a unique collection of Armenian artifacts as well as books and materials about the Armenian Genocide. The museum is also a cultural and educational center where scholars, artists, writers, and community leaders can present current and historical subjects related to the Armenian people, as well as Genocide education.
The Armenian Genocide Research Program was established within The Promise Armenian Institute at UCLA in early 2022. Led by Taner Akçam, Ph.D., the AGRP engages in research and scholarly activities pertaining to the study of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire during the early 20th century.
On February 23 Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze had his first meeting with the U.S. Ambassador Robin Dunnigan in his new role. According to the government administration “a wide range of issues pertaining to the strategic partnership between the two countries and prospects of bolstering their cooperation were discussed at the meeting.” The press release reads that it was noted at the meeting that “Georgia remains committed to furthering democratic reforms, institutional empowerment, and the country’s democratic development.” The parties reaffirmed their readiness to strengthen and further develop productive cooperation between the countries, the government administration said.
The U.S. Embassy said this was an “excellent meeting” about further deepening of bilateral strategic partnership. According to the Embassy “the sides discussed U.S. support for Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic trajectory, U.S. efforts to increase bilateral trade and investment and support Georgia’s development as a Middle Corridor” as well as strong military partnership that underpins US-Georgia relationship.