Best of the week 23/2022

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Armenia Protests

Lawyer Aram Vardevanyan and Vice Speaker of Armenian parliament from the Armenia Alliance opposition bloc Ishkhan Saghatelyan take part in an opposition rally in front of the Armenian President residence building, where the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Foreign Ministers Council is held, in Yerevan, Armenia. Opposition rallies and demonstrations have been held daily in Armenia for over a month, with protesters demanding Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyans resignation and voicing discontent with his position of lowering the bar on the Nagorno-Karabakhs status and reaching a peace deal with Azerbaijan.

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Russia Pushkin Birth Anniversary

A girl visits the Pushkin memorial apartment in Arbat Street as part of the celebration of the Russian Language Day, in Moscow, Russia. UN Russian Language Day is observed annually June 6. The event established by the United Nations in 2010 was meant to coincide with the birthday of Alexander Pushkin, colloquially called the father of the modern Russian literary language. Alexander Pushkin rented this apartment on his return from Boldino in late 1830. It was the first time the poet was busy putting his apartment in order.

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