April 4, 1955 – July 27, 2016
Date and Place of Birth: Yerevan, Armenia
Education/Major:
1972-1977 Yerevan State University; Biology Department; biophysist
1981 biology candidate (cytology)
Career:
1999 – July 27, 2016 chief editor “The Noyan Tapan Highlights” (in English)
1991 – July 27, 2016 reporter, editor, economic and political observer of “Noyan Tapan” news and analysis agency
2004 – July 27, 2016 lecturer on political economy of Caucasus Media Institute
Publications: “Azg”, “Aravot”, “Hayastani Hanrapetutiun”, “Haikakan Zhamanak”, “Hayots Ashkhar”, “Respublika Armenia”, “Russkaya Mysl” (Paris), “Finansovye Izvestiya” (Russian Federation), “War Reports” (UK), “Eurasianet.org” (USA, New York), “Central Asia and Caucasus” (Sweden), “Cacianlyst.org” (USA, Washington), “Caucasus.com” (Georgia, Tbilisi), Oxford Analytica (UK), “Security Watch” (Switzerland)
2002 “Karabakh Conflict. Variants of Settlement: Concepts and Reality” book, in co-authorship with Ali Abasov (Baku), in Armenian, Azerbaijani, Russian and English languages. Republished in 2004 and 2006 (in English)
Hobbies: music, photography
Languages: Armenian, Russian, English, French
Marital Status: married, has a son
