December 8, 2007



Levon Ter Petrosian Rally

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Levon Ter Petrosian Rally, Liberty Square, Yerevan, Republic of Armenia © Onnik Krikorian / Oneworld Multimedia 2007

I’ve just uploaded some photos taken during today’s rally by Levon Ter Petrosian in Yerevan’s Liberty Square. They’re available on my Flickr page, or more specifically in a set dedicated to coverage of the 2008 presidential election in Armenia. I’ll post more about the rally which seemed smaller than normal despite it being a Saturday later. Until then, just to say that security was markedly better this time and actually quite professional and polite.

It’s also worth pointing out that all images posted on this blog and on Flickr are protected under a Creative Commons license.

However, they may be freely used for non-commercial purposes as long as the images are not modified and a full credit is given. Of course, if any publication is looking for images and requires any high resolution versions drop me an email at the address to the right. As this will be the fifth vote I’ve covered in Armenia, I’m also looking for any commissions for the election period.

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Levon Ter Petrosian, Levon Ter Petrosian Rally, Liberty Square, Yerevan, Republic of Armenia © Onnik Krikorian / Oneworld Multimedia 2007

Posted by Onnik @ 7:12 pm. Filed under: Armenia, Democracy, Politics, Caucasus, Photography, Elections, 2008 Presidential Election







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  1. Haha Levon VII, that’s cute. I like people who are historically aware- despite the fact it gives an odd message during a ‘democratic’ election.

    Comment by Paul — December 8, 2007 @ 7:25 pm

  2. Yeah, like “democratic” elections in the US. At least this one has a historical president longer than ten years.

    In other words, from Bush to Bush is about 10 years, but from Levon to Levon is about 1,000.

    Comment by Armen Filadelfiatsi — December 9, 2007 @ 3:50 am

  3. Blogian comments on the Levon VII photograph:

    The poster in Armenian reads, “Levon VII: Armenian King,” with a reference to Cilician Armenia’s last king Levon (Leo) VI who found refuge in France as his Muslim foes destroyed the last Armenian kingdom.

    It is quite ironic that the romantic nationalists who support Ter-Petrosyan call the former president a monarch, not realizing that the last thing Armenia needs is another king - which would be the case if either Levon Ter-Petrosyan or Serzh Sargsyan are elected. The Ter-Petrosyan “monarchship” was clearly demonstrated in the 1996 elections when he was celebrating his “victory” before the votes were even being counted. And I can almost guarantee to you a Serzh Sargsyan “victory” for the upcoming elections.

    Armenia’s politics has never upset me as much as it does today. The more time passes the worse it becomes with former morons wanting to replace current morons.

    And I think Armenia needs to change it constitution so that a president can only serve two terms in a lifetime. Otherwise, we may see lots of monarchs striving for return.

    Comment by Onnik — December 9, 2007 @ 3:58 pm

  4. Unzipped also posts something on the King sign:

    […] I wish I would see less, or no… I wish I would not see at all posters of ‘Levon the King’ (like the one below) during his rallies. This is very reminiscent of the cult of personality we do not want to get close to. ‘King’ has no place in future democratic Armenia, as I would like to see my country. I hope people from Levon’s team will not encourage this sort of messages in future.

    Comment by Onnik — December 9, 2007 @ 11:42 pm

  5. And the worst thing, that a lot of Armenians think of president as a monarch … believe me, they really did and still do. It’s so painful …

    Comment by armine — February 27, 2008 @ 10:17 pm

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    Comment by Haykk — April 17, 2008 @ 10:44 pm

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