Armenia's economy showed some trends of stabilization, since GDP over the first 7 months fall by 18.5 per cent, over the eight months - by 18.4 per cent. The biggest decline in Armenia's economy was observed in construction industry: by 53.8 per cent. The volume of industrial production in the country in January-September 2009 reached 459.694 billion AMD, 11.4 per cent less down compared to the same period of 2008. The decline in agriculture averaged 2.3 per cent, while in the service industry - 1.8 per cent.

The clause in the Armenian-Turkish Protocols on establishing a joint historical commission and Armenian's consent to it, led to the expected reaction of the international community, though thus far on the level of media outlets. In addition to Canadian and Swedish newspapers, which after signing of the Protocols on the normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations have started to doubt whether there really was an Armenian Genocide or not, the leading American publications have begun to write that Armenia itself calls into question the Armenian Genocide.

Throughout the past week the domestic political life of Armenia was puffy with ongoing hottest discussions on the Armenian-Turkish Protocols. The coalition of pro-governmental forces, holding a majority in the parliament, was able to defend itself, offering counter-arguments in favor of the initialed Armenian-Turkish Protocols. In essence, they put forward the need to break the economic blockade, open the transport routes via Turkey to Europe and restore the Armenian historical cultural heritage, remaining in Turkey.

A couple of years ago I had a chance of an interview with Robert Sahakyants and one could not assume at that time that he would leave the world so soon. We all knew he was ill, but no one suspected how serious the illness was. He was one of those without whom, in his opinion, everything would sink in sweet syrup. All that you'll read further are his direct words, as we thought no one could speak of Robert Sahakyants and the world surrounding him better than he himself. For some reason he always spoke Russian, although he knew his native language perfectly well. Call it freak of a genius if you like, but now that he is gone words, however beautiful they might be, are needless.