Margarita Simonyan makes it to Forbes 100 most powerful women listNovember 2, 2017 - 11:52 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Margarita Simonyan, a top Russian journalist of Armenian descent, has surpassed former presidential candidate in the United States Hillary Clinton on the Forbes' list of the world's most powerful women. "Simonyan is being discussed in tech, media and political circles as the outsized influence of her Russian TV network, RT, comes into focus," Forbes says. " At the young age of 25, Simonyan was appointed editor-in-chief of RT with the mandate to turn the network into something that people all around the world would watch. Verging between straight news and conspiracy theories, RT has become an important media voice although its real viewership is unknown (RT does not use the Neilsen rating service)." Angela Merkel remains the most powerful woman in the world, according to Forbes. The German Chancellor has topped the Forbes list of the 100 most powerful women for the seventh consecutive year, and for the 12th time in total. The British prime minister, Theresa May, is in second place, followed by the philanthropist Melinda Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Sheryl Sandberg, the chief operating officer of Facebook, and Mary Barra, the chief executive of General Motors. Top stories Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. Partner news | Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Freedom House concerned by mounting reports of police violence in Armenia Freedom House urged Armenian authorities to investigate this pattern of excessive force and inhumane treatment. CSTO recognizes Armenia’s sovereign right to withdraw Tasmagambetov has said that if Armenia decides to leave the organization, “it will be the sovereign right of Armenia.” |