Audit costs will come out of the $2.5 million left in a $17.5-million compensation fund set up by Axa several years ago.

Leaders will voice their concerns in regards to bans on websites and trials against writers, journalists and human rights activists.

“This also implies space for new political thinking, new people and new ideas,” Mikhail Prokhorov wrote in his blog.

Elections in Egypt may seriously complicate the lives of Christians in the country, including Armenians. The success of the Salafist party Al-Nur has raised fears of Copts, who fear that with Islamists coming to power, their lives would be worse than under overthrown Hosni Mubarak. And though many call the former leader of Egypt a dictator, he, at least, did not persecute Christians. If Islamists win a majority in Egyptian parliament, the Christian population of the country, namely Copts and Armenians, will have to engage in mass emigration.