Russia banned more imports from Armenia on Monday, imposing “temporary restrictions” on the sale of Armenian fruits just days before the country’s crucial parliamentary elections.
Law-enforcement authorities have refused to launch a criminal investigation into Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s pledge to “take out” Armenia’s top opposition leaders and his insults and threats addressed to refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh.
Opposition leaders running in Armenia’s June 7 parliamentary elections have blamed Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian for Russia’s widening bans on the import of Armenian goods and warned of their devastating impact on the domestic economy.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on Monday rejected Russian-led calls for Armenia to finally decide whether to remain part of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) or continue seeking membership of the European Union.
Following Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s latest outburst against Nagorno-Karabakh’s exiled ethnic Armenian leadership, an Armenian court has allowed authorities to seize the building of its permanent representation in Yerevan.
Russia and three other ex-Soviet states making up the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) pressed Armenia on Friday to decide “as soon as possible” whether to remain part of the Russian-led trade bloc or continue seeking membership of the European Union.
Economy Minister Gevorg Papoyan on Friday urged Armenia’s leading agribusiness firms heavily dependent on the Russian market to diversify their exports after Moscow banned the import of Armenian flowers, vegetables and strawberry amid heightened tensions with Yerevan.
Russia announced on Thursday “temporary restrictions” on the import of more products from Armenia, stepping up economic pressure on the Armenian government accused by it of pursuing an anti-Russian foreign policy.
Armenia demonstrated on Thursday new weapons acquired by it from India, France, China and Iran in recent years during a military parade in Yerevan seen by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s critics as a pre-election publicity stunt.
U.S. President Donald Trump endorsed Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian ahead of Armenia’s June 7 parliamentary elections on Thursday, citing his commitment to opening a U.S.-run transit corridor for Azerbaijan.
Iran remains concerned about the Armenian government’s plans to open a U.S.-administered transit corridor for Azerbaijan along Armenia’s border with the Islamic Republic, the Iranian ambassador in Yerevan said on Wednesday.
An Armenian law-enforcement agency arrested over a dozen more members and supporters of key opposition groups on Wednesday in what their leaders see as continuing attempts to help the ruling Civil Contract party win the June 7 parliamentary elections.
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