Armenia’s railway network could “collapse overnight” if the Armenian government tries to end its management by Russia, a top Russian security official warned on Thursday.
One man was killed and at least six others seriously wounded in Yerevan on Wednesday in a shootout highlighting recent years’ significant increase in gun violence in Armenia.
Russia on Wednesday dismissed as “bizarre” Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s calls for an end to Russian management of Armenia’s railway network.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian and his political allies have vowed to prevent the Armenian opposition from winning the upcoming parliamentary elections, raising more opposition concerns over their proper conduct.
Amnesty International has denounced as a “travesty” Azerbaijan’s lengthy prison sentences against eight former leaders of Nagorno-Karabakh captured by Baku in September 2023.
One of the Armenian archbishops prosecuted amid Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s campaign against Catholicos Garegin II was greeted by scores of believers on Tuesday as he was taken back to Gyumri to serve his house arrest there.
Following stern warnings issued by Russia, Armenia’s government has insisted that despite a U.S.-Armenian nuclear agreement finalized last week, it has still not decided which foreign company should build a new nuclear plant in the country.
Ruben Vardanyan, a prominent Armenian businessman and former Nagorno-Karabakh premier captured by Azerbaijan in 2023, was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Tuesday at the end of a yearlong trial described by him as a “judicial farce.”
Bishops and archbishops of the Armenian Apostolic Church were gathering in Austria for an emergency meeting on Monday despite travel bans imposed on Catholicos Garegin II and six other Armenia-based clergymen facing criminal charges rejected by them as politically motivated.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev indicated at the weekend that Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has accepted his demands for a change of Armenia’s constitution.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has effectively ruled out the release of eight former leaders of Nagorno-Karabakh who were captured by Azerbaijan right after its September 2023 military offensive in the region.
Law-enforcement authorities indicted Catholicos Garegin II on Saturday one day after Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian implicitly pledged to prevent an upcoming meeting in Austria of the top clergy of the Armenian Apostolic Church.
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