The Russian Foreign Ministry on Tuesday signaled concerns about the continuing detention in Armenia of Samvel Karapetian, a Russian-Armenian billionaire who plans to challenge Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian in next year’s parliamentary elections.
A top aide to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has again warned Armenia against opening a U.S.-administered transit corridor for Azerbaijan, saying that it would pose a serious security threat to the Islamic Republic.
Five men charged with beating up an Armenian opposition activist and former parliamentarian were released from custody at the weekend just hours after their arrest.
Prosecutors failed to attend on Monday the first appeals court hearing on their demand for a longer prison sentence for one of the three Armenian archbishops jailed during Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s continuing attempts to depose Catholicos Garegin II.
Armenia's government has asked the European Union for assistance related to next year’s Armenian parliamentary elections, the EU’s foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Monday.
Five persons were arrested on Friday on charges of beating up an Armenian opposition activist earlier this week.
Armenian Investigators have interrogated three independent experts who are said to have dealt a blow to their coup charges levelled against Samvel Karapetian, a jailed billionaire expected to challenge Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian in next year’s parliamentary elections.
Yet another senior Armenian official has reportedly purchased an expensive home at a massive discount, adding to media speculation about government corruption in the country.
Russian companies have become more circumspect about doing business with Armenia, Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Overchuk said on Thursday, citing a major drop in trade between the two countries.
One political ally of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has been appointed to the governing board of the American University of Armenia (AUA) and another hired as adjunct lecturer after the ruling Civil Contract party accused the AUA of pro-opposition bias.
Armenian law-enforcement authorities raided Nagorno-Karabakh’s permanent representation in Yerevan on Thursday the day after its exiled leaders vowed to keep fighting for the Karabakh Armenians’ right to return to their homeland recaptured by Azerbaijan in 2023.
Nagorno-Karabakh’s exiled leadership vowed on Wednesday to continue fighting for the displaced Karabakh Armenians’ right to return to their homeland despite the Armenian government’s refusal to raise it on the international stage.
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