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arrest condemned by his party and other Armenian opposition groups as politically motivated. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33798721.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33798721.html Tue, 07 Jul 2026 18:23:58 +0400 in English Armenian law-enforcement authorities arrested opposition leader Gagik Tsarukian on Monday after searching his home and the offices of his key companies in mass raids linked by his aides to Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s pledges to “dispossess” his main political foes. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33797836.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33797836.html Mon, 06 Jul 2026 16:42:45 +0400 in English A senior Armenian diplomat on Wednesday gave no indication that his government will agree to Russia’s involvement in the planned opening of a U.S.-administered transit corridor for Azerbaijan passing through Armenia. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33794138.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33794138.html Wed, 01 Jul 2026 21:05:03 +0400 in English The sister of an outspoken opposition figure has been sacked as deputy head of the Armenian government’s drug regulatory agency for what she sees as political reasons. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33789538.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33789538.html Fri, 26 Jun 2026 17:41:52 +0400 in English The ruling Civil Contract party on Thursday designated one of its senior members, Ruben Rubinian, as the speaker of Armenia’s new parliament elected in the disputed June 7 elections. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33788923.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33788923.html Thu, 25 Jun 2026 21:31:48 +0400 in English Law-enforcement authorities have not brought criminal charges against any of the officials from Yerevan’s municipal administration who were caught on camera assaulting opposition members of the city council on Tuesday. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33788032.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33788032.html Wed, 24 Jun 2026 20:59:40 +0400 in English The ruling Civil Contract party has drafted legislation that would effectively disenfranchise hundreds of thousands of Armenian nationals living abroad and Russia in particular. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33783184.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33783184.html Wed, 17 Jun 2026 20:54:21 +0400 in English Independent vote-monitoring groups on Monday joined the Armenian opposition in challenging official results of the June 7 parliamentary elections that gave victory to Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s Civil Contract party. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33781602.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33781602.html Mon, 15 Jun 2026 21:34:31 +0400 in English Law-enforcement authorities remained reluctant on Wednesday to explain why they brought new criminal charges against opposition leader Gagik Tsarukian without the Central Election Commission’s permission required by Armenian law. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33777706.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33777706.html Wed, 10 Jun 2026 20:36:53 +0400 in English Prosecutors reported new criminal charges against businessman and opposition leader Gagik Tsarukian on Tuesday just as his Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) scrambled to ensure its presence in the country’s new parliament through vote recounts initiated by it. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33776884.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33776884.html Tue, 09 Jun 2026 19:32:10 +0400 in English Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian said on Friday that Armenia’s three main opposition forces must win no seats in the new National Assembly and at least one of their leaders will go to jail if he wins Sunday’s parliamentary elections. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33773673.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33773673.html Sat, 06 Jun 2026 00:34:16 +0400 in English Schoolchildren, their teachers and other public sector employees continue to attend Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s campaign rallies during work and school hours in what Armenian election observers see as abuse of power by the ruling Civil Contract party. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33762783.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33762783.html Fri, 22 May 2026 21:45:15 +0400 in English Opposition leader Samvel Karapetian’s nephew and right-hand man Narek on Wednesday strongly denied police claims that he hid his dual Russian citizenship from authorities in order to be eligible to run in Armenia’s upcoming parliamentary elections. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33761162.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33761162.html Wed, 20 May 2026 19:37:07 +0400 in English Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian said on Thursday that Armenian authorities are looking into reports that teachers and students of several public schools in the central Aragatsotn province were forced to attend his election campaign meetings held there on Wednesday. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33756939.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33756939.html Thu, 14 May 2026 19:02:14 +0400 in English Armenia’s leadership remained reluctant on Tuesday to give possible dates for its exit from a Russian-led trade bloc that are increasingly demanded by Moscow. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33755302.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33755302.html Tue, 12 May 2026 18:00:41 +0400 in English Campaigning officially began in Armenia on Friday for the June 7 parliamentary elections which will extend or end Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s eight-year rule. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33752802.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33752802.html Fri, 08 May 2026 18:55:56 +0400 in English Samvel Karapetian, a Russian-Armenian billionaire leading the main opposition contender in next month’s Armenian parliamentary elections, on Thursday described Russia as a “strategic ally” and criticized Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s pro-Western foreign policy. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33752138.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33752138.html Thu, 07 May 2026 22:14:43 +0400 in English A coalition of Armenian vote-monitoring groups claimed on Thursday that a commercial bank owned by government-linked businessmen is sponsoring pre-election concerts for the ruling Civil Contract party in breach of Armenia’s campaign funding rules. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33741089.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33741089.html Thu, 23 Apr 2026 21:59:37 +0400 in English The Armenian and Russian governments have not reached any agreements on the future of Armenia’s rail network managed by Russia’s state-owned railway monopoly, Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigorian indicated on Wednesday. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33733033.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33733033.html Wed, 15 Apr 2026 20:17:55 +0400 in English