August 6, 2026
The Parliament is debating the issue of the election of Aram Vardevanyan, deputy of the “Strong Armenia” party, to the position of NA vice-president.
In his speech, he emphasized that it was not his dream to be a member of the National Assembly, and even more so, the deputy speaker of the National Assembly, because being a member of the opposition faction in Armenia is not an easy thing, but he and his faction have concerns: Armenia is not moving in the right direction.
“We see that there are red lines in RA that have been undermined. When we see that, to put it mildly, insulting remarks are made against the Armenian Patriarch and our Mother See is turned into a subject of political discussion, it is initiated by one force and that one force is CP.
In 2025, for one sentence protecting the Mother See, a criminal case is initiated against a national benefactor, whom no representative of your force has described with any negative words, just for a word that “we will participate in the defense of the church in our own way, you arrested him and are keeping him in custody to this day,” Vardevanyan noted, adding that another article of an economic nature was later added, with which all the courts disagreed, but the Court of Cassation somehow tries to justify it. take a stand on the doubt.
Referring to the 7-month detention applied to Samvel Karapetyan and the 8-9-month detention applied to the reverends, he emphasized that they were illegal.
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They still have to be able to take away the HEC to hand it over, there are RA and international courts
August 6, 2026
Tomorrow, on August 7, an unprecedented event in the thousand-year history of the Armenian people will take place: the Catholicos of All Armenians will stand before the court of the Armenian state as an accused.
Moreover, according to human rights defenders, His Holiness is credited with performing such an act, which refers exclusively to the spiritual sphere, is protected by the principle of “the church is separate from the state”, therefore it is legally unavailable to any secular court.
Samvel Karapetyan, the leader of the “Strong Armenia” bloc, who announced that “we will protect the church in our own way”, which is why the authorities started political persecution against him, referring to the criminal process against Vehapar in a press conference, said that he considers it a disgrace to all Armenians, which the authorities are still continuing.
“I thought they would come to their senses, but they still continue. We will see,” he emphasized.
And the journalists reminded Samvel Karapetyan that a few days ago his statement, “You see, they are Gyormamish people, let them rule, we’ll see what they will do with those factories”, became the reason for a dispute in the National Assembly yesterday. Will there be a review of the speech?
Karapetyan answered the question with a question: “Do you not regret your speech?” “Which talk, if you’re asking about taking my businesses, I have a more interesting talk.”
The leader of the “Strong Armenia” party, Samvel Karapetyan, also referred to Nikol Pashinyan’s statement that the HEC will be nationalized and will be handed over to all-tax administration.
“They must first be able to take it to hand it over. There are Armenian and international courts for that. We are now fighting against their iniquities. We are moving forward step by step in the European courts. We have an arbitration decision that prohibits them from taking any action against that asset,” he emphasized.
Referring to the government’s accusations that additional payments were written on military units and kindergartens, the businessman first said that the government does not have any evidence, on the other hand, he added.
“The National Security Agency is an active body, and about 3,000 people have the opportunity to commit such crimes.”
Regarding the data presented by Alexey Overchuk, the Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, that the trade turnover of the Russian Federation and Armenia decreased by 2/3 compared to the previous year, Samvel Karapetyan noted.
“I consider it the “successes” of this incompetent government, that they must impoverish our villagers.”
Samvel Karapetyan gave a positive answer as to whether the question of renouncing his citizenship of other countries is on the agenda.
“When I am given the opportunity to be released from house arrest, you will ask that question only after that,” he emphasized.
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Pashinyan squandered 8.5 billion dollars, did he eat it? Karapetyan
August 6, 2026
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexey Overchuk announced that the trade turnover of Russia and Armenia decreased by 2/3 compared to last year.
In 2024, the trade turnover between Russia and Armenia reached about 12 billion dollars, in 2025 it had decreasedreaching about 8 billion dollars.
“Strong Armenia” party leader Samvel Karapetyan, referring to this image at a press conference, said:
“I consider it the “successes” of this incompetent government, that they must impoverish our villagers.”
Samvel Karapetyan also referred to Nikol Pashinyan’s statement that the National Electric Power Company will be nationalized and will be handed over to the national administration.
“They must first be able to take it to hand it over. There are Armenian and international courts for that. We are now fighting against their iniquities. We are moving forward step by step in the European courts. We have an arbitration decision that prohibits them from taking any action against that asset,” he stressed.
Referring to the government’s accusations that surcharges were written on military units and kindergartens, the businessman said that the government does not have any evidence.
“For 1 year and 2 months, they have been managing the HEC and they don’t have any evidence; HEC is an active body, about 3000 people in HEC have the opportunity to commit such illegalities. Now Pashinyan has squandered 8.5 billion dollars, what, should we stop and say that he ate the 8.5 billion dollars, although he may have benefited from some part, but such insults are irresponsible statements, especially when the court they rule has already denied all of it.”
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We will not come to the National Assembly tomorrow. Narek Karapetyan
August 6, 2026
Tomorrow, on August 7, an unprecedented event in the thousand-year history of the Armenian people will take place in the court of first instance of Armavir region: the Catholicos of All Armenians will stand before the court of the Armenian state as an accused.
Moreover, according to human rights defenders, His Holiness is credited with performing such an act, which refers exclusively to the spiritual sphere, is protected by the principle of “the church is separate from the state”, therefore it is legally unavailable to any secular court.
On this occasion, Narek Karapetyan, head of the National Assembly “Strong Armenia” faction, made a statement in the National Assembly, stating:
“They are taking a shameful pressure step and tomorrow an unprecedented case will be recorded in history: Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II will be summoned to court as an accused. Tomorrow we will not be at the National Assembly, but we will be with our compatriots in Vagharshapat at 16:00, so that everyone can see that playing with our religious feelings will have consequences. Tomorrow at 16:00 I will be in front of the Etchmiadzin court.”
Is it possible to take His Holiness into custody? The leader of the “Strong Armenia” faction noted that the court has no authority to make any decision related to His Holiness and the hierarchy of the Armenian Apostolic Church.
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I also told them that they are taking away the National Assembly, because the National Assembly and other structures are theirs.
August 6, 2026
During the session of the government on August 6, Nikol Pashinyan announced that the company “Electric Networks of Armenia” will be handed over to trustee management, without detailing which structure it is about handing over to trustee management.
“In the case of HEC, we have decided at the conceptual level that it will become state property, which will be handed over to fiduciary management,” he stressed.
Davit Ghazinyan, a member of the “Strong Armenia” faction, former director of the National Assembly, stated in a briefing with journalists that there is still no arbitration decision, and then the administrative court of the first instance partially satisfied their claim. 4.5 out of 7 points.
“Now it is in the Appeal, and from here the question is, what will they do if those courts make a decision in favor of Tashir Capital?” Second, we have a very poor experience with giving trust management.
For example, Veolia Water is placed under trust management, and even the government admits that the problems stem from a lack of investment.
And the state should make an investment. Now it is necessary to find out how much that organization will take from the HEC, and the annual investment of approximately 45-50 billion. the program who will implement I assume that the company will not implement it, because it is not its own, after all, it should make a profit, and the state does not have the opportunity to implement it. Third, ask them if there is an international company willing to agree to acquire the company that is still in dispute.
Yes, they recognize a superior interest on paper and nationalize it, this is from the same topic I was saying: you are taking it away because the National Assembly and other structures are yours.
The only option that I think is either from two countries that are not friendly to us, Turkey and Azerbaijan, or an organization registered in another country, but financed by those two countries, can be,” he elaborated.
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We see attempts of blackmail by Yerevan. Representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry
August 6, 2026
Moscow is following Armenia’s attempts to raise the stakes in relations with Russia and blackmail them. This was announced by Deputy Director of the Information and Press Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Alexey Fadeev, during the briefing.
“Instead of a constructive dialogue in the context of Armenian-Russian relations, we notice attempts to raise the stakes or simply turn to blackmail. Persecutions of pro-Russian figures, threats of arbitration proceedings against Russian enterprises that are major taxpayers in the republic and
“Moscow’s demand to pay one billion dollars for the facilities that the current authorities wanted to abandon at the beginning of their activity,” the Russian diplomat noted.
Fadeev called on Yerevan to study the legal contract base, where it is indicated who owes whom and how much.
According to him, Yerevan refuses exclusive relations with Moscow, instead offering declarations on alliance cooperation with Western countries.
Meanwhile, according to the diplomat, those documents containing attractive phrases are not legally binding and practically do not lead to anything, unlike the mass of Russian-Armenian treaties and agreements.
“The mentioned line and the demonstrative flirtation of the Armenian authorities with Kiev raise doubts about the readiness of allied cooperation with Russia. If they are trying to take their interests into account in Yerevan, then why should Moscow not have a similar approach in its relations with its Armenian partners,” said Fadeev.
From the point of view of a Russian diplomat, Armenia perceives the prospects of relations with the Russian Federation as a “one-way road”. According to him, Russia expects a more realistic and balanced approach.
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3 plots with an area of 5.9 ha will be returned to Berd community of Tavush. Chief prosecutor
On December 27, 2025, the General Prosecutor’s Office submitted a lawsuit to the Anti-Corruption Court against the SP company, a third party, the PB company, with the demand to forcibly stop the registration of ownership rights made in 2025 regarding 3 plots of land with an area of 5.9 ha. RA General Prosecutor’s Office informs about this.
The anti-corruption court approved the reconciliation agreement signed between the General Prosecutor’s Office, the SP company and the PB company with the judgment of July 31, 2026, as a result of which the 3 plots of land of agricultural purpose with an area of 1.17033 ha, 2.34555 ha and 2.39092 ha will be returned to the Baird community of Tavush marz.
The judgment entered into legal force. The work towards the state registration of the right to the property is in progress.
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Another round of peace proceedings can be considered completed
Davit Ishkhanyan, the former chairman of the National Assembly of Artsakh, who is illegally detained in Baku prison, has again sent a message from Baku prison.
He noted: “The next stage of the peace trial can be considered finished. The appellate court went to a consultation, but, as we said in court, it is clear to all of us that that decision was made a long time ago, and it is not the panel of judges that makes that decision. The judicial panel will only announce and publish what has already been decided.
Our last speeches were very interesting and unique. As I mentioned, they were quite worthy speeches.
As in the court of first instance, in this case, both the representatives of the prosecutor’s office and the judge unnecessarily intervened and interrupted some people, including me. They didn’t let me present my speech completely, but it’s not a problem. We all understand that this is a political trial, and we declare very clearly there that this is a political trial. It cannot be otherwise.
Perhaps the greatest assessment of this trial was given by one of the defenders, who warned in the first instance that they would be ashamed in front of their descendants years later. And this time he delivered a very special speech to the judicial panel, telling them to not defile the court. He said that our victories were defiled by this trial.
In other words, our general behavior is already pushing them to admit that they had serious gaps in the judicial process. And, as I pointed out in my last speech at the trial court, in fact, politically and morally, the prosecution and the judicial panel, which are the same team, did not actually win the case. We, as the defendants, were the winners.
We gave worthy counterattacks to the arguments and false claims that were related to our people’s past, present, honor issues, false information about our people, fabricated justifications, behavior that undermines national self-love, and falsified history.
And in such a situation, it should be said that this is a field of struggle where the law of force applies. In other words, there is no force of law, we are the ones who decide. Judges and the judicial panel are guided by this principle and do what they want.
It is understandable for us, but, as we mentioned, this is secondary for us, and we just provide the formal side in order to reach the international court.
So, we can consider this trial as a failed trial for the judging party.
The news, as always, is presented one-sided, manipulated and not in accordance with reality.
Every once in a while, I even wonder where are the journalists of the “Freedom” media, the radio station, the freedom-seeking journalists. We have been waiting for almost two years for them to appear in the courtroom. It is not difficult for them to touch the walls of the White House or the walls of the Kremlin, or the walls of any European country, including the famous walls of Brussels, but we never saw them inside the courtrooms of Baku to present to the world who they are judging, why they are judging and how they are judging.
Anyway, let me introduce a little subtlety. Back on July 17, I submitted a motion to the court so that the prosecution, the prosecutor’s office, taking into account the situation, withdraws the claim, and the criminal case is terminated, this so-called criminal prosecution is stopped.
It was rejected on the spot. Naturally, I presented that the young staff present should consult with their superior, and the superior with his superior, but it was rejected on the spot.
On the 31st of the month, during our last session, in my last speech, I addressed the judge and asked, presented a proposal to the judge, so that by presenting the proposal with the content of my petition, using the moment, applying the possibility of my proposal, the judicial collegium consults with those who are necessary, with those who make decisions.
Taking into account the delicate political situation between the two countries, the two peoples, the role of foreign political actors and as a future-oriented investment, stop this criminal prosecution and dismiss the case.
What they will decide is another question, but at least such a proposal has been presented.
I have to say once again that during the nearly two-year-long trial of these two instances, the defense never received either the indictment, the indictment, or the verdict of the first instance.
Stay well. We will still say our word.”
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The Baku appellate court left the verdicts regarding the Armenian prisoners unchanged
The Court of Appeal of Baku has left unchanged the judgments made on February 5 regarding the former military and political leaders of Nagorno Karabakh and other Armenians illegally detained in Baku.
Let’s remind that on February 5, 2026, the Baku court sentenced the Armenian prisoners to prison on false charges. The Azerbaijani court has sentenced former NK President Arayik Harutyunyan, former defense army commander Levon Mnatsakanyan, former defense army deputy commander Davit Manukyan, former NK parliament speaker Davit Ishkhanyan and former foreign minister Davit Babayan to life imprisonment. Former NK presidents Arkady Ghukasyan and Bako Sahakyan were sentenced to 20 years in prison.
The other illegally detained persons: Madat Babayan, Melikset Pashayan, Garik Martirosyan, Davit Allahverdyan, Levon Balayan, Vasili Beglaryan, Gurgen Stepanyan and Erik Ghazaryan were sentenced to 15 to 19 years in prison.
It should be noted that the fabricated criminal case against the former State Minister of Nagorno-Karabakh Ruben Vardanyan was investigated in separate proceedings. On February 17, it became known that the Baku court sentenced Ruben Vardanyan to 20 years in prison.
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HEC will be nationalized and handed over to concession management. Pashinyan
The Government of Armenia has decided the fate of the strategically important company “Electrical Networks of Armenia” (HETC), it will become the property of the state and will be transferred to trusteeship.
Prime Minister during the executive session on August 6 Nikol Pashinyan officially announced the nationalization of the company and then the transfer to concession management, but did not specify to whom or to which structure it will be entrusted.
The process of nationalization started last year, when the state terminated the license of the HEP and appointed a temporary manager.
Recently, the government recognized the company as an overriding public interest in a short public hearing lasting only 14 minutes. The Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure justifies this with the imperative to protect the public interest, while the company’s former management has stated that it will continue to challenge this process.
The process of nationalization of HEP began after the owner of the company, a Russian billionaire Samvel Karapetyan defended the church and Catholicos Karekin II in the most acute moment of the conflict with the political authorities.
After that, Karapetyan was arrested on charges of calling for usurpation of power, and in November 2025, the Public Services Regulatory Commission deprived the company of its electricity distribution license.
Falsification of electricity indicators, underperformance of investment projects and provision of risky loans were cited as the basis.
Prime Minister Pashinyan noted that the company served narrow interests for a long time and was burdened with loans, so nationalization will not become an additional burden for the state budget. The process is also accompanied by the criminal case initiated against the head of “Tashir” group, businessman Samvel Karapetyan. he is currently under house arrest.
In the international legal arena, the state has also strengthened its position: in June 2026, the Stockholm Arbitration Tribunal satisfied the RA government’s petition regarding the nationalization of the HEC, rejecting the complaints of the former owners.
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