May 8, 2026
In recent days, the topic of discussion on the Internet has become the adventures of bloggers close to Nikol Pashinyan in one of the military units of the RA Defense Ministry, where filming was done, and those videos were published.
If we consider that them accompanied Nikol Pashinyan’s assistant Gagik Isakhanyan (who, by the way, once, as the brother of the victim, participated to the protests in front of the Ministry of Defense), then we can say that the visit of the tiktokers to the armed forces unit had a pre-election-propaganda nature, with the permission of Nikol Pashinyan himself.
So, once again we are dealing with a deliberate act of discrediting the armed forces and disrespecting the uniform, without mentioning the possible problems with the law.
By the way, from the published videos, it can be assumed that the events took place in the military unit under the 3rd Army Corps of the RA Armed Forces.
Temur Shahnazaryan, Deputy Chief of Staff of the General Staff of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the RA Armed Forces, and Simon Nazaryan, the current commander of the 3rd Army Corps, can very well say: could something like this have happened during the time of the former commanders of the 3rd Corps, Grigory Khachaturov, Onik Gasparyan, and other commanders, and Grigory Khachaturov also served under Pashinyan’s government. Moreover, in the very regiment where he had a leadership position, could what is happening today happen?
And this is when the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Armenia has not organized a visit of journalists to military units for a long time, when from time to time prohibitions have been imposed on the visits of opposition MPs.
And RA Defense Minister Suren Papikyan is either in fact at peace with such facts as the discrediting of the army, or, not being at peace and having sufficient leverage in office, he is politically constrained, perhaps unable, to face Pashinyan’s anti-army moves. Meanwhile, everything must have a limit, especially when it comes to the army and security, even if Nikol Pashinyan does not have “red lines” or, at least, “genetic” hatred towards the armed forces, in case of having complexes.
We wrote that for several years Pashinyan does not visit military units and combat bases on the eve of the New Year to congratulate soldiers and officers on their holidays.
On the other hand, the above is not at all surprising after Nikol Pashinyan, based on propaganda purposes, organized various civil groups accompanied fortified areas, displaying samples of weaponry acquired in recent years.
And on May 28 in Republic Square the upcoming arms show it will be exclusively a political report, and the Ministry of Defense, its leadership, the army will not be the hero of that day, but exclusively the person of Nikol Pashinyan.
When random people enter the army, the RA Defense Minister Suren Papikyan is the first to be targeted, because a natural question arises: does he have his permission? How is it that such people can visit military units at any time, and the doors are closed in front of oppositionists from time to time, and journalists are not allowed to go?
If there is no permission from the Minister of Defense, this already indicates another dangerous phenomenon, when difficult situations are created for one’s own and party minister, de facto limits his powers and rights, and in this case, it is not surprising when some MP from the CP can say that if they want to get acquainted with the weapons samples, they can contact him, he will organize…
And the bloggers close to Pashinyan were also in Kirantsi, filmed and showed in detail what was created in the fortified areas. conditions (probably on the example of the Ministry of Defense), as well as a school located meters away from the enemy the shelter
We remind you that “On State Secret” the law clearly defines that they are classified as state secrets “Information on the operational equipment (furnishing) of the territory of the Republic of Armenia, the preparation and conduct of operations, the deployment of troops (including conscription), their combat ability, the forms and methods of carrying out combat duty, the arrangement of the management system, the sequence of activities, the system’s availability, integrity, and comprehensive provision”.
The same law states that they are considered state secrets “location, purpose, degree of protection and preparedness, their design and construction of specially protected and special access and exit facilities” as well as “about civil defense forces and means, protection of administrative buildings and degree of security of the population” information.
This is exactly what we meant by noting that there are also problems related to the law, which the RA Ministry of Defense remembers only when responding to written media inquiries.
Nikol Pashinyan’s family also starts to remember the laws when any topic is related to their rights.
And Suren Papikyan, perhaps, has a lot to think about, as well as to realize that even though he is a party minister, he is first of all the head of the state security institute, the armed forces, and he should act based on those interests… after all, this is also a question of his own reputation.
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