May 21, 2026
According to Andranik Tevanyan, the leader of the “Mother Armenia” party, the second candidate of the PAP pre-election list, there is a theory that the accusation against him is at the behest of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. He said that today in a briefing with journalists before the pre-election march near Matenadaran.
On May 20, during the pre-election campaign in Vanadzor, Pashinyan announced that tomorrow the National Security Service will submit a report to the Investigative Committee of RA on the charge of treason against Andranik Tevanyan. After that, Andranik Tevanyan announced live that Nikol Pashinyan is a state traitor, serving the interests of Turkey and Azerbaijan.
“There is a hypothesis spreading in the social media that this attack against me is due to Zelensky’s dictation. “Zelensky, who turned Ukraine into ruins and turned his country into a small coin in the hands of foreign forces, during his visit to Yerevan, according to widespread information, set the task of taking action against me,” said Tevanyan.
He reminded, not in 2024. The “Mother Armenia” party made a humanitarian visit to Donbas, and according to his information, that visit was quite difficult in Ukraine.
According to him, neither before nor after Pashinyan’s announcement, any legal process was done with his involvement. Instead, he reminded that lawyers are preparing lawsuits against Pashinyan on two counts: defamation, defamation of good reputation and abuse of authority.
He stressed that he and the team are ready for any scenario and are ready to use any tools, political and legal.
According to him, he expected everything, but it was unexpected that such an accusation would be made against him.
“I personally won’t forgive him for this, because labeling him like that… They can do anything, it’s a political struggle, especially the government that owns these illegal actions is ready for anything. Isn’t this monkeying around? I was presented with a terrible accusation yesterday. Do you agree? What am I doing here today, what press conference and march am I doing?” he said, adding that they will not deviate from the path of struggle, they will do everything to achieve a change of power through elections on June 7.
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