June: 11, 2026
The election of the National Assembly was already predetermined before the voting day, June 7. These elections are not legitimate, and their results are not credible. About this 168 TVof Revue he said on the air of the program International scholar Menua Soghomonyan, member of “HayaVote” uniontheevaluating the results of the National Assembly elections.
“The expectation was that the opposition will obviously win, but as a result of very large state intervention, the use of all resources of the state by the political authorities, creation of extremely unequal conditions, implementation of selective justice, etc., the victory of the opposition did not happen formally. However, it should also be noted that the authorities did not win,” said Menua Soghomonyan.
On June 7, the guest of “Review” as part of “HayaVote” carried out an observation mission in various regional polling stations and presented the open election violations committed by the authorities both on the voting day and during the pre-election period.
Menua Soghomonyan emphasizes that it is necessary to get out of the framework of stereotypes formed for decades about election fraud, that election fraud is only stuffing ballot boxes. According to him, the authorities are now using more modern and skillful technologies to falsify the elections and predict their outcome.
According to Menua Soghomonyan, the election battle between the ruling CP party and the opposition forces took place in extremely unequal conditions. According to Soghomonyan, the public sentiments and the voter’s decision were significantly affected by the full use of state and administrative resources by the main opposition forces, the political authorities, the implementation of electoral justice against the opposition, bribery in the form of various programs and pensions, foreign interference in the electoral process of Armenia and the intimidation of the public by the current head of the political power, Nikol Pashinyan, and the fear of war.
“Nikol Pashinyan announced that he was “closing” the issue of Artsakh with these elections. Most of the participants in the election actually said “no” to closing the Artsakh issue. Nikol Pashinyan could not secure the majority of voters in his favor, even through great interference, intimidation, cheating, bribery, etc. No, the elections are not legitimate, that is, these results that have been recorded cannot be legitimate. I would not say that what is happening now is less delegitimizing election violations than what happened tens of years ago. The election was already predetermined before the voting day. “If it were not for this terror, we would have had a change of power,” commented Menua Soghomonyan.
Referring to the criminal cases initiated against the representatives of the opposition forces, wiretapping, selective justice, Menua Soghomonyan emphasizes that during all this time, we did not hear that the Investigative Committee or the Anti-Corruption Committee had even once wiretapped any village head, community head or administrative and economic coordinators of schools working for KP.
“What is it, village heads and administrative-economic coordinators or community heads, we are talking about CP members, or community hall workers, utility heads, various civil servants, are they all widespread saints and law-abiding people?” I have seen with my own eyes how they bring teachers and employees of the municipality to the rally that I pass by, they hold their heads in shame. “How did it happen that no Investigative Committee did any such eavesdropping and did not record any such facts about the illegal actions of the government representatives,” Soghomonyan added.
Let us remind that according to the preliminary results of the National Assembly election, 1 million 477 thousand 736 voters participated in the June 7 voting. According to the preliminary results summarized by the Central Electoral Commission, CP received 49.8 percent of the total votes, “Strong Armenia” bloc – 23.281 percent, and “Armenia” bloc – 9.934 percent. As a result of the recounting of votes, the PAP can also overcome the 4 percent electoral threshold set for the parties.
Full interview in the video.
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168: This will lead to a very bad place… Russia, the EU and the US are comfortable to have
June: 11, 2026
“Pressing” in the program Satik Seyranyan the guest is Doctor of International Law from Paris-Panthéon-Assas University, lawyer, former Secretary General of the International Federation of Human Rights, French-Armenian Raffi-Philippe Kalfayan.
to remind 2026 In March, the International Monitor for Democracy in Armenia (IODA), an international, non-partisan organization, announced the launch of its first fact-finding mission to assess democratic conditions in the Republic of Armenia’s 2026 elections. ahead of the parliamentary elections scheduled for June 7.
2026 on March 7-12, the delegation held its consultations in Armenia with actors representing a wide range of political and civil society.
The organization’s executive board members include Kenneth Roth, former executive director of Human Rights Watch, internationally renowned human rights lawyer Dr. Raffi-Philippe Kalfayan, Sarah Lee Whitson, Diana Kearney, William Burdon, Jose Aranaz, Mark Jones, and former Canadian Member of Parliament Brian May.
Recently, on June 5, the report of the International Observatory of Democracy in Armenia (IODA) was published.
The main points of the interview with Raffi-Philippe Kalfayan are below.
- The final report of the International Observatory for Democracy in Armenia (IODA) was published on June 5. We confirmed what we previously wrote: external influence on the National Assembly elections in Armenia from various sides, both from the West and from Russia. Moreover, they helped Nikol Pashinyan more. The West openly supported him, and the talk of the Putin-Pashinyan meeting helped Pashinyan even more.
- In the electoral process, the government misused administrative resources.
- Unfortunately, the judicial system in Armenia is not independent. This had a great impact during the elections. Criminal proceedings were initiated only against opposition figures, but when a supporter of the government, a representative of the government, did the same thing, no case was filed against them. This is also documented in our report:
- We met with three state bodies: the Investigative Committee and the Anti-Corruption Committee and the Corruption Prevention Committee. Unfortunately, the ruling party, “Civil Pact” (CP), did not want to meet with us, and the Constitutional Court and the Human Rights Defender also avoided meeting with us.:
- CP’s goal was not just to win the elections, but to have a constitutional majority, and today’s precinct recount is very important in that sense. If the authorities can prevent PAP from entering the Parliament, they will get a 3/5 majority, but not a constitutional majority. This is what the fight is for. If the last case against Gagik Tsarukyan is from 2019, then why did they activate it now?
- According to the law of the Republic of Armenia, the immunity of a deputy candidate can be overcome only with the consent of the Central Electoral Commission. This did not happen in the case of Gagik Tsarukyan.
- Of course, fair elections were not held, but in the case of today’s realities, the West will accept its results. such an election process was unacceptable for our observation mission:
- In today’s Europe, there is nothing surprising anymore… It’s funny, but in the last French presidential elections, Macron was elected with 20% of the people’s votes. unfortunately, this is the system of “democracy” today. In the case of Nikol Pashinyan, in fact, he managed to convince a little more than 49% of the people that there will be peace and everything will be fine…
- Unfortunately, the opposition did not adopt the right tactics. First, small parties should not have participated in the elections, so that votes would not be wasted… The political process has failed, it has become a battle of egos. But under these conditions, even the opposition can obstruct the changes to the Constitution. Worst of all, the tensions within the country will continue while we face serious challenges. Society is divided within the country, the Diaspora is divided, and this is when we have to deal with the most serious security problems we face…
- Nikol Pashinyan wrote in his program that he will depose Garegin Vehapari, announced that Robert Kocharian should be imprisoned, Samvel Karapetyan, Gagik Tsarukyan will be imprisoned… This will lead to a very bad place.
- Azerbaijan will not give up its demands, the TRIPP program has become just a piece of paper, we are under Russian sanctions, the state has very large debts, and no one cares about this.…
- The 2 members of the observation mission of the Council of Europe did not even comment on the violations. they talked only about external influence from Russia.
By the way, the OSCE observers presented the preliminary report on the Armenian parliamentary elections, in which the observers noted a number of factors that, in their estimation, affected the equal conditions of the pre-election campaign. These include reports of external pressures, including trade restrictions and security threats, which are said to have influenced voter preferences.
The report was prepared with the participation of the OSCE mission, including representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly, ODIHR and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).
The report states that the pre-election campaign was extremely confrontational and was accompanied by accusations of bribery and other violations. These factors led to the initiation of a number of criminal cases against opposition candidates and activists, which, according to observers, affected their participation in the campaign. It also mentions pressure on public sector workers to participate in ruling party events, as well as the impact of recently introduced socio-economic measures, which have raised questions about equality of opportunity for election participants.
The special coordinator of the OSCE short-term mission, Farah Karimi, stated that the concentration of criminal prosecutions against the representatives of the opposition strengthened the perception of the electoral process as electoral justice.
- It is more convenient for Russia, the European Union and the United States to have a leader like Nikol Pashinyan in Armenia, who is weak, not national, and it is easy to get their demands from him.:
- No one from the European Union has sent an invitation to Armenia to join the EU. However, the Armenian government openly declares that we should use both blocs: both the EU and the EAEU. But it is impossible, and in this sense one can understand the Russian president who tells the Armenian authorities that the decision must be made now. I am also sure that until Turkey becomes a member of the EU, Armenia will not have that opportunity. So, talks about entering the EU are empty, empty words:
- What will the apricot business change for Armenia? How big is the effect of that… Are we talking tens of millions of dollars? This is not serious. Or we say we will take the flower to Holland. what will the price of that flower be? Let’s not forget that we have no direct borders with the EU.
- Clearly, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio came to support Pashinyan. The agreement, which was initialed and then signed, is the third agreement between the Armenian and American parties (first in August, then in January). The signed agreement reminds again under what conditions the TRIPP project can be implemented, and none of them have been met so far, and the project is still up in the air. Iran does not participate in it, Russia does not, who is left: Azerbaijan and Turkey?
- If TRIPP is to operate under American law, what other sovereignty are we talking about?
- The TRIPP agreement cannot be superior to the Constitution of Armenia, if it is not yet an international agreement, and it can become such only if the CP had a 2/3 constitutional majority, which it does not have. Therefore, TRIPP cannot be transformed into an international treaty. This was the reason why there were no smiles on the faces of Nikol Pashinyan and CP members on the election night:
- The document signed during Rubio’s visit contains several very dangerous points for Armenia.
Details in the video.
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RFE/RL – Russia Widens Bans On Armenian Food Imports
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Russia banned more food imports from Armenia on Thursday as the Armenian government offered greater financial aid to domestic farmers, agribusiness firms and beverage producers that will find new exports markets.
Citing sanitary grounds, Russian authorities blocked multimillion-dollar imports of Armenian fresh fruits and vegetables, mineral water, flowers, fish and some alcoholic beverages in the run-up to Armenia’s June 7 parliamentary elections. The state agricultural watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor said the embargo has been extended to all other products subject to quarantine controls. It claimed to have detected dangerous pests in walnuts and dried peaches and tomatoes imported from the South Caucasus country.
“The ineffectiveness of the Armenian plant protection and quarantine service threatens the phytosanitary well-being of Russia and the EEU (Eurasian Economic Union),” it charged in a statement.
The statement came just hours after Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s government approved subsidies for more Armenian products exported to countries other than Russia. They now include apricots, cherries, plums, brandy, wine and mineral water.
The government said the decision will “somewhat alleviate” the impact of the Russian bans and help to diversify Armenia’s export markets. It offered on June 4 similar subsidies for exports of other fruits and vegetables as well as cut flowers.
The chief executive of Fresh Line, an Armenian company that has for years exported mulberries and other fruits to Russia, said it will make use of the scheme to sell them in the European Union and Ukraine. But Makar Petrosian, whose MAP company continues to export its brandy to Russia, reacted more cautiously.
“If the cognac subsidy is in place for one, two or six months, you won’t be able to find new markets,” Petrosian told RFE/RL’s Armenian Service. “You can only consolidate your presence in your existing [non-Russian] markets.”
The EU condemned the Russian embargo last week, saying that Moscow is “weaponizing economic relations for political pressure” on Armenia. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen also announced 50 million euros ($58 million) in urgent economic assistance to Yerevan and said the EU will open its market to “some Armenian products, in particular agri-food.”
Armenian agricultural exports to Russia have also grown rapidly over the past 10-15 years. According to Russian officials, they totaled over $700 million last year. Armenia’s overall exports to Russia reached almost $3 billion, compared with $667 million worth of goods exported to EU member states.
Speaking after Thursday’s cabinet meeting in Yerevan, Pashinian again pledged to get the Russians to lift the bans.
“With Russia, we will have a brotherly, friendly and patient discussion without engaging in disputes … and will settle all issues that need to be settled,” he told reporters.
Pashinian made similar statements during the election campaign. Some of his political allies claimed that Russia will swiftly lift the sanctions if Pashinian’s Civil Contract party wins Sunday’s elections.
However, Moscow has shown no signs of easing the economic pressure on Yerevan since the official election results gave victory to the ruling party. Senior Russian officials have said that the vote was marred by numerous irregularities. President Vladimir Putin has pointedly declined to congratulate Pashinian so far.
Trump Hails Pashinian’s Election Win
U.S. President Donald Trump has congratulated Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on his “decisive victory” in Armenia’s June 7 parliamentary elections.
“I was very proud to have Endorsed him for Re-Election, and have no doubt that, with him as the Leader of the beautiful Country of Armenia, it will attain levels of Greatness and Success beyond everyone’s wildest expectations!” Trump wrote late on Wednesday in a post on his Truth Social platform.
Trump made the endorsement on May 28, citing Pashinian’s commitment to opening a U.S.-run transit corridor for Azerbaijan along Armenia’s border with Iran. A few days later, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan signed a bilateral framework agreement on practical modalities of what will be called the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity (TRIPP).
Following his election victory rejected by his political opponents as fraudulent, Pashinian said that the implementation of the TRIPP project will be one of his top policy priorities. The three main opposition groups that challenged Pashinian’s Civil Contract in the polls say that the TRIPP could endanger Armenia’s vital border with Iran.
Amid its continuing conflict with the United States and Israel, Iran likewise reaffirmed late last month its opposition to the transit arrangement which it fears could lead to U.S. security presence along the Armenian-Iranian border.
Pashinian’s reelection has also been hailed by the European Union. By contrast, Russia has questioned its legitimacy, underscoring Russian-Armenian tensions that rose further in the run-up to the Armenian elections.
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Turkey’s Erdogan Also Congratulates Pashinian
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sent on Thursday a congratulatory message to Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian in connection with his victory in the June 7 Armenian parliamentary elections.
“I am fully confident that your strategic vision of establishing lasting peace and stability in the region and ensuring the necessary cooperation in that direction will be successfully completed,” read the message cited by Pashinian’s office.
The Turkish Foreign Ministry praised the elections on Monday. It expressed hope that Armenia’s leadership will take “bolder steps towards peace and normalization in the region” after securing reelection.
Pashinian phoned Erdogan four days before the vote. According to a Turkish readout of the call, the two leaders discussed efforts to normalize Turkish-Armenian relations and “regional matters.”
Turkey continues to make the opening of its border with Armenia conditional on an Armenian-Azerbaijani peace deal acceptable to Azerbaijan. That means accepting Baku’s demands for a change of Armenia’s constitution and the opening of a land corridor that would connect Azerbaijan to its Nakhichevan exclave and Turkey.
Throughout the election campaign, Armenian opposition groups said that Pashinian will make such concessions if he and his Civil Contract party win another term in office. They rejected as fraudulent the official vote results that gave victory to the ruling party.
Contrary to reports in the Turkish press, Ankara refrained from implementing ahead of the elections a 2022 agreement to open the border for Armenian and Turkish diplomatic passport holders as well as citizens of third countries. It took instead other, largely symbolic steps. Those include the lifting of a longtime Turkish ban on imports from Armenia and permission of Turkish-Armenian cargo shipments through Georgia’s rail link with Turkey. Pashinian touted these moves during his election campaign.
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RFE/RL – Karapetian’s Bloc Also Rejects Official Election Results
Billionaire Samvel Karapetian’s Strong Armenia alliance, the runner-up in Sunday’s parliamentary elections, demanded on Thursday the scrapping of their official results that gave victory to the ruling Civil Contract party.
Karapetian’s nephew and right-hand man Narek, who topped the list of the bloc’s candidates, joined other opposition leaders in alleging widespread electoral fraud.
According to the preliminary results released by the Central Election Commission (CEC), Civil Contract won the elections with 49.8 percent of the vote. Strong Armenia came in a distant second with 23.3 percent, followed by former President Robert Kocharian’s Hayastan alliance (almost 10 percent) and businessman Gagik Tsarukian’s Prosperous Armenia Party (just under 4 percent).
The three opposition groups cried foul after Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian claimed a “historic victory” early on Monday when less than one-fifth of the ballots cast were counted by election officials. Pashinian and his political allies deny that his statement predetermined the vote results.
Narek Karapetian said that Strong Armenia will formally petition the CEC on Friday to “annul the election results and reconsider the ruling party’s votes.” He said that the bloc will appeal to the Constitutional Court if the CEC rejects the demand.
Hayastan announced on Tuesday plans to challenge the CEC figures in the court. It claimed that they were seriously affected by “widespread government pressure, arrests of oppositionists, unprecedented use of administrative resources, and electoral violations.”
Pashinian again rejected the vote-rigging claims on Thursday. He alleged that the three opposition forces themselves bought all of their votes.
“Civil Contract got 100 percent organic votes, while the other forces received 100 percent bribed votes,” he told reporters. “Nobody voted for them without money.”
According to the CEC tally, Strong Armenia, Hayastan and the BHK garnered a total of about 544,000 votes, compared with the ruling party’s almost 728,000 votes.
Hundreds of their members and supporters were arrested during the election campaign and even on election day on vote-buying charges rejected by the opposition trio. Its leaders say that the crackdown also influenced the vote results.
Strong Armenia and Hayastan are planning to legally challenge the results as they are urged by some of their supporters not to take up their seats in the new Armenian parliament and thus undermine its legitimacy. Their leaders are clearly leaning against that option. Some of them have argued that Pashinian’s party fell short of a two-thirds majority in the National Assembly necessary for enacting a new constitution demanded by Azerbaijan.
Kocharian’s and Karapetian’s blocs also hope that the BHK will clear the 4 percent legal threshold for entering the parliament. In that case, Civil Contract will also lack a 60 percent majority needed for enacting some key laws and installing senior law-enforcement officials and judges handpicked by Pashinian.
According to the CEC, the BHK got 3.996 percent of the vote. The opposition party led by businessman Gagik Tsarukian has suggested that the electoral body headed by a longtime collaborator of Pashinian resorted to “trickery” to steal its parliament seats.
The BHK and several other opposition contenders initiated on Tuesday vote recounts in many precincts across the country. The CEC is due to release the final election results on Sunday.
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IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva congratulates Pashinyan on election victory
Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund Kristalina Georgieva has congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his electoral victory.
“Dear Prime Minister Pashinyan, I would like to warmly congratulate you on your victory in the parliamentary elections in Armenia.
This renewed mandate reflects the trust of the people of Armenia in your leadership. In a period of global uncertainty and regional challenges, Armenia’s continued commitment to dialogue, stability, and peaceful relations is of particular importance both for Armenia and for the wider region.
I would like to assure you of the International Monetary Fund’s continued commitment to close and long-term cooperation with the Armenian authorities. Your leadership provides a valuable opportunity to advance policy reforms that will enhance resilience, strengthen macroeconomic stability, promote inclusive and sustainable growth, and improve the well-being of the Armenian people.
We look forward to continuing our close partnership with your government,” the Prime Minister’s Office quoted the IMF chief as saying in a letter.
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Bart De Wever congratulates Nikol Pashinyan on election victory
Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Belgium Bart De Wever has sent a congratulatory message to Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan following the victory of the Civil Contract Party in the parliamentary elections.
According to a statement released by the Office of the Prime Minister of Armenia, the message reads:
“Dear Prime Minister,
On behalf of the Government of Belgium, I would like to warmly congratulate you on your victory in the parliamentary elections of June 7 and on the renewed confidence placed in you by the Armenian people.
These elections once again demonstrated the Armenian people’s commitment to democratic values and institutions. I would also like to commend the citizens of Armenia for their broad participation in democratic processes and for their belief in the future of their country.
Their choice reaffirms Armenia’s democratic path at a time when democracy, stability and respect for the rule of law are more important than ever.
I was particularly pleased to meet with you in May on the sidelines of the European Political Community Summit. Our discussion provided an excellent opportunity to reaffirm the friendship between Belgium and Armenia and our shared commitment to peace, stability and prosperity.
I also fondly recall our joint opening of the Belgian Embassy in Yerevan. This was an important milestone reflecting the deepening of our bilateral relations and Belgium’s long-term commitment to Armenia.
I look forward to continuing our cooperation in the years ahead, particularly in support of lasting peace and stability in the South Caucasus.
Belgium remains committed to strengthening its partnership with Armenia and deepening our cooperation across various fields, including political dialogue, economic cooperation, innovation, education and people-to-people exchanges.”
According to the preliminary results of Armenia’s June 7 parliamentary elections, three political forces are set to enter parliament: the Civil Contract Party, the Strong Armenia Alliance and the Armenia Alliance.
Preliminary data show that the Civil Contract Party received 727,827 votes, or 49.825 percent. With this result, the party is expected to secure a parliamentary majority and form the government.
The Strong Armenia Alliance received 340,088 votes, or 23.281 percent, while the Armenia Alliance won 145,113 votes, or 9.934 percent.
The Prosperous Armenia Party came very close to the electoral threshold of 4 percent. According to the preliminary results, the party received 3.996 percent of the vote, falling short of entering parliament by 0.004 percentage points.
Prosperous Armenia earlier announced that it would apply to the Central Electoral Commission for recounts at a number of polling stations.
Vote recounts are currently under way, while the final election results are scheduled to be announced on June 14.
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U.S. lawmakers advance bipartisan measure demanding Azerbaijan release all Arm
U.S. lawmakers have introduced a bipartisan House Foreign Affairs Committee action advancing an amendment to the House Foreign Service Act (H.R. 9086) that calls on Azerbaijan to immediately and unconditionally release all Armenian prisoners of war and political prisoners, the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) reported.
The amendment, led by Congressional Armenian Caucus Vice-Chair Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA), cleared the committee markup with the support of House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast (R-FL) and is now expected to proceed to a full committee roll call vote.
The amendment, as adopted, declares it is the sense of Congress that Azerbaijan should immediately and unconditionally release all Armenian prisoners of war and political prisoners. Rep. Sherman urged the committee to act, citing documented abuses in Azerbaijani captivity and verified battlefield executions of Armenian POWs — including several captured on video and reviewed by Human Rights Watch. “Given documented executions of Armenian POWs by Azerbaijani forces, including several executions which were horrifically recorded and distributed on social media, as documented by Human Rights Watch, it is vital that the United States clearly advocate for the immediate and unconditional release of all Armenian POWs,” Sherman told the committee.
Rep. Sherman also framed the release of hostages as directly aligned with President Trump’s South Caucasus peace efforts. “As President Trump continues his efforts to secure lasting peace in the South Caucasus, securing the release of Armenian POWs and political prisoners would be a significant step toward this achievement,” he said.
The amendment originally directed the United States to employ all diplomatic, economic, and legal tools — including full enforcement of Section 907 of the Freedom Support Act — to secure the release of Armenian hostages. Chairman Mast expressed support for the prisoner release language but opposed the Section 907 enforcement provision, prompting Sherman to modify the amendment by unanimous consent to strike that paragraph and secure Mast’s backing. “I would love to work with you further on this amendment and possibly dividing it up and working on this in additional ways,” Mast told Sherman during the markup. Sherman agreed to the modification, and Mast thereafter offered his support. “Representative Sherman, I offer my support for this amendment,” Mast stated. “Thank you for working with me so immediately to adjust the text of the amendment.”
The amendment will next come before the full House Foreign Affairs Committee for a recorded roll call vote, after which, if adopted, the measure will advance to the full House. Sherman cited growing international momentum behind the measure, including a European Parliament resolution adopted in April condemning Azerbaijan’s detention of Armenian prisoners of war. “This amendment reflects growing international consensus on releasing Armenian POWs,” Rep. Sherman said.
Azerbaijan continues to unlawfully hold 19 Armenian POWs, including former leaders of Karabakh. They have been wrongfully convicted on war-crimes charges that they deny, in proceedings widely viewed as sham trials and an act of political persecution.
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Russian ambassador returns to Armenia after consultations in Moscow
Russia’s Ambassador to Armenia, Sergey Kopyrkin, has returned to his post following a brief recall to Moscow for consultations, Russian state media reported, citing the Foreign Ministry.
“Following consultations, Ambassador Kopyrkin has returned to Yerevan and resumed his duties. He will host a reception on the occasion of Russia Day,” TASS cited the ministry as saying.
Russia recalled Kopyrkin to Moscow on May 30 for consultations over Armenia’s moves toward EU integration, which Moscow says could undermine cooperation within the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU).
Armenia’s leadership has repeatedly rejected Moscow’s concerns regarding its ties with the EU, saying that closer relations with the bloc do not, for now, contradict the country’s EAEU membership.
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