Davit Minasyan, one of the brothers who took part in the incident in the yard of Saint Anna church, was detained for 2 months. Such a decision was made by the court of general jurisdiction of Yerevan, chaired by Mnatsakan Martirosyan.

Yesterday we reported that the Central Committee requested to detain him for 2 months.

“The motion that was submitted to the court was simply defeated by the defense team. A 12th-grader must be in custody, but people charged with a number of particularly serious crimes can be placed under administrative supervision or house arrest. They didn’t take anything into account,” defender Armen Melkonyan told reporters.

The defender mentioned that they will not give up, they will definitely appeal.

“Are we not going to let the child stay there? They pushed him, threw him on the ground, even the video shows that the boy’s jaw hurts. Folks, these accusations have absolutely nothing to do with reality. We are now in a place that will not lead our country well,” said Melkonyan.

The lawyer emphasized that today the court deprived Davit of the right to finish school. According to Melkonyan, two witnesses were questioned in the case, employees of the bodyguard.

18-year-old Davit, who has health problems, will be transferred to “Armavir” prison.

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18-year-old student Davit Minasyan, who participated in the incident with Nikol Pashinyan in Saint Anna Church, was detained for 2 months by the decision of judge Mnatsakan Martirosyan.

In a conversation with journalists, lawyer Armen Melkonyan said that they have not yet received the court’s justifications regarding the detention.

“They find that the 12th grade student should be in custody, but a number of people accused of particularly serious crimes can be under administrative control. The judge did not take anything into account,” said the lawyer, noting that they will definitely appeal the decision.

To the journalist’s question, what does the lawyer think, did the judge or Nikol Pashinyan make the decision, Melkonyan answered.

“I will abstain from political evaluations, let the public evaluate it.”

The lawyer said that today the court deprived Davit of the opportunity to finish school.

“After two months, it will be the last call for everyone, but not for Davit. Whose conscience is this?’

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During the discussion about the US-Israeli war against Iran and its consequences in the South Caucasus, researchers of the “APRI Armenia” analytical center reflected on the impact of this war on the TRIPP project.

Sergey Melkonyan, expert of the center, candidate of historical sciences, internationalist, Israelologist, drew attention to two formats.

“Firstly, the TRIPP project can be delayed because there are many risks, secondly, it will change in some way if we don’t know what the situation will be in Iran. Officials have already said about the delay that the interest from the US is decreasing, therefore, the project may be delayed. As for how the project can be changed, there are several problems here. firstly, what will be the situation in Iran if the current government remains and some kind of agreement is reached with the USA, secondly, if some kind of chaos is created in Iran,” he elaborated, not excluding that there could be an Iran-US agreement and TRIPP could come true, but taking into account Iran’s concerns.

In turn, political scientist Beniamin Poghosyan added that we were not in such a situation that it was already clearly decided that the railway construction will begin on May 1, 2026.

“Armenia and the USA are in a rather complicated legal process,” he stressed.

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Armen Ashotyan writes on his Facebook page that he properly informed his colleagues of the European People’s Party about the disgraceful arrest applied to student Davit Minasyan.

“Let the European capitals know well how Nikol Pashinyan is “preparing” for the EU-Armenia summit in May,” wrote Armen Ashotyan.

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Davit Minasyan did not enter the Armavir Penitentiary, he lost consciousness and was taken to the hospital. lawyer Lusine Martirosyan informs about this on her Facebook page.

He was transferred to “Armavir” medical center.

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18-year-old Davit Minasyan, who was arrested on Sunday in the case of the St. Anna church incident, was detained for two months. The court, chaired by Mnatsakan Martirosyan, satisfied the petition of the investigator.

Hours after the decision 168․amhad the opportunity to ask questions to the judge who visited the bank on his own business during working hours. A short Q&A is below.

– Did you act according to your conscience?

– You are disturbing me now.

– You know, don’t you, that today’s decision was emotionally reacted to by various public circles․ You actually deprived a school-aged boy of his freedom.

– You can’t pursue this order.

– I’m not chasing, I’m just raising questions, the opportunity has arisen…

By the way, footage of how one of Nikol Pashinyan’s bodyguards hit a school-aged boy in the church, who was taken into custody, recently appeared on the Internet.

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18-year-old Davit Minasyan, who was arrested on March 29 after the provocation with the participation of Nikol Pashinyan in Saint Anna Church in Yerevan, was detained for 2 months today. Judge Mnatsakan Martirosyan decided to satisfy the investigator’s request to detain the 18-year-old student for 2 months. The lawyers do not know on what basis the judge made such a decision, because they have not yet received the court’s decision. 18-year-old Davit, who studies in the 12th grade, was transferred to “Armavir” prison, but before entering the penitentiary, Davit lost consciousness and was transferred to the hospital.

Founder of “Njar” constitutional movement, human rights activist Nina Karapetyantsi by definition, unfortunately, there has been no justice system in Armenia at all times, but he assures that there has never been such a depraved and immoral situation.

“For more than a year, he has been provoking situations, playing with people’s religious feelings, humiliating, if you want, killing people and not giving an answer. Then he is surprised when he finds himself in an environment where he is not expected, and an 18-year-old boy has an outburst, expresses his attitude, after which a whole system attacks one 18-year-old boy – this is beyond all moral norms. Let them not tell me that there was an incident that should be given a legal assessment.” 168.amNina Karapetyants said in a conversation with

According to our interlocutor, before making a legal assessment of David’s actions, all those who spread such rumors should first of all demand a legal and political assessment from the justice system, against the person who was the God of hatred and anti-Armenian propaganda, and who carried out manipulations and propaganda on a cosmic scale.

“If they have not condemned the actions of this man for several years, then they have absolutely no right to speak about the morality or legality of David’s actions.

Nikol Pashinyan is afraid of 18-year-olds, according to his ideas, it is these 18-year-olds and a little older people who will come and reject him.

Honestly, I expect a response from young people today, not in the form of violence, but in the form of participating in the elections and rejecting Nikol. This will be the best answer to give him. Nikol Pashinyan will constantly provoke situations, and I must ask, very much, the young people not to give in to provocations, this is very important. They should have a clear idea that Nikol Pashinyan will go after all young people in different ways, he will sacrifice some of them, and then he will declare them as “senseless victims”, Nina Karapetyants stressed.

According to him, Nikol Pashinyan will fill the prisons with some of the young people and declare that they are guilty.

“Nikol Pashinyan, with his security guards, will subject you to violence and say, ‘You are to blame’. There should be only one answer to this: Nikol Pashinyan should be rejected. The hearts that he sends are not addressed to you dear young people, but to those who should have appreciated his work, directed against you.

This is one of the shameful pages of our justice system, Nikol Pashinyan sees a direct threat from the youth, I hope that the youth will express their attitude very concretely and objectively,” emphasized Nina Karapetyants.

Let’s remind that on March 29, when there was a service in Saint Anna Church, Nikol Pashinyan decided to enter the church with his teammates and security guards, and his security guards tried to open the way by pushing the gathered people. At that time, David and his brother Michael were participating in the liturgy in the church and were urged not to push each other. At that time, a stampede started, one of Nikol Pashinyan’s security guards punched David. After the incident, 2 brothers were arrested, at the moment Mikael is free as a suspect, he was released in exchange for a bail of 5 million drams and a signature not to be absent.

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Yesterday, the Government officially announced that today, April 1, Nikol Pashinyan will leave for the Russian Federation on a working visit.

During his visit to Moscow, will Nikol Pashinyan also discuss with the Russian President the issue of “hybrid war against Armenia from the north”, which various representatives of the government have announced on different occasions. Will this issue be on the agenda of both parties?

YSU international relations and diplomacy chair associate professor, international scholar Grigor Balasanyan naturally, the issue of “hybrid war” will be on the discussion agenda.

“Nikol Pashinyan will not ask the president of the Russian Federation why they are waging a hybrid war against Armenia, but will say: what technologies do you have to fight against a hybrid war?”

If you remember, just a few days ago, the RA Foreign Minister said that they should also try to find out from Russia what kind of tools they have to fight against the hybrid war. It’s just not known here who is fighting whom, and it’s not known what they mean by ‘hybrid war’.” 168.amGrigor Balasanyan said in a conversation with

According to him, since the leader of Armenia says one thing, but does another thing, then interprets everything differently, therefore it is difficult to say what answer will be given to those questions.

“I have no doubt that the question will be asked by Nikol Pashinyan: how to fight against the “hybrid war”, Grigor Balasanyan added.

Our interlocutor emphasized that Nikol Pashinyan and his teammates in Armenia do not clarify anything by talking about “hybrid war”, because they leave room for maneuver.

“It is clear to everyone that if it takes money from the EU to fight against the “hybrid war”, then who is the EU’s geopolitical rival in the region? Iran, no, the United States, no? here we are also dealing with a lack of masculinity. If you speak, then call things by their proper names, and if you are not sure that you can give an answer, perhaps you should not destroy the “beehive” and put this issue on the agenda,” said G. Balasanyan.

According to him, the issue of the railway will also be on the agenda, because the Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation said a few days ago that the Russian Federation has no mood and desire to give the concession to anyone.

“Here the question arises, what made the RA leader assume that the Russians agree to cede all that, even to their ally, but in any case, geopolitically and in a certain sense, rival Kazakhstan? Where did Pashinyan get the information that they are ready to cede it to the Kazakhs? As they say, quite a full agenda is expected in Moscow,” emphasized Grigor Balasanyan.

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Russia would like all pro-Russian forces to be able to participate in the Armenian parliamentary elections. This was stated by Vladimir Putin during the meeting with Nikol Pashinyan.

Earlier we informed that the meeting between Pashinyan and Putin started in the Kremlin.

“We always conduct a sincere dialogue with you, and we would like all political forces and politicians to be able to participate in the internal political processes. Some of them are in prison despite having Russian passports. It is your decision, we do not interfere, but in any case, we would like them all to be able to participate in the internal political processes,” Putin said.

He added that regardless of the outcome of the elections in Armenia, Russia is committed to strengthening friendly relations with Armenia.

To remind, Nikol Pashinyan left for Moscow today. The leaders of Armenia and Russia last met in December 2025 in St. Petersburg, within the framework of the informal summit of the Eurasian Economic Council and the CIS.

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