Raphael Minas, the young brothers of the incident at St. Anne’s Church

April 1, 2026

Davit Baghdasaryan writes: “Rafael Minasyan had a unique place in the history of Kapan, who was the first secretary of the Ghapan district committee during the Soviet years.

During his administration, Kapan became not only a republican city, but also a city of union importance. At that time, Kapan became an industrial center.

During the years of Rafael Minasyan’s leadership, a lot has changed in Kapan: the Kapan-Yerevan train started working, the factories of lighting, auto repair, electronics, reinforced concrete structures were put into operation, the music school was opened, the brewery was put into operation, the airport was opened, etc.

During the USSR, Kapan was the unique one among the cities with a population of less than 400,000 that, thanks to Rafael Minasyan, had an organ hall, where it has already become a tradition and every year world-class performers perform.

In short, Rafael Minasyan’s contribution to the construction and flourishing of Kapan city is unforgivable.

And why did I remember Rafael Armenaki Minasyan?

The young brothers of the incident that happened two days ago in St. Anna Church are the worthy heirs of R. Minasyan, the great-grandsons…”

Please make an impartial examination, but I will take care of my child at home, not his health

April 1, 2026

Please give me a chance to take possession of my child before the end of the investigation, Gayane Minasyan, the mother of Davit Minasyan, who is involved in the case of the incident in the presence of Nikol Pashinyan, told reporters in the court yard.

He described the incident as a misunderstanding, noting that his sons attend services every Sunday.

“Please give me the opportunity to take care of my son, my sons attend mass every Sunday. I am asking for an impartial investigation, for me as a mother to have the opportunity to take control of my child’s house under my control until the court conducts its investigation, everything is done according to the law. At least health and life are not endangered. I suspect that my other son has pneumonia too,” said David’s mother.

According to him, his children are a pair of boys, whom he had at the age of 33, and raised them with great difficulty. He made me believe that his boys are educated and brought up.

“Those who know them will say that they are cultured, educated boys, they study at home, at school, and at the church – at mass. My son Davit was beaten and beaten in the church, it was a stampede, he wanted to stand in his place and pray,” he said that his son was pushed, he fell, got up, and his brother helped him.

Today, Gayane Minasyan has not yet managed to see his son Davit.

It should be noted that the decision regarding the arrest of Davit Minasyan will be published shortly.

The 12th grade student was detained for 2 months. I have no words to say. Armen Melk

April 1, 2026

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.

Mnatsakan Martirosyan did not consider anything, nothing. Armen Melkonyan

April 1, 2026

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?’

There is no danger of a new military escalation by Azerbaijan. Benjamin Poghosyan

April 1, 2026


During the discussion about the US-Israeli war against Iran and its impact on the South Caucasus, senior researcher of APRI Armenia Analytical Center, candidate of historical sciences, Beniamin Poghosyan stated that Turkey wants to do everything not to get involved in this war, despite the cases of missile launches by Iran in the direction of its airspace, which, of course, still need to be investigated.

“There is a clear perception in Turkey that this is not Turkey’s war, and everything should be done to avoid direct involvement. And secondly, everything must be done to prevent the partition of Iran, because there are serious concerns in Turkey that in case of any partition of Iran, Turkey will have another Kurdish autonomy in Iran, where the number of Kurds is much larger than in Syria. If we talk about the humanitarian consequences, they are limited enough for now,” he continued, adding that at the moment, the events are not developing in a scenario where the situation will go out of the control of the Iranian authorities, which will lead to a large influx of refugees. flow, which cannot bypass Armenia either.

“There is no flow of refugees, moreover, there is no such information either from Turkey, Iran, or Azerbaijan,” Beniamin Poghosyan said.

Referring to the impact of the war on Armenia-Azerbaijan, Armenia-Turkey relations, according to the political scientist, here we have approximately the same situation as after August 8, 2025, when the Washington Declaration was signed.

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“The risk of a new military escalation on the part of Azerbaijan remains zero. But also, Baku continues to link the signing of the final peace agreement with the amendment of the RA constitution, in particular with the removal of the reference to the Declaration of Independence from the constitution. And the complete regulation of Armenian-Turkish relations, including the complete opening of the border, then Turkey’s position here is the same, it will be only after the final signing and ratification of the Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty,” Poghosyan explained.

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How can the TRIPP project change in the background of the war against Iran? clarification

April 1, 2026

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.

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

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Did you act with a conscience? You are disturbing me. Mnatsakan Martirosyan ran away

April 1, 2026

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 168amhad 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.

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– 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.

“There has never been such a degenerate and immoral situation. Nikol Pashinyan is afraid

April 1, 2026

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.

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“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.