Armenian-Russian relations are going through an unprecedentedly fast and dramatic transformation these days. In the last week, Russia has been warning with statements and has informed in an official letter about the possible further change in the price of energy carriers, problems have arisen in the export of Armenian goods to Russia, a number of products have even been banned, yesterday the EAEU also expressed a unified position on the future of the EAEU of Armenia, and today it became known that RF Ambassador to RA Kopirkin was called to Russia for consultations.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, along with the leaders of other EAEU member states, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, urged official Yerevan to hold a referendum on joining the European Union or remaining in the Eurasian Economic Union as soon as possible. Basically, the EAEU presented an ultimatum to Nikol Pashinyan.

The heads of all EAEU member states, having the same position regarding Armenia’s European integration agenda and EAEU incompatibility, directly informed Armenia that next December, during the next EAEU summit, the issue of Armenia’s membership in the EAEU will be discussed, the Eurasian Intergovernmental Commission will report on the possible consequences of suspending Armenia’s membership. Putin, Lukashenko, Tokaev and Zhaparov claim that Armenia’s European aspirations “contain significant economic security risks” for EAEU member states and suggest holding a referendum. It is noteworthy that, although decisions in the EAEU are made by consensus, there is no legal instrument for expelling an EAEU member, but the EAEU leaders spoke without hesitation about the possibility of suspending the EAEU agreement for Armenia. Moreover, it is also interesting that despite the fact that no leader of the EAEU discussed the issue of Armenia at the public session of the extended EAEU, it was discussed behind closed doors and with a rather harsh vocabulary, presenting the EAEU position to the RA Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan, who was present at the session, making it clear that they will no longer tolerate the policy of Armenia’s EU membership, it must be “either this side or that”.

Nikol Pashinyan, who recently announced that he will not allow Lukashenko to use the EAEU against Armenia, has not yet commented on the EAEU ultimatum. Pashinyan’s occasional references to Lukashenko are very interesting, especially in the context when Russia, not Belarus, is using measures against Armenia at the highest level. It is also obvious that the EAEU joint statement is the initiative of the Russian side, but when talking about the Russian leader, he mentions that he has friendly relations with the Russian president.

While Russia exerts significant pressure on the authorities of Armenia, the Western mass media and various sources are developing the topic of the agenda of the hybrid war waged by Russia against Armenia, writing about Russian spies, interference from the Russian Federation, etc. The Reuters news agency also recently prepared a material about Moscow trying to influence the outcome of the Armenian elections.  According to the agency, several of their sources have informed that the Kremlin is trying to prevent Nikol Pashinyan’s victory in the elections at any cost.

The interest shown by foreign forces in the Armenian electoral processes has gone beyond the scope of traditional manifestations. Major geopolitical actors today use clear institutional tools to advance their policies and interests. Moscow uses direct economic and material levers, from incentives to revise the price of energy carriers to the ban on Armenian products. Political-diplomatic “soft power” is used in the opposite pole.

Today, support for the current government has a European and American level, including US President Donald Trump’s recent direct political support for Nikol Pashinyan. The references of the Western media platforms also fill this background, forming an image of foreign patronage.

However, the most remarkable thing is what political analysts in Russia also draw attention to, why with such public ultimatums and steps Russia is enriching the pre-election theses and agenda of the West itself and Nikol Pashinyan. Any drastic action by the Kremlin in the hands of the current government and especially Pashinyan, considering his style, turns into an argument that a hybrid war is being waged against Armenia. A situation is created where Moscow legitimizes Yerevan’s anti-Russian rhetoric and justifies the policy of going to the Western Pole.

This raises a logical question: why does the Russian side go to pressure right now and on such a scale, which sometimes gives the opposite result? Russian analysts remind Russia’s gas terror in the case of other countries as well and claim that having the experience of a number of countries, Russia should have followed a different path in the case of Armenia.

Direct external shocks do not always push the public to criticize the government, but usually mobilize the public, forcing them to unite around their own government for the sake of sovereignty. Such open and rude steps often create the opposite effect, giving Pashinyan an opportunity to strengthen the speech of the need to protect sovereignty in the elections.

Moreover, it is not excluded that Washington and Moscow, with their opposing tools, will get the same geopolitical result regarding Pashinyan.

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Ukraine was the largest country in Europe, bigger than France, had about 45 million inhabitants, huge resources that today Trump wants back, and was located in the most important part of Eastern Europe.

Ukraine was promised that they would stand by its side and help until the end, Zelensky was declared “Churchill of Ukraine”.

We also have such a person, there is one in every village.

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Armen Ashotyan writes: “On changing the Constitution at the request of the outsiders. The example of North Macedonia.

North Macedonia, which has been negotiating EU membership for more than 20 years, has changed its Constitution at the request of the outsiders.

North Macedonia is one of the best among the countries applying for EU membership in terms of sectoral indicators, but first Greece set a condition for the country called Macedonia that the Constitution and the name of the country must be changed, and in 2018. they changed the Constitution in a referendum and Macedonia was renamed North Macedonia in the hope that this would allow them to quickly become members of both NATO and the EU.

Greece’s demand was met in 2018, but Macedonia was admitted to NATO only because the EU topic was revived again, Greece, considering its demands met, did not make a new demand, but Bulgarian demands came forward.

Bulgaria made a strong demand to North Macedonia to make constitutional changes and to enshrine the constitutional rights of Bulgarians as a national minority in the Constitution.

The Macedonians had promised to do so, but the vote in parliament failed, and now Bulgaria has suspended the EU membership of North Macedonia, technically one of the countries most ready to join the EU.

The other funny thing is that in the case of such problems, the European Union, i.e. official Brussels, has washed its hands of both Greece and Bulgaria and is putting pressure not on Bulgaria or Greece before, but on North Macedonia, forcing it to agree to Bulgaria’s demand, otherwise it cannot become a member of the EU.

This is a very good example of how problems are solved under external pressure, from changing the name of the country to issues related to national minorities.

At the same time, European Commission Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos stated that even if the Bulgarian demand is fulfilled, it will not mean that North Macedonia will become a member of the EU itself.

And this is in the case of North Macedonia, which is not Azerbaijan, is not an aggressor and murderer, is not belligerent and has not committed war crimes.

The example of North Macedonia should be instructive for us, how they force to change the Constitution of the country under external pressure and even in that case they do not guarantee anything, even in the case of the civilized European Union, let alone in the case of Azerbaijan.

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During his visits to the occupied territories of Artsakh, Azerbaijani President Aliyev considers it necessary to go back to the years of the first Karabakh war to show that at that time their defeat also had internal political reasons, which, in fact, can be projected onto the current authorities of the Republic of Armenia in the context of the 44-day war of 2020, especially in the detail that Aliyev presented on May 10 in the occupied city of Kovsakan (Zangelan) at the meeting with resettled families.

On May 28, Aliyev visited the Shushi region, and this topic was not bypassed either. He at the meeting with the settlers noted that they gained independence in 1991, but the government of Azerbaijan at that time could not preserve the territorial integrity of the country.

«The aspirants for power actually handed over Shushi, Lachin to Armenia, there was a struggle for power. The then leadership wanted to retain power. The People’s Front of Azerbaijan-“Musavat” tandem sought to have power at any cost. You also remember the period that followed: civil war, loss of land,” Aliyev said, adding that after the liberation of Shushi by the Armenian side, Lachin region was also liberated, after which “geographic connection between Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh was established.”

In this context, of course, the leader of Azerbaijan once again reminded about the difficult terrain of Kashatagh (Lachin), Karvachar (Kelbajar), Varanda (Fizuli), Jrakan (Jebrail) and that the Armenian side had “created 7 defense zones, placed mines”.

“We broke through those defense lines and forced Armenia to sign a capitulation act in 44 days,” Aliyev emphasized.

This time, of course, the president of Azerbaijan probably did not consider it appropriate to mention that it was difficult to take Aghdam, Lachin, Kelbajar by force during the 44-day period, so they did it politically. Moreover, he even on one occasion admitted that one of the main reasons for stopping the 44-day war was to avoid large casualties, because if the 44-day war was extended, the regions of Kelbajar, Karvachar and Lachin, Kashatagh would be very difficult in winter weather conditions. captureespecially Karvacharin.

However, in the context of the 44-day war, the dictator of Baku emphasized once again that they have accumulated strength for 30 years, gathered power, both in the economic, military and international dimensions.

“We came when we were ready, and we came in such a way that our glorious victory resonated all over the world. Azerbaijan’s sovereignty and territorial integrity have been completely restored. The achieved peace was confirmed on our terms,” ​​Aliyev stated.

168.amthe wrote that Aliyev has consistently prepared for the 2020 war, and the operation plans have changed in the process. It should be added that even the military leadership of Turkey, which directly participated in the 44-day protest, admitted that they started the war, and they also received information from the Azerbaijani military that the decision to start the war was made by them. was held at the most convenient time. And, perhaps, in terms of creating a suitable opportunity for Azerbaijan, yesterday the second president of the Republic of Armenia blamed Armenia for the start of the 44-day war. Of course, maybe it is necessary, in any case, to be tactful in such matters, but it is definitely not the acting government that should be in the role of a critic in this case, when Nikol Pashinyan constantly declares the Armenian side as an “occupier” in his statements and “conveys” against the RA armed forces.

“And from now on, no one can force us to leave here, our strength, our opportunities are growing day by day. We have influence in the region,” Aliyev emphasized.

The Azerbaijani propaganda machine is already opening “parentheses” here. In particular, minval.az in its editorial wrote. 

“For Baku, the issue of the security of Karabakh is no less important than the economic recovery of the region, because the main priority is to ensure the normal and safe life of people returning to the liberated territories. That is why a modern security system is also being formed along with the creation of civil infrastructures. And the next attempts to test the strength of the region or question the established realities, by whoever, will be strictly stopped.”

Back at the beginning of this year we reported that Aliyev decided to open a military special operations center in occupied Martakert, and on January 14 with the participation of the President of Azerbaijan the foundation stone of the operations center was laid, which was attended by Minister of Defense of Azerbaijan Zakir Hasanov.

The goal of the center is to ensure the training of special purpose units in locations with different reliefs and weather conditions. In addition to this, the center plans to conduct courses and exercises within the framework of international military cooperation.

Trainings and military exercises with a large number of personnel will also be held in the spacious area belonging to the center to be built. Here will be created a military training ground for fire training from rifles and large-caliber weapons, suitable areas for the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, attack drones, various special operations, etc.

It is also in the context of securing the occupied Artsakh that Aliyev is trying to rush infrastructure in the villages to create conditions close to the city, as many of the settlers are sent from Baku, where they have lived for the past 30 years, and many return there shortly after. According to the official data of this moment, Aliyev managed to settle about 8 dozen people in the occupied territories, although at the time were talking about 1 million refugees.

In other words, no matter how much Aliyev says in his political statements that no one will dare to remove them from Karabakh, that peace is established with Armenia, and war declarations are not made from our country, the President of Azerbaijan attaches importance to ensuring the military and global security of Artsakh. And the ongoing strengthening of the army also has other reasons, perhaps.

«Wars are going on around us, both in the north and in the south and in other places. No one knows whether these wars will end. No one knows how they will end. Who is the winner of these wars? This is also difficult to say, everyone says, “I am the winner.” Aliyev noticed the meeting with the settlers in Shushi region.

By the way, on May 28, the day of Azerbaijan’s independence, Aliyev visited the memorial dedicated to the victory of Azerbaijan in the 44-day war, which, in fact, is a message that the country’s independence and sovereignty are also strengthened with the strengthening of the country’s security geographically.

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The main responsible for the wording of this campaign is, of course, the government. In many matters, he shows a lack of respect for his own community. This speaks of the complete lack of political culture among the ruling power. All this is also learned by the school-age youth, who does not even have the right to vote. There is a change in public consciousness in these five years, people should understand that entering the same water again or making the same mistake will be fatal. 168TVof « expressed such an opinion during the program “Look” Karen Bekaryan, chairman of the board of the analytical center.

“The government is doing everything to prevent the post-war shock from being overcome. Was it by chance that he again switched to the well-known phrases: plunder, former-present, Artsakh-Armenians? When he returns to these agendas of his, it more than shows that nothing else could have been created. Pashinyan’s nervous condition and various hysterical manifestations prove that he has a feeling that the ground is slipping from under his feet. But he has a feeling from some international actors that everything will be forgiven him, moreover, he will be encouraged,” the analyst said.

“We are witnessing the psychological terrorism of our own society. If I am not elected, there will be a war. what is this Manifestations of public terrorism are threats against various opposition figures from morning to night. Insulting and intimidating a person in the political process, even if he has no supporters, speaks of the lack of political culture. What was the May 28 parade for? Military parades in Armenia have always been associated with our national independence day, September 21. It’s clear, isn’t it, that the goal is different,” said Bekaryan.

According to the former deputy of the National Assembly, they are making a parade in the event that they continue to fulfill all the whims of Aliyev and Erdogan like an excellent student, and this agenda does not run out, the more you do, the more it comes.

“Under this government, the wheel of defeat cannot stop in any way, so much so that you say that if I am not elected, there will be a war. Don’t you understand that you are putting your signature under him that you have destroyed this country? If you are lying, this is another matter, and if there is any objective grain in what you said, this is a self-confessed testimony about the destruction of your own homeland. What have you brought the country to, that it depends only on the whim of some person, whoever he wants to be?

“In this situation, when we have prisoners in Baku, armed presence of the enemy in our sovereign territory, we are not able to solve the problem of ensuring our territorial integrity, go on a military parade? What happened after that military parade? Have all those military equipment and military personnel returned to their permanent locations, or is there another purpose in deploying them in the city,” said Karen Bekaryan.

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The new-found star of the KP campaign, the Minister of Health with a knack for dancing, Anahit Avanesyan from the KP, who was recently awarded the 1st degree medal “For services to the Motherland” for “significant services rendered in the development of healthcare, long-term fruitful activity and dedication”, closed the year 2025 with an annual income of 38 million 245,752 drams.

About the last one 168․amis informed about the statement submitted by Anahit Avanesyan to the Corruption Prevention Commission.

In this declaration summarizing property, income, expenses and interests for the year 2025, the Minister of State of Ukraine mentioned about jointly owned properties in Yerevan and Ghazaravan: an apartment and a country house, which were bought in 2004 and 2015, as well as a “Ford” car bought in 2015.

From the share securities and other investments table of the declaration, we learn that Avanesyan received a share from his father and mother in 2011, the value of which was stated to be 1 million drams.

The balances of the official’s bank accounts at the beginning of the year: 2,576 dollars, 67,000 drams and 14.26 euros amounted to 6.28 dollars, 6,975,296 drams and 0 euros at the end of the year.

His reporting year’s income of 38,245,752 drams was generated from the salary of 26 million 362,659 drams received from the “MINISTRY OF HEALTH OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA” and from other payments equal to it, and also from the dividend received from “ABOVYAN 39” in the amount of 11 million 883,093 drams.

In which trade organizations are the minister and her husband represented?

“ABOVYAN 39” LLC: Declarant/family member: Anahit Avanesyan Torgomi (Minister of Health of RA), participation amount: 50%, acquisition date: 21/11/2011,

“IBARI” LLC: Declarant/family member: Yuri Stepan Avanesyan, husband of Anahit Avanesyan, participation amount: 50%, acquisition date: 29/11/2017,

“HELTIKA” LLC: Declarant/family member: Yuri Stepan Avanesyan, participation amount: 19%, acquisition date: 27/03/2009,

“HOBBY HOUSE” LTD. Declarant/family member: Yuri Stepan Avanesyan, participation amount: 100%, acquisition date: 27/11/2009.

Since 2018, Anahit Avanesyan has entrusted the fiduciary management of her share in the commercial organization to her sister, Shushan Vardanyan. the date of validity of the contract is December 2026.

Anahit Avanesyan’s husband, Stepan Avanesyan, has not yet submitted the 2025 declaration. in any case 168․amhad occasion to write that the “Ibari” LLC related to the minister’s husband belongs to the government որոշմամբ՝ In 2022, for example, it was exempted from customs duty. the privilege was valued at 53.4 million drams.

And Anahit Avanesyan? family related other in publications we also mentioned, “Arpharmacyan” related to Anahit Avanesyan’s family and another intermediate company continue to be a favorite supplier in state purchases.

Since 1997, 31% of the share of “Arfarmatsia” CJSC has belonged to Anahit Avanesyan’s mother, Margush Vardanyan, the other 29.7%, since 2015, to the well-known businessman Vache Manukyan, and “Pharmatek” CJSC, which is managed by Vahan Arushanyan, is mentioned as an intermediate company. It is interesting that “Pharmatek” CJSC also actively participates in public procurement. The business couple Vardanyan and Manukyan also owns “Arfarmatsia” pharmacy-LLC with the same shares and participation.

By the way, the activity of both “Arfarmatsia” and “Pharmatech” CJSCs in state procurement is more remarkable since 2018-2019. their main clients were the BCs of Gavar, Goris, Kapan, Artik, Gugark, Vanadzor, Vardenis and other regions, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Defense and other ministries, the Medical University, other health centers, etc.