A Chechen woman who was found dead in Armenia last year in what activists describe as a likely “honor killing” has been laid to rest in Yerevan five months after her death, Armenian authorities said.
Aishat Baymuradova, 23, was buried in the Armenian capital with state funding after her funeral was organized by a local nongovernmental organization, according to Armenia’s Investigative Committee. Her body had remained in Yerevan for months after no relatives came to collect it, despite repeated notifications sent to the Russian Federation. Baymuradova is survived by a young son, who reportedly remains with his father in Chechnya.
Baymuradova was found dead in a rented apartment on October 20, three days after she was reported missing. Human rights activists say the woman, who had fled the Russian Federation’s Chechen Republic to Armenia about a year earlier to escape domestic violence, was likely strangled.
Activists have described the killing as a suspected transnational “honor crime” and have pointed to possible involvement by individuals linked to Chechen security structures.
In the months following the killing, activists criticized Armenian law enforcement bodies for what they described as delays in the investigation and a failure to prevent suspects from leaving the country.
About four months after the incident, Armenian authorities identified two Russian citizens, Karina Iminova and Said-Hamzat Baysarov, as suspects in the murder and placed them on a wanted list.
Armenian and Russian human rights groups say the two suspects have ties to the regime of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov.
Artur Sakunts, head of the Vanadzor-based Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly, said such links are visible in open sources. “Direct ties of the suspects in Aishat’s murder are evident at least through social media,” Sakunts told RFE/RL’s Armenian Service.
He also said that criminal cases previously initiated against the suspects in Russia were later suspended. According to Sakunts, Baysarov had been accused of financing the Islamic State terrorist organization, while Iminova had been accused of threatening to kill another person with a knife. Neither case resulted in accountability, he said.
Sakunts suggested that in such cases, criminal prosecution can be used as a mechanism to control or recruit individuals.
Earlier accounts by activists indicated that Baymuradova had been lured to the apartment shortly before her disappearance after meeting individuals she had contacted online, including a woman allegedly linked to people close to Kadyrov. Security camera footage reportedly showed several people entering the building that evening, including a Chechen man.
Activists have said the case may be the first known instance of a Chechen woman being killed abroad after fleeing domestic abuse. In many other “honor killing” cases, they say, women are tracked down and returned to Chechnya, where they are later killed.
Baymuradova was reportedly forced into marriage at 20 to a 29-year-old man she had met only a few times. Friends said she suffered physical abuse, was monitored by cameras inside her home, and was often locked indoors without access to her phone.
According to Armenian authorities, Baymuradova had not formally sought protection in Armenia or informed them or local nongovernmental organizations that she had fled Chechnya because of domestic violence.
The Chechen woman’s case echoes that of Fatima Zurabova, a 21-year-old woman from the Russian Federation’s Republic of Ingushetia who fled to Armenia in 2024 after alleged domestic abuse.
Zurabova’s relatives, including a senior police official, reportedly traveled to Yerevan to try to persuade her to return, but she later relocated to a third country.
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Yerevan To Host First EU-Armenia Summit In May
Armenia will host its first-ever summit with the European Union on May 4-5, the Armenian Foreign Ministry announced on Thursday.
President of the European Council Antonio Costa and President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen will represent the EU at the summit in Yerevan, and Armenia will be represented by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian, the ministry said.
Ahead of the summit, the European leaders will also attend the 8th European Political Community meeting, which is due to take place in the Armenian capital on May 4.
A statement issued by the ministry said the EU-Armenia summit will focus on “strengthening bilateral relations, in particular, issues related to the economy, energy, transport, digital affairs, and people-to-people contacts.”
It added that leaders will also discuss “progress related to ensuring peace, security, mutual connectivity, and prosperity in the South Caucasus, as well as current global challenges.”
“The EU-Armenia summit reflects the unprecedented dynamism of the bilateral partnership over the past years. EU relations with Armenia are based on the EU-Armenia Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement (CEPA), in force since 2021, and the Strategic Agenda for the EU-Armenia Partnership, which was adopted at the meeting of the EU-Armenia Partnership Council held in December 2025 with the participation of Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas, and EU Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos. The EU is a key partner for Armenia’s reform agenda and for trade and investments,” the Armenian Foreign Ministry said.
Armenia adopted legislation in 2025 declaring the start of a process of the country’s accession to the European Union.
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France, Armenia Eye Expansion Of Defense Cooperation
France and Armenia have emphasized the need for expanding their defense cooperation during high-level talks held in Paris on Friday.
Armenian Defense Minister Suren Papikian met with French Prime Minister Sebastien Le Corneille to discuss issues related to “the development and deepening of bilateral ties in the defense sector,” according to the Armenian Ministry of Defense.
“The parties, particularly, emphasized the importance of the continuous strengthening of the bilateral strategic partnership and emphasized the need to expand cooperation in the defense sector,” the ministry said in a statement.
It added that Le Corneille presented Papikian with the Legion of Honor (Légion d’honneur), France’s highest civil and military order of merit, which had been awarded to him by decree of French President Emmanuel Macron. The French prime minister was quoted as praising Papikian’s “great contribution to the development of Armenia-France relations.”
During his visit, Papikian also held talks on March 27 with French Minister of Armed Forces and Veterans Affairs Catherine Vautrin. According to the Armenian side, the two officials agreed to “deepen and expand cooperation, bringing it to a qualitatively new, higher level, as well as to continue joint initiatives aimed at strengthening defense capabilities.”
France and Armenia signed agreements on military cooperation in October 2023 providing for the supply of French weapons to Yerevan, including radars and missiles, as well as advisory support for army reforms.
Both Yerevan and Paris have stressed the “purely defensive” character of the French arms supplies. Armenia, which is seeking to diversify its security partnerships and reform its military, has repeatedly stated that it has no aggressive intentions towards its neighbors.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian said on Thursday that some of the modern weapons acquired by Armenia in recent years, which also included French equipment, will be displayed in Yerevan’s central square on May 28, when the country marks Republic Day.
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Armenian, Azeri FMs Discuss ‘Regional Issues’ In Latest Phone Call
Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan discussed “regional issues” with his Azerbaijani counterpart, Jeyhun Bayramov, in a phone call reported by his press office on Friday.
The call marks the second contact between the two top diplomats since the start of the war in Iran.
“The ministers noted with satisfaction the positive developments in the further normalization process between Armenia and Azerbaijan,” the ministry’s readout of the phone call said.
It added that the sides also discussed “regional issues” and “engagements within multilateral platforms.”
The previous phone call between Mirzoyan and Bayramov took place on March 5, hours after Azerbaijan’s Nakhichevan exclave was struck by what Baku described as drones launched from neighboring Iran. At the time, the two sides “expressed concern and noted the importance of refraining from actions that could further escalate tensions.”
Regular contacts between the top diplomats of Armenia and Azerbaijan come as the leaders of the two South Caucasus countries describe their long-running conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh as being over.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev reached agreements during a summit in Washington hosted last August by U.S. President Donald Trump, paving the way for normalization of relations.
Following those agreements, Azerbaijan allowed transit of goods to Armenia through its territory and began exporting energy products to Yerevan.
However, Aliyev has linked the signing of a final peace agreement – initialed by Mirzoyan and Bayramov in Washington – to constitutional changes in Armenia. He has called on Yerevan to remove a reference to the 1990 Declaration of Independence, which Baku says implies territorial claims against Azerbaijan.
Pashinian has pledged to hold a national referendum to adopt a new constitution that, in particular, will have no reference to the declaration that cites a 1989 act on the unification of Soviet Armenia and the then Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast within Soviet Azerbaijan.
Nagorno-Karabakh, which was controlled by ethnic Armenian forces since the early 1990s, remained at the core of the dispute for decades. Azerbaijan regained control of the region militarily in 2020-2023 in conflicts that left thousands of soldiers dead on both sides.
The fighting displaced more than 100,000 ethnic Armenians from the region, most of whom relocated to Armenia.
In his recent statements, Pashinian has reaffirmed that the Karabakh movement has been discontinued under his government and that Armenia does not seek the collective return of Armenians to the region.
Advancing a peace agenda with Azerbaijan is central to Pashinian’s campaign ahead of parliamentary elections scheduled for June.
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RFE/RL – Activist Charged After Altercation With Parliament Speaker
- Naira Bulghadarian
- Shoghik Galstian
One man has been charged after a street altercation with Armenian Parliament Speaker Alen Simonian that led to his and a fellow activist’s detention by police on Thursday.
Mikael Markarian and Arsen Vardanian, a member of the little-known Pan-Armenian Front party, said they were detained for failing to comply with “the police officer’s lawful demand”, but were later released after being subjected to an administrative fine.
Armenia’s Investigative Committee later said that as part of a criminal investigation launched in connection with the incident Markarian was also charged with “committing an act of hooliganism with the use of information or communication technologies.” He was again detained later on Friday. The charge Markarian is facing carries a penalty ranging from a fine to up to five years in prison.
The incident occurred Thursday on a street adjacent to the parliament building and involved an exchange of insults between the activists and Simonian, a senior member of the ruling Civil Contract party led by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian.
Video from a live broadcast on Markarian’s Facebook page shows the confrontation began after Simonian declined to speak with the activist. The footage captures both sides using offensive language, with each accusing the other of initiating the verbal abuse.
The altercation took place amid a protest by relatives of soldiers missing from the 2020 war. The protesters have been calling on lawmakers to publish findings from a report on the conflict prepared in 2025 by an ad hoc parliamentary committee. The committee’s head, Andranik Kocharian, has said its public release was blocked by Simonian.
Speaking to reporters on Friday, Simonian described the confrontation as a provocation organized against him by a “political unit.” He stressed that he had no dispute with relatives of soldiers killed or missing in action, denouncing attempts by “political activists” to exploit their protest.
“I know who organized it. I am sure that the closer we get to the elections, the more such cases will occur, I know where it is directed from,” Simonian said, without naming anyone.
“To come and mix with the parents and relatives of killed soldiers and pursue a political goal, to come and turn on the phone and make sexual insults to the chairman of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia… How is that possible? Am I not a citizen?” he added.
Simonian said that three “entities” could assess the incident: law-enforcement bodies, the public, and his fellow party members. He said the matter had not been discussed within Civil Contract.
Deputy Parliament Speaker Ruben Rubinian, also a member of Civil Contract, later said the incident would not be discussed at an upcoming party board meeting, adding that he saw “no need” for such discussion.
The March 26 confrontation is the latest in a series of public incidents involving Simonian.
In 2023, he ordered his bodyguards to overpower a heckler at a popular dining area in central Yerevan before spitting in the man’s face after being called a “traitor.” In 2024, Simonian again directed his bodyguards to intervene against a woman displaced from Nagorno-Karabakh who confronted him at a military cemetery in Yerevan, calling her a “garbage cat.”
In November 2025, Armenia’s National Security Service arrested two opposition activists and podcasters after the parliament speaker accused them of verbally abusing him during a podcast. The two were charged with hooliganism but they denied the accusations, saying they were responding to offensive language used by Simonian.
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The war against Iran goes beyond the logic of a quick war. who is the thread?
March: 27, 2026
While the US-Israeli war against Iran continues, US President Donald Trump, speaking about the so-called negotiations with Iran, made a number of harsh statements regarding Iran, negotiations and allies during the meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers.
He continued to insist that Washington is “conducting very meaningful negotiations with the right people in Tehran” and stressed that the conflict “will end soon”. According to him, Iran is trying to make a deal because “Iran has been destroyed”. According to Trump, the US has destroyed 90% of Iran’s capabilities, and Iran, according to him, is “begging for a deal.”
At the same time, he pointed out the high level of Iranian negotiators, noting that they are “very smart”. Speaking about military aid, the US president allowed the possibility of resource redistribution. Ammunition intended for Ukraine can be directed in other directions. Trump noted that the US is not dependent on the Strait of Hormuz, and emphasized that its opening would be possible in case of a “right deal” with Iran.
On the Truth Social page, Trump wrote that he is postponing the strikes on Iran’s energy infrastructure for another 10 days. “At the request of the Iranian government, I am postponing the phase of destruction of power plants by 10 days, until April 6, 2026,” the US president wrote.
The talks, according to Trump, are ongoing, and despite statements to the contrary, “they are going very well.”
Despite this, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has called on the entire civilian population of the region to stay away from areas adjacent to the locations of US forces. “The cowardly American-Zionist forces are trying to use civilian places and innocent people as human shields. We advise you to immediately leave the places where the American forces are stationed so that no harm is caused to you,” said the statement, which was published on the Sepah News website.
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz has announced that strikes against Iran will be intensified and expanded in response to Iran’s missile attacks on civilians.
“Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and I warned the Iranian terrorist regime to stop the rocket attacks on the civilian population of Israel. Despite the warnings, the shelling continues, and therefore ISIL strikes against Iran will intensify and expand to include additional targets and areas that help the regime produce and use weapons against Israeli citizens. They will pay a heavy price for this war crime,” stated Israel Katz.
The war continues, although talks about negotiations do not stop, as well as complaints that the war is too costly for the United States.
The Wall Street Journal writes that the US armed forces suffered a total of 2.9 billion dollars in losses during the first three weeks of the armed conflict with Iran. According to the periodicals, the amount of damage done to American military equipment and replacement of damaged equipment is estimated from 1.4 to 2.9 billion dollars. The WSJ notes that most of the damage was done by Iranian missiles and drones. Despite all this, according to the American mass media, the Pentagon is also considering a ground operation, for which higher costs are required.
Russian analyst Vladimir Yevseyev in a conversation with 168.am said that the situation goes beyond the logic of a quick war and enters the phase of prolonged, exhausting confrontation. According to his assessment, the initial calculations in Washington and Tel Aviv were based on breaking Iran’s military and nuclear potential through short-term and high-tech pressure, but this scenario did not materialize, Iran not only retained the ability to strike back, but also showed that it is ready to confront, using its main advantages – geopolitical position and energy leverage.
“And against this background, the tension around the Strait of Hormuz became a key factor in the war, because it is here that a significant part of the global oil supply is concentrated. Iran has shown that it can influence not only military, but also global economic processes, increasing its value at any negotiating table. This is the reason why, in the conditions of military pressure, Tehran is not in a hurry to make concessions. And the active talks about the negotiations, which are circulating especially from the American side, reflect political and informational tactics rather than real diplomatic progress. Iran continues to deny the fact of direct negotiations, accepting only mediated communication. This is important, which shows that the parties have not yet reached the level where a real compromise is possible. Their demands remain fundamentally incompatible.” said the analyst. He believes that a rather interesting balance of power is formed against this background.
According to the analyst, although the US continues to maintain its role, its political position has become more complicated: the war is complicated, expensive, long-term, problematic in terms of internal politics, and uncertain and unclear in terms of goals.
“Israel continues to maintain the most rigid line and is interested in the extension, because it understands that it is not possible to quickly achieve the set goals. And Iran, contrary to many predictions, managed to organize the resistance well, strengthening its positions. All this shows that it is too early to talk about the end of the war. It would be appropriate to say that the conflict is changing its form. We notice that the intensity of open military clashes is changing, but the tension remains. In the future, we may witness similar trends. The most realistic scenario is the scenario of de-escalation without a final agreement, that is, the parties will try to reduce the intensity of military strikes, but will not abandon their positions. At the current stage, the side that is able to impose its agenda on the political and economic levels, rather than winning on the military field, is in the most advantageous position. And with this logic, Iran has currently managed to disappoint many and resist, becoming the dictator of conditions. However, this is not the final result, the war continues, negotiations continue between many different players. Let’s not forget that there is talk of a ground operation, it can also be unpredictable, although many people think that the USA has no chance in this matter. predicted the analyst.
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I call on all Armenians not to be afraid. Samvel Karapetyan
March: 27, 2026
Our nation needs unity and hope. This was announced by Samvel Karapetyan.
“It is sad how someone temporarily standing at the head of the country sows fear and division in order to maintain power.
He will lose in June because people are tired of divisions and the atmosphere of fear.
I promise you that as Prime Minister, I will unite the country and make it strong with a strong economy and strong peace.
The promise is that with me, as the Prime Minister, the coming September and every month after that will be peaceful. We will do more. we will lower taxes for businesses, create new jobs for people and improve the quality of life. We will have stronger diplomacy and a stronger defense that will guarantee peace with deeds, not words.
As for achieving lasting peace:
1. The outgoing government of the country promised peace, but brought three wars in which it lost. Why should anyone trust them after so many failures?
2. The country’s outgoing leadership is dividing our nation and waging a war of words against its people. If they bring conflict within the country, why should anyone trust them to keep Armenia safe?
3. Armenia has a temporary peace today. It is temporary because it is a weak peace without several guarantors, with weak borders and weak defenses.
As Prime Minister, I will ensure a strong and lasting peace. That peace will be based on strong diplomacy, multiple security guarantors, a strong defense with strong borders and 10,000 drones, protected skies and a modernized, professionally equipped army.
A strong peace also depends on a strong economy, with new factories, 300,000 new jobs and new opportunities for business and agriculture. In today’s world, a strong economy strengthens diplomacy and defense.
The outgoing leadership of the country is trying to convince you that this is impossible and that the only way to peace is weakness and submission to the demands of our adversaries. They are trying to assure us that if we give up our Armenian symbols, our legitimate interests, then we will have peace. This is a big lie.
Our national hero Garegin Nzhdeh used to say: “To be a coward, to remain a coward, and at the same time to dream of an independent homeland, isn’t it funny?” Isn’t it funny to be a sheep and complain about the wolf? Become a sheep, do not be surprised by the coming of the wolf. Peace and independence belong to the brave, because the brave walk in the way of God.’ Armenians keep these words in their hearts. It is sad to see that the government acts contrary to these words of Garegin Nzhdeh. They lost the peace three times and still do not want to learn from their mistakes.
I call on all Armenians not to be afraid. Don’t let the same people who have already proven themselves incapable of defending Armenia threaten you with war again.
I promise you one thing. together we will build a lasting and strong peace with an open front,” he said.
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Will Aliyev forget the “Khojalu Genocide” and “Gyan” in a mirrored way?
March: 27, 2026
On March 26, during a briefing with journalists after the government session, Nikol Pashinyan, referring to the estimate that in 2023 Azerbaijan carried out ethnic cleansing. mention is.
“We can say ethnic cleansing, but I consider this word harmful, because we can say ethnic cleansing and get a mirror of ethnic cleansing, then genocide, mirror genocide, everything mirrored, it means to enter the path of conflict. That’s not my concern. And I, as the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia, say that I completely refuse, so to speak, the agenda of restoration of historical justice, we must go after the just reality.”
Then he in the same “tone” continued.
“It is enough to feed our people with information about the new genocide. And, in general, the race of these genocides should be stopped. In our region, everyone accuses everyone else of genocides. With talk about genocides, by the way, it’s hard to say which one happened after, we get talk about genocides, with talk about return, we get talk about return.”
In this context, first, let us remind that in 2023 March 16 government session Pashinyan announced at the time.
“Our assessment remains the same: the military-political leadership of Azerbaijan sees preparations for ethnic cleansing and genocide against the people of Nagorno-Karabakh. This protocol is largely present in the decision of the International Court of Justice of February 22, where it was clearly stated that the closure of the Lachin Corridor could bring irreversible humanitarian consequences for the people of Nagorno-Karabakh. In this sense, I consider it important and urgent that Armenia takes measures in the direction of launching international mechanisms for the prevention of genocides. We are talking, in particular, about the mechanisms provided for in the UN framework. I have given relevant instructions to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs about this.”
And if we consider that on March 26, 2026, Pashinyan was hinting about having intelligence and non-intelligence data, we can assume that what he voiced before the actions of Baku to depopulate Artsakh was not just an assessment, but a clear information and warning.
And in 2023 on September 21, when Azerbaijan had already started the attack against Artsakh, Pashinyan with a message applied to the people, where he first mentioned.
«I saw that there are reports that Azerbaijani troops are in Stepanakert, etc., and so on. There is no such thing: Of course, there are certain communication difficulties and complications, as far as I have heard from our colleagues in Nagorno-Karabakh, there are also certain problems on the roads leading to Martakert and Martuni, but in general the situation is stable.”
This is despite the fact that on September 19, as we mentioned, Azerbaijan launched a large-scale attack against Artsakh, and in 2020. On September 21, gunshots were already heard in the neighborhoods near Stepanakert, the evacuation of women and children had begun. Anyway, in his said message, Pashinyan continued.
“In my speeches of the previous period, I constantly accused Azerbaijan of trying to subject Nagorno Karabakh to ethnic cleansing. In other words, we have been making this accusation against Azerbaijan for a long time. And now I, when I analyze the situation, I get the impression that there are forces who want to carry out the plan to subject Nagorno Karabakh to ethnic cleansing so that Azerbaijan, so to speak, has no reason to be blamed. In other words, let me say: look, Armenia, the Republic of Armenia, the people of Armenia, the Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh themselves decided that no Armenians should stay in Nagorno-Karabakh, they decided and left.” he declared.
Let’s put it on the record, now it is Pashinyan himself who is clearing the crime of ethnic cleansing from Azerbaijan.
Already in 2020 of the government of September 28 during the session, when the picture, in practice, was already clear, Pashinyan said.
“The analysis shows that there will be no more Armenians left in Nagorno-Karabakh in the coming days. This is a direct act of ethnic cleansing and depatriation. Statements by various international players condemning the ethnic cleansing taking place in Nagorno-Karabakh are important, but if not followed by concrete actions, these statements will be seen as mere moral statistics for history. so that in the future, different countries will have the opportunity to formally dissociate themselves from this crime, saying, well, we have condemned it. If declarations of condemnation are not followed by adequate political and legal decisions, condemnations become acts of acquiescence.”
Despite the above-mentioned assessments, Pashinyan already calls the people of Artsakh “fugitives” when after some time he did not consider their return to Artsakh realistic, of course, in this case he considered this topic closed in general.
Now Pashinyan is backtracking, in fact, also from his previous assessments that Azerbaijan carried out ethnic cleansing in Artsakh in 2023. Moreover, he considers, in fact, that Aliyev has grounds for a similar accusation of “ethnic cleansing” and “genocide” against Armenia. The fact that Baku and Aliyev blame Armenia for the “Khojalu Genocide”, the “ethnic cleansing” of Azerbaijanis who lived in Armenia, is not a secret, nor is it news, but when the Armenian leadership gives such “legitimate” grounds and rights, it is something completely different.
By the way, until yesterday Pashinyan was banning “ethnic cleansing” and “genocide” rhetoric in RA, Baku had organized More than seven dozen international tourists from 37 countries visited the memorial complex dedicated to the memory of “Khojalu Genocide victims”, which was opened a month ago, and this without any conditions. And now, when Nikol Pashinyan hints that he still needs to understand the genocides that happened after that, he does not give Aliyev a “victory ticket”, and besides, regarding the events of Khojalu in particular, Aliyev ignores the obvious. the facts and puts the responsibility on the Armenian side.
Pashinyan knows, doesn’t he, that Aliyev blamed Armenia? A memorial was built not only for the “Ganja events” related to the 44-day war that took place during his reign, but also for the victims of the “Ganja events”.: And although today, in the context of the first Artsakh war and the 2020 war, the former military-political leadership of Artsakh was convicted in Baku, but during the trial, in the context of the “Ganja events”, they were given The name of the former military leadership of RA, specific military personnel. Pashinyan, who was in Artsakh in those days, is he sure that after closing the topic of “genocide”, Aliyev will not return to this topic regarding Armenia, because, as we mentioned, the former leaders of Artsakh were convicted in Baku, or is he going to say that he is not aware and blame the military?:
Against the background of Pashinyan’s statements mentioned above, we could not ignore the fact that Vilen Gabrielyan, Pashinyan’s teammate and candidate to become a deputy again, “Gardman-Shirvan-Nakhijevan” Pan-Armenian union is the leader who regularly spoke in 1988-1991. in the Azerbaijan SSR and in 1992 About state-sponsored genocidal actions in the Republic of Azerbaijan (Armenian pogroms in Sumgait, Baku, Kirovabad, forced deportation of Armenians from Northern Karabakh accompanied by pogroms) and noted that they were not subjected to any legal investigation. In addition to this, from time to time he responded to various statements from Baku, referred to the destruction of the Armenian historical and cultural heritage in the occupied Artsakh.
It should be noted here that the organization was quite active in previous years, in 2026. seem to have become passive. We should also ask Vilen Gabrielyan a question here. when their political leader questions the initiator of the Azerbaijani massacres and genocidal actions, doesn’t he have questions related to this, whose family moved from Baku to Armenia, doesn’t it turn out that the Armenians in Baku “did something”, that massacres started, that there was forced displacement, ethnic cleansing? Moreover, Gabrielyan always spoke from the right of return of forcibly displaced people, now Pashinyan considers that issue closed, neutralizes that right, how does he imagine his activity in this field? Maybe here, so to speak, “podvokh”, especially when Vilen Gabrielyan was not against the return of Azerbaijanis to Armenia on various occasions. By the way, the Azerbaijani “Hakkinaz” was published in 2024 had noticed in one of his articles that The creation of the “Gardman-Shirvan-Nakhijevan” union was a “symmetric” response to the creation of the “West Azerbaijan” community, that is, an attempt was made to balance the civil struggle for the right of return. Of course, there is logic here, the problem is that Pashinyan closed the topic of the right of return for the Armenian side, which Aliyev did not do.
About a month ago, 168.am published an article entitled “Aliyev’s dangerous and cunning proposal to Pashinyan”. And next are the next NA elections, after which it is not excluded that Pashinyan, who has put aside the subject of the return of Azerbaijanis, will practically return to it if he receives the next legitimacy…
“Nicole found herself in a trap of her own making. He and his entourage fled.” To:
March: 27, 2026
Metaxe Hakobyan, deputy of Artsakh NA “Justice” faction In recent days, he has been having even more intense meetings with our compatriots who were forcibly displaced from Artsakh, who, according to him, after being targeted by Pashinyan and his teammates, feel another deep insult and a feeling of betrayal.
“These authorities are doing everything, for reasons unknown to us, so that the people of Artsakh are filled with hatred towards themselves. Unfortunately, these manifestations exist. During our conversations, we state that, for better or worse, they cannot be in power forever, we must fight back, we must maintain our dignity, but never stoop to their level and not give in to their provocations, and in any case, any manifestation of hatred is unacceptable for all parties.
There is also depression, great disappointment, brokenness to such an extent that there are fewer and fewer people thinking for the better.” 168TV “Review” he said during the program, stressing that “the authorities are trying to eliminate the people of Artsakh from the field in every way”.
According to him, the authorities know very well that the people of Artsakh will not elect them. “The people of Artsakh can never support these authorities, and on the contrary, the people of Artsakh will be involved in all those national forces that try to remove these authorities. In other words, this aid will be exclusively for the national forces. Therefore, they will first try to show in our society that in any way the Artsakh citizen is not in the interests of Armenia with his behavior and the Artsakh citizen has no intention of helping them to build that peace. And they should present in every possible way that the people of Artsakh have a revenge against Armenia, which is not true.”
Referring to the well-known metro incident, he mentioned that Pashinyan found himself in a trap of his own making.
“He thought it was a good situation, he found a person from Artsakh, whom he could tell as if it was in reality, but he was wrong, because in front of him was the woman whose father had deliberately sacrificed his life, and her three children had grown up without a father, but they had not lost the dignity that came from the father’s genes as a result of the mother’s education. I have been saying a lot in recent days that what happened in the subway, Armine’s position, the response, can be considered as a collective response of the people of Artsakh to Nikol.
Today, the people of Artsakh found themselves in this situation because Nikol ran away, his entourage ran away, the people of Artsakh were left alone against several states.”
Details in the 168TV video
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Nikol’s appeal to Aliyev: come and conquer Armenia
March: 27, 2026
Edgar Ghazaryan and Davit Sargsyan of the “Erku front” podcast in the next edition, they discuss the threat of a new war by the head of the regime to the public, blackmailing Azerbaijan with the alleged September aggression in the event of a change of power, they also remind what disasters and destructions, wars and defeats this regime has brought to our country in the past six years.
Details in the video
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