The accusation is completely fabricated, it is a lie. PAP leader Gagik Tsarukyan told his supporters waiting for him when he was taken from the police station to the court after a five-hour interrogation.

“It’s a made up balloon, there’s nothing wrong with it. One hundred percent will be proven,” he confidently said. 

It should be noted that at night the motion to apply Tsarukyan’s detention for two months was submitted to the court. The court will examine the motion for disruption at 9:00 am, the judge is Garik Abelyan.  

After the search of Tsarukyan’s house, the CC issued a message, according to which one of the criminal proceedings investigated in the main department of economic crimes and smuggling investigation of the committee obtained factual data that a number of persons organized by G.S. apparently committed particularly large-scale fraud and money laundering during the years 2022-2024. Gagik Tsarukyan’s lawyer described the accusation as absurd and ridiculous.

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“Hraparak” daily writes:

In “Strong Armenia” they are sure that being associated with Russia has harmed them. anti-Russian sentiments spread to them as well and affected the results of the elections. Vladimir Putin’s famous statement in Moscow on April 1 also greatly damaged them.

Putin said: “There are many political forces that have a pro-Russian position… We would very much like that all those political parties and figures could participate in the internal political work during the elections.”

According to polls, before Putin’s statement, only 13 percent of our public associated Samvel Karapetyan with Russia, and after the statement, about 55 percent.

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8 opposition forces in a joint statement condemn the repressions carried out in Armenia.

“The opposition forces of the Republic of Armenia strongly condemn the repression carried out by today’s authorities against the leader of the “Prosperous Armenia” party Gagik Tsarukyan, as well as the searches carried out in the enterprises belonging to him.

The undersigned opposition forces express their support to Gagik Tsarukyan and reaffirm that pressure on any person for political views, opposition activity or political position is unacceptable in a legal and democratic state. It is a challenge to the whole society.

We also express our solidarity with all political prisoners and those citizens who are subjected to persecution or pressure for political reasons, and we reaffirm our determination to jointly protect their rights, democratic values ​​and the constitutional order of the Republic of Armenia.

We consider what is happening as another proof that the period of mass political persecution established in Armenia during the rule of Nikol Pashinyan is steadily progressing towards dictatorship. The number of political prisoners, as well as those persecuted for political reasons, is increasing day by day.

The prosecutions unleashed by the authorities have nothing to do with the administration of justice and the fight against crime.

It is obvious that these persecutions are caused solely by the political activity of Gagik Tsarukyan. Nikol Pashinyan does not even hide his motives. He gave the order to start the persecutions during one of the pre-election public gatherings, threatening to deprive the head of the party that submitted an application to participate in the election campaign.

It is obvious that these actions are aimed at consistently neutralizing and de facto decapitating the opposition, suppressing any manifestation of public dissent and creating an atmosphere of fear at the threshold of important political processes, including issues related to Armenia’s national and state interests.

Such a way of working gives a heavy blow not only to the country’s political system, but also to the economy. Violation of property rights, suppression of the economic activities of large entrepreneurs, and the use of law enforcement as a tool of political struggle will inevitably lead to an increase in unemployment, further deterioration of the investment climate, and deepening of economic instability.

We are convinced that in the current situation, the consolidation of all oppositional and public forces, as well as the entire society, is needed more than ever. Only with joint efforts will it be possible to protect the statehood of the Republic of Armenia, the constitutional order, democratic principles and citizens’ rights.

We call on Armenia’s international partners, international organizations and structures dealing with the protection of human rights and democratic institutions to immediately give a principled assessment of the events taking place and publicly express their position regarding the violation of democratic norms, human rights and politically motivated persecution of political opponents of the government.

Armenia does not need political repressions, but the rule of law, independent justice, political pluralism and national unity.

We declare that this unprecedented repressive campaign carried out by the authorities cannot break or stop the struggle of the opposition and Armenian society for the preservation of justice, freedom, democracy and statehood. The opposition forces will continue to protect the rights of citizens, the constitutional order of the Republic of Armenia, national interests and the future of Armenian statehood exclusively by legal and political means.

Armenian Revolutionary Federation

“Hayakve” National Civil Union

“Armenian National Congress” party

Republican Party of Armenia

“Prosperous Armenia” party

“Democratic Alternative” party

“Mother Armenia” party

Democratic Party of Armenia

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Davit Elbakyan, the son of the popular tenor Ruben Elbakyan, made a brilliant entry into the Parisian professional theater world, portraying the character of Edmond in the staging of William Shakespeare’s immortal tragedy “King Lear”.

Today he is not just a promising young actor, but a true revelation. His bright stage presence, natural elegance of acting and noble demeanor characteristic of a born artist immediately captivated the audience.

There is no doubt that a new star is rising. Although David bears a famous surname, he confidently builds his creative path, relying first of all on his own talent, boundless hard work and dedication to art.

Talented director François-Xavier Boucherac also speaks about him with special appreciation, who notes:

“He is the dream actor of every director. I admire her inner strength, sensitivity and exceptional dedication to work.”

Let this promising creative dawn become the prelude to a long, rich and brilliant acting career for this handsome and talented young actor, who was educated at the prestigious theater school “Cours Cochet-Delavene” in Paris, whose graduates include such great artists of French theater and cinema as Gerard Depardieu, Fabrice Luquini and Carole Bouquet.

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The message of Andranik Tevanyan, leader of the “Mother Armenia” party, from the “Yerevan-Kentron” prison, which he conveyed through his lawyer.

“For whom do the bells toll?”

Dear compatriots,

On the illegal orders of Nikol Pashinyan (citizen Nikol Pashinyan), opposition figures, parties, and individuals with public authority are subjected to political persecution, arrested, and become victims of the arbitrariness of “law enforcement officers”.

In particular, a total campaign was launched against the “Mother Armenia” party by the same Nikol Pashinyan’s decision. During the last 44 days, the following happened:

According to the instruction received from the rally platform, the Investigative Committee made a terrible accusation against me (Nikol Pashinyan is guided by the well-known principle of Goebbelsian propaganda: the bigger the lie, the more people will believe it: nothing else was expected from someone who wrote and printed an article against him with money).

This was followed by searches of our office, my home, and my garage (all of which were preceded by numerous illegalities, which I will talk about another time).

The Central Electoral Commission, which was turned into a vote-stealing instrument, led by Vahagn Hovakimyan, who is the walking embodiment of the “little man”, agreed to the request of the General Prosecutor’s Office, and I was arrested (on June 7 and after that, the CEC engaged in shameful election frauds, and on July 4, the CC condemned this fraud).

Along with the searches of our house and office, the apartment of my assistant Vahagn Ghazaryan was also searched. Perhaps they were looking for a “state secret”, simultaneously making it technically impossible and shutting down the activity of the “7or” news analysis website.

I would like to note that unlike the charge of passing on a state secret, which was introduced in a public manner, the charge was actually brought forward for allegedly passing on some other (non-state secret) information.

The publicly presented charge was for a Nikola show.

As is known, the apartments of Aregnaz Manukyan and Yervand Bozoyan, members of the board of the “Mother Armenia” party, were also searched in recent days.

Judging by everything, they received the order to “settle” a case against me, they “sewed” the case, and now within its framework, the investigators are providing an imitation of diligence in order to get images, loud headlines for the leader, to create an atmosphere of fear, and also to provide the formal aspect of extending my detention.

It is appropriate to remind that on June 23, during the session of the “Mother Armenia” faction of the Yerevan Council of Elders, a group attack was organized by the CP, which was welcomed and justified by citizen Nikol Pashinyan.

All this shows that “Mother Armenia” is one of the main targets and opponents of the current government serving the Turkish-Azerbaijani agenda.

Nikol Pashinyan and the CP majority of the newly formed parliament are not legitimate, they reproduced the power with unprecedented election frauds, one of whose geopolitical patrons continued to deceive the citizens of Armenia in a Gebelsabaro manner these days and lead Armenia to a geopolitical quagmire.

By the way, about the unprecedented election fraud. There have been election frauds in RA during all governments, but Nikol Pashinyan’s election frauds were unprecedented in the sense that, in addition to internal resources, external resources were also used from the government’s levers. Turkey, Azerbaijan, the President of France, EU bureaucrats became ideological, technological and propaganda sponsors of election fraud and directly interfered in the elections.

Naturally, in favor of Nikol Pashinyan. Now they demand the price of that support from him. He also pays, at the expense of the Armenian people.

The task of Armenian-centric political forces, non-governmental organizations, and citizens concerned about the future of our country is to prevent the Ukrainization and Moldovanization of Armenia, to resist the Azeriization of the RA government system, to oppose the dictatorial steps of the homegrown mix of Saakashvili, Zelensky and Sandu, and to reject the implementation of the “Western Azerbaijan” project.

Being guided by the dictates of external forces and carrying out the small money orders of the “war” party of the West make Nikol Pashinyan dangerous and even more Armenian-hater. In order to get out from under all that, Nikol Pashinyan needs the animalization of the political field, the information environment described in Orwell’s “1984”, the destruction of freedom of speech, and the criminalization of engaging in politics.

Nikol Pashinyan knows what Erdogan, Aliyev, Macron, Ursula demand from him… He knows what it will lead to, but he goes that way because he has no other way to save his life. That’s why it went through terrorism and repression. The Ursulas support him precisely for this reason, rather than being concerned about the problems of the Armenian peasant and our economy.

We must understand well that our internal political opponent is insidious, scared, over-motivated, with the mental state of a repeat offender, under the complete control and orders of outside forces. And that means that in the political field, “loyalty” should be replaced by “regular army”, apolitical or anti-political steps by political ones, “lyrics” by rationalism, egoism by self-centeredness.

The thought of sharing the skin of an unkilled bear will bring very bad results. So there is a need for correct consequences.

If there is no deep understanding of all this, then it is no longer important who received or did not receive a percentage in the National Assembly, or whether they will take the mandates or not, depending on the percentage they received.

In the created situation, all reasonable forces should unite their efforts. If it seems to some that they are being persecuted and attacked against “Mother Armenia” or some other force and this does not concern them, then they will be sorely mistaken. Tomorrow, when everyone’s houses will be searched and everyone will be arrested, there will be no one who will fight for them and our country.

This is not an isolated attack against our Church, His Holiness, respectable clergymen, “Mother Armenia”, PAP, ARF, “Strong Armenia”, “Hayakvei”, Avetik Chalabyan, Arthur Sargsyan, Armen Ashotyan, Alen Ghevondyan, Yervand Bozoyan, Aregnaz Manukyan, Davit Ghazinyan, myself or other political prisoners. This is systematic and large-scale oppression against all of us, because large-scale concessions and unprecedented betrayal are being prepared.

At the moment, they focused on Gagik Tsarukyan. They are organizing a search show. Tomorrow they will go to the others.

Nikol Pashinyan has brought Armenia into such a dangerous game that repeating the fate of Artsakh may be worse for us. Ursulas, who give beautifully packaged false promises to Armenian villagers, after that can at most allocate crumbs of money for tents and second refreshments for Armenian refugees. Or they won’t do that either.

And so, we should exclude partiality, small conjunctural approaches and draw correct conclusions. Then it will be too late.

Using the wording of the classic, I will conclude my speech. don’t ask for whom the bells are tolling, because they are tolling for you.

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As you know, Nikol Pashinyan met Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin within the framework of the “Innoprom-2026” international industrial exhibition.

The Russian side emphasized that this is Pashinyan’s first visit after the parliamentary elections, and reminded that Russia continues (and probably will continue) to remain Armenia’s largest trade partner and investor.

At the same time, “rushing to Europe” Nikol stated that Armenia is ready to continue the development of relations with Russia, is interested in staying in the EAEU and is ready to solve “problematic” issues.

It’s no wonder that Armenian farmers were told that soon the ikebana of Armenian plants will win the hearts of European designers and lovers. And Armenian trout fish will become the main menu of the best restaurants in Paris and Brussels.

As for Armenian fruits and vegetables, according to the rosy dreams of the capitulators, long queues should have formed for them in the German Aldi, Lidl and Kaufland trade chains, the French Carrefour and the British Tesco.

After the Russian “quench” and the West “escalating” the situation, it turned out that Armenia itself could be “tars kaput” once again in this game. Therefore, without an invitation and reception worthy of the head of the country, Nikol rushed to the Urals.

Is it worth considering Pashinyan’s visit as a “breakthrough” or a return to the previous “normal state”, I am sure not. Rather, it is like a demonstration of a manageable dialogue after tensions, where the main message is that RA cannot sever economic ties with Russia and EAEU.

It is not a breakthrough or normalization, because in my opinion, Pashinyan’s visit did not eliminate the mistrust between Moscow and Yerevan. Russia does not want Armenia’s rapprochement with the EU, but that process is gathering momentum, entangling and opposing numerous regional interests.

EU, USA, Russia, Iran, Turkey, China, India, Georgia, Azerbaijan. Can you imagine how irreconcilable contradictions and enmity there are between the parties involved? It is Nikol and Ilham, under the skillful leadership of Erdogan, that their interests in the South Caucasus are opposed and are constantly entangled.

And what will be the result? Not stability and regional peace, but rapidly growing contradictions and “all against all” confrontation, especially in the territory of Armenia.

P.S.
However, in Yekaterinburg, both Armenia and Russia showed that they are not interested in a complete severance of relations. This is not bad for a start, but much more is needed to continue.

Both Moscow and Brussels will expect only actions from Nikol instead of empty words. The future of the KP government, which has lost its legitimacy and is in power with Western-Turkish support, will depend on it.

RPA General Assembly member Artak Zakaryan

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