Section: Arminfo (Armenia)
Saakashvili to the Republican Party of Armenia: you have problems not with an international conspiracy, but with your own people
ArmInfo.Ex-president of Georgia, leader of the Ukrainian party “Rukh Novikhikh Sistem” Mikhail Saakashvili stated that he is not familiar with the leader of the protests in Armenia, the oppositionist Nikol Pashinyan. He wrote about this in Facebook. “Some idiots in the Armenian National Assembly accused Pashinyan of having...
National Security Service of Armenia suppressed the attempt of illegal entry into the country of a mercenary
ArmInfo. The National Security Service of Armenia stopped an attempt of illegal entry into the country of a mercenary from Makhachkala. According to the press service of the National Security Service, the department continues to check, process, analyze incoming information about threats to Armenia’s security, and continues to work to...
The meeting of Armenian and Russian parliamentarians in Yerevan was marked with a scandal: Ryzhkov called Pashinyan "stupid"
ArmInfo. The meeting of Armenian and Russian parliamentarians in Yerevan was marked by a scandal – Nikolai Ryzhkov, a member of the Council of Federations of the Federal Assembly of Russia, called the opposition leader, MP Nikol Pashinyan “stupid”. Ryzhkov also said that Pashinyan’s movement is no different from the Ukrainian...
Union of Armenians in Russia calls on authorities of Armenia to head public and accept national candidate of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan
ArmInfo. The Union of Armenians in Russia is categorically opposed to actions that could lead to increased tensions in Armenia. This is stated in the statement of the UAR, received in ArmInfo. “In this regard, we call on the actual leaders of the country to listen to the people and the people’s candidate.To transfer the board to the...
Pashinyan: I do not want to take into account the Ukrainian experience, because this is another story altogether.
ArmInfo. Leader of the “Make a step” movement, opposition MP Nikol Pashinyan told the details of his meeting with the Russian Ambassador to Armenia Ivan Volynkin. Answering the question of RBC, who initiated this meeting, and what main topics were discussed, in particular, he said: “I initiated this meeting, we discussed the...
Forecast: No changes are expected in Armenia`s foreign policy with coming of Pashinyan
ArmInfo. No changes are expected in Armenian foreign policy with comming of Nikol Pashinyan. First of all, due to the fact that the peculiarities of the Armenian foreign policy completely exclude the possibility of its dictation by personal positions of anyone. The director of the Caucasus Institute, Alexander Iskandaryan, expressed such opinion...
Saakashvili: The events in Armenia were affected not only by the heavy social background, but also by anti-Russian attitude
ArmInfo.The events in Armenia were affected not only by the heavy social background, but also by anti-Russian sentiments. This opinion was expressed by the third president of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili, on the air of the Archevani program of the Rustavi 2 TV company. “There were several oligarchs behind Sargsyan, plus Russian oligarchs of...
Kremlin considers it inappropriate to compare events in Armenia and Ukraine
ArmInfo.The Kremlin is satisfied that the situation in Armenia does not go along the path of destabilization. “We can see that the situation does not go along the path of destabilization, which is satisfying, everything that happens in Yerevan is an internal affair of our Armenian friends, partners and allies. This is a very valuable...
The Economist: Armenia`s unpopular president makes himself prime minister
ArmInfo. The Economist writes: “I BELIEVE that one person must not aspire to the reins of power more than twice in a lifetime,” Serzh Sargsyan, then president of Armenia, declared in 2014. But the unpopular Mr Sargsyan, whose second (and final) consecutive term as president expired on April 9th, was just kidding. On April 17th the...
Truck drivers responded to Pashinyan`s call to support protest
ArmInfo.The drivers of trucks responded to the call of the leader of the “Make a step” movement, MP Nikol Pashinyan to go out into the streets and support the protest. So, three trucks blocked traffic at the intersection of str Kievyan-Alabyan, thereby supporting the protesters. Deputy Chief of the RA Police Valery Osipyan strongly...
