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Pashinyan calls for regulation of non-Armenian citizens’ participation in politics

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Pashinyan’s offer came weeks after the detention of Russian–Armenian billionaire Samvel Karapetyan for calls of usurpation of power.

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Russian propagandist Simonyan calls Pashinyan the ‘antichrist’s anus’

by Nate Ostiller

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High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas and Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan. Official image.

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Visiting Yerevan, Kallas says the EU and Armenia have never been as close as now

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Bucking precedent, Armenia orders Archbishop Ajapahyan into custody over coup calls

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