
Armenia
Gyumri’s newly elected mayor says he supports a union state with Russia
Vardan Ghukasyan represents the Communist Party.
Vardan Ghukasyan represents the Communist Party.
Margarita Simonyan is the editor-in-chief of the state-run media outlet RT, and one of the most notorious Russian propagandists.
The talks took place with the French Defence Procurement Agency.
The warning followed the recent adoption by the Armenian Parliament of a bill that calls on the government to seek EU integration.
The two accused, Movses Hakobyan and Armen Harutyunyan, have maintained their innocence.
Armenia announced in February 2024 that its participation in the CSTO was ‘basically frozen’.
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Aleksei Overchuk nonetheless claimed it is Armenia’s ‘internal choice’ if it wants to join the bloc.