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Monday, 9 February 2026

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Regional * US Vice President JD Vance will visit Armenia on Monday, along with US Under Secretary for Economic Affairs Jacob Helberg. Vance will meet with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan that evening, after which they will both give a statement. The US delegation will then visit Azerbaijan. * The Georgian Prosecutor’s Office has opened an investigation into the abduction and death of Chechen woman Alia Ozdamirova, who had fled her home for Georgia in October 2025. In November 2025, hu

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Friday, 6 February 2026

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Armenia * During his meeting with Armenian Parliamentary Speaker Alen Simonyan, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov harshly criticised Armenian and EU allegations that Russia was preparing ‘imaginary attacks’ on Armenia and accusations that the Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) posed ‘an existential threat’ to Armenia. In turn, Simonyan assured Lavrov that ‘Armenia is interested in its ties with Russia’ and also voiced concerns about ‘the rhetoric that is frequently

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Thursday, 5 February 2026

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Armenia * A team from the US engineering consulting firm AECOM has visited Armenia ‘to initiate work on a survey of the TRIPP site’, the US Embassy in Armenia announced on Thursday. The Embassy further noted that the team ‘will provide technical assessments and recommendations for rail and other infrastructure development’. * Armenian authorities have announced that the proposed text of the new Armenian Constitution will be made public in March. * Armenian Parliamentary Speaker Alen Simonyan

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Wednesday, 4 February 2026

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Regional * Armenian authorities have named the suspects in the murder of Chechen woman Aishat Baimuradova, who was found dead in Yerevan in October 2025. The suspects are Russian citizens Karina Iminova and Said-Khamzat Baisarov, who acted on the instructions of ‘a person not yet identified’. Their names had previously been mentioned by human rights defenders. * Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev met this morning in Abu Dhabi. The details of the meet

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Tuesday, 3 February 2026

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Regional * Armenian Parliamentary Speaker Alen Simonyan has expressed readiness to help human rights defenders with resolving legal formalities in organising the funeral of Aishat Baimuradova, a native of Chechnya who was killed in Yerevan. He also assured that Armenian law enforcement agencies are searching for Baimuradova’s killers. Armenia * Russia’s Foreign Ministry has, for the third time since the beginning of the year, criticised Armenia–EU relations. In its latest comments, the min

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Monday, 2 February 2026

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Armenia * Indian Chief of Defence Staff Anil Chauhan arrived in Armenia on Sunday on an official visit. No details have been reported yet regarding his visit. * Criminal proceedings have been initiated against seven high-ranking clergy of the Armenian Apostolic Church, with a ban on leaving the country selected as a preventive measure. The case falls within the framework of proceedings concerning Bishop Gevorg Saroyan who had filed a lawsuit against the Church seeking to be reinstated as Prim

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Friday, 30 January 2026

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Armenia * Russia’s Foreign Ministry has criticised Armenia for its EU integration aspirations, pointing at ‘potential negative consequences of forced rapprochement with Brussels’ for Armenia as a member of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). * All member states of the EU have approved the allocation of €20 million ($24 million) in aid to Armenia from the European Peace Facility (EPF), the Armenian Foreign Ministry told Armenpress. * Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan thinks that Armenia ‘should