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Armenian opposition leaders Kocharyan and Sargsyan split over Pashinyan impeachment
In late April, the We Are Awake movement submitted letters to all MPs urging them to launch impeachment proceedings against Pashinyan.
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Armenian parliamentary speaker says Russia is waging ‘a hybrid war’ against Armenia
The statement came on the same day that the same official met with the Russian Ambassador to Armenia.
Armenia
Kocharyan insists ‘loss’ of Nagorno-Karabakh was due to Armenia’s betrayal of Russia
The former Armenian president also suggested that Armenia is moving away from Russia at a time when the country is gaining strength.
Armenia
New charges brought against former high-ranking officials of Armenia
The former high-ranking officials were acquitted of the same charges in 2021.
Armenia
Pashinyan challenges former presidents to debate on Nagorno-Karabakh negotiations
On Monday, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan proposed a live debate with three former Armenian Presidents to discuss the decades-long negotiation process with Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh. All three refused Pashinyan’s invitation. Pashinyan invited the former presidents — Levon Ter-Petrosyan, Robert Kocharyan, and Serzh Sargsyan — claiming on Facebook that since the 1994 Russian-mediated ceasefire between Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Nagorno-Karabakh, the negotiation process was always ab
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Kocharyan’s son appointed MP in bid to secure release
The son of former Armenian president Robert Kocharyan has been appointed an MP in a bid by the opposition to secure legal immunity and his release from pre-trial detention. Levon Kocharyan was detained on 22 September and charged with attacking police officers during a protest calling for the government to resign in the wake of Azerbaijan’s attack on Nagorno-Karabakh. He was hospitalised later that day with a concussion which his lawyer attributed to his being ‘severely beaten’ by police.
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Police violence at protests in Yerevan calling for government to resign
Amidst reports of police brutality against protesters demanding the Armenian government’s resignation in the wake of Azerbaijan’s attack on Nagorno-Karabakh, government-affiliated media has maligned Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians taking part in the protests. Thousands of people have joined protests in Yerevan, Armenia’s capital, after the Azerbaijani offensive against Nagorno-Karabakh began on Tuesday. Since Nagorno-Karabakh’s surrender on Wednesday, protesters are demanding that the Armenian
