2026 Armenian parliamentary elections
Armenian election commission rejects appeal to deregister main opposition group
Samvel Karapetyan’s Strong Armenia alliance was the main challenger to the ruling Civil Contract party.
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Armenia investigates nearly 40 people for money laundering linked to Karapetyan ally
The arrests follow nationwide raids targeting an alleged scheme to pay citizens to attend political rallies.
Samvel Karapetyan
Senior figure from Karapetyan’s Strong Armenia Alliance detained on money laundering charges
Samvel Karapertyan claimed that none of his alliance members ‘know how to launder money’.
2026 Armenian parliamentary elections
Who’s who in Armenia’s 2026 parliamentary elections?
Voters are set to choose the country’s next ruling party in what will be the first regularly scheduled parliamentary vote since 2017.
Armenia
Armenia to take over Karapetyan’s shares in Electric Networks of Armenia
Following Samvel Karaprytan’s detention in June 2025, Pashinyan said that the time had come to nationalise the ENA.
2026 Armenian parliamentary elections
Bob Amsterdam: the lawyer behind the opposition party trying to take down Pashinyan
The Canadian–American lawyer has emerged as a key mouthpiece of opposition Russian–Armenian oligarch Samvel Karapetyan.
2026 Armenian parliamentary elections
Leaked documents show Russian plans to unseat Pashinyan, ties between Karapetyan and Putin
The revelations were the latest in a series of leaked documents that have been made public in the runup to the election on 7 June.
