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Armenia * Armenian authorities have launched an investigation into a deepfake featuring Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. The generated audio appeared to suggest that the raids and arrests on Wednesday were done on the instructions of Pashinyan and that all supporting evidence used to charge the suspects, including audio recordings discussing coup plans attributed to them, were artificially generated. * On Friday morning, Armenian National Security Service (NSS) officers entered the Mother See
Regional * Russia hopes that there will be no new escalation between Yerevan and Baku, Russian presidential spokesperson Dmitry Peskov has stated. According to Russian state-run media outlet TASS, the comment came in response to media publications citing the Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, who accused Armenia of committing war crimes. Armenia * Yerevan courts have ruled to remand Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan and 14 others in pre-trial detention for two months. On Wednesday, Armenian au
Armenia * Since Wednesday morning, searches have been underway in the homes of opposition members, including Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan, following which Galstanyan and two others were detained by the Armenian Security Service. * Reports of the searches follow a statement of the Investigative Committee, which said that it had thwarted ‘terrorist attacks and a coup d’état’, which was allegedly led by Galstanyan. Authorities said that over 1,000 individuals had been recruited since January 202
Regional * Georgia has apparently agreed to release Armenian lorries loaded with brandy after barring their transit through its territory. Armenian Economy Minister Gevorg Papoyan said the lorries were allowed through Georgian customs on Monday. * The Armenian Foreign Ministry released a statement, saying that it was ‘deeply disappointed with the distorted and extremely one-sided formulations included in the “Istanbul Declaration” and the resolutions proposed by Azerbaijan’, adopted by the Or
