Amsterdam & Partners LLP: Armenian Opposition Challenges Legitimacy of Armenian Parliamentary Elections as Fraud Concerns Grow

Amsterdam & Partners LLP: Armenian Opposition Challenges Legitimacy of Armenian Parliamentary Elections as Fraud Concerns Grow

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 17, 2026-

Pashinyan Vows to ‘Crush’ Top Opposition Leaders

YEREVAN (Azatutyun.am)—Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan pledged on Wednesday to “crush” the leaders of Armenia’s three main opposition groups that won at least 37 percent of the vote in the June 7 parliamentary elections. In what critics denounced as death threats, Pashinyan already vowed to “take out” former President Robert Kocharian and businessmen Samvel Karapetyan and Gagik Tsarukyan during the election campaign. He lashed out at them again d…

Parliamentary elections widen Armenia’s political crisis

YEREVAN — Following widely questioned parliamentary elections in which Armenia’s ruling Civil Contract party retained power but failed to secure a constitutional majority, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has intensified what critics describe as an authoritarian campaign against opposition forces, business figures and political rivals. Speaking from the floor of parliament, Pashinyan delivered one of his most confrontational postelection addresses…