Armenia arrests six candidates for pro-Russian opposition day before vote
State media said the Central Election Commission allowed criminal proceedings as pressure mounted on the pro-Russian party before Sunday’s vote.
- On Saturday, Armenian authorities arrested six candidates from the pro-Russian opposition party Strong Armenia, one day before the country's scheduled general elections.
- Strong Armenia is led by Russian-Armenian billionaire Samvel Karapetyan, who is under house arrest on charges of calling for the overthrow of the government, accusations he rejects as politically motivated.
- About 2.4 million Armenians are eligible to vote Sunday, with polls placing Strong Armenia between 6% and 11% support, trailing Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's Civil Contract party at 24% to 32%.
- The state Investigative Committee made the arrests without providing official reasons, while the Central Election Commission allowed investigators to initiate criminal proceedings against the candidates following earlier legal attempts to ban the party.
- Sunday's election tests Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's peace efforts with Azerbaijan, while Armenia's relationship with Russia has emerged as central, with Moscow recently imposing export restrictions amid Yerevan's warming ties with the West.
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In Armenia, elections for the country's parliament — the National Assembly — have been completed, with the vote of 2021 growing by almost 10 per cent and approaching 59 per cent. The first results of the Armenian CEC will be announced late on the evening of 7 June. Exit Poles are giving up the victory of Prime Minister Nikola Pashinian's Civil Treaty party.
It is a choice of direction: Prime Minister Paschinjan wants to lead the country to join the EU, pro-Russian opposition politicians want to prevent this. The Kremlin has massively increased the pressure on Yerevan in recent months.
The parliamentary election in Armenia is not only about a new government, but also about the course of the country between East and West. The election campaign is sharp, with the vote there are arrests.
In Armenia there is a vote on the country's future course.The increasing pressure from Moscow leads to a sharp election campaign and escalates in first arrests on election day itself.The parliamentary election in the South Caucasus Republic of Armenia, accompanied by massive tensions with Russia, has started with several arrests. According to the media reports in the city of Gjumri, police officers searched the office of the opposition party Sta…
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Aletho NewsArmenia arrests six opposition candidates on the eve of key elections
Authorities in Yerevan stopped short of banning the ruling party’s main rival, Strong Armenia Armenian authorities have detained six parliamentary candidates from the opposition Strong Armenia bloc a day before the country heads to the polls in Sunday’s general election. During recent televised debates, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, who came to power in 2018 following...
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