Russian-Armenian billionaire Samvel Karapetian was formally arrested on coup charges on Wednesday one day after strongly condemning Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s campaign against the top clergy of the Armenian Apostolic Church.
Thousands of Iranians and other foreign nationals have been arriving in Armenia via its only land border crossing with Iran since tensions between the Islamic Republic and Israel escalated into a full-blown conflict late last week.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on Wednesday denounced as “provocative” his critics’ warnings that Azerbaijan may take advantage of the conflict between Iran and Israel to invade Armenia to open a land corridor to its Nakhichevan exclave.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian announced plans to nationalize Armenia’s sole electric utility on Wednesday hours after its Russian-Armenian owner, Samvel Karapetian, was arrested on what he sees as politically motivated charges.
Armen Abazian, the director of Armenia’s National Security Service (NSS), was dismissed on Wednesday the day after his officers failed to swiftly arrest a Russian-Armenian billionaire at loggerheads with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian.
Armenian security services moved to arrest Russian-Armenian billionaire Samvel Karapetian on Tuesday hours after he strongly condemned Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s campaign against the top clergy of the Armenian Apostolic Church.
Despite the large-scale military conflict with Israel, Iran remains committed to neighboring Armenia’s territorial integrity and opposed to an Azerbaijani land corridor that would pass through it, the Iranian ambassador in Yerevan said on Tuesday.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian will visit Turkey on Friday at the invitation of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, parliament speaker Alen Simonian confirmed on Tuesday.
Following an opposition uproar, the Armenian parliament threw out on Tuesday a controversial government-backed bill that would sharply shorten compulsory military service for men paying the state hefty sums.
An unusually powerful storm swept through northwestern Armenia over the weekend, destroying crops, blowing away roofs, uprooting trees and causing power outages in many local communities.
Azerbaijan may take advantage of the military conflict between Iran and Israel to invade Armenia in a bid to open a land corridor to its Nakhichevan exclave, according to Armenian opposition leaders.
The conflict between Iran and Israel has disrupted cargo shipments to and from Armenia carried out through Iranian territory, Armenian Economy Minister Gevorg Papoyan said on Monday.
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