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Lawyer Confident Of Jailed Oppositionist’s Release
The defense lawyer of Aleksandr Arzumanian claimed on Wednesday that the Armenian authorities lack the evidence to prosecute the former foreign minister on charges of politically motivated money laundering and will set...
Prominent Oppositionists Accused Of ‘Money Laundering
Armenia law-enforcement authorities accused on Monday two former government ministers staunchly opposed to the country’s leadership of illegally receiving and “laundering” money from Russia for subversive political...
Baghdasarian Comments On Wiretap Scandal, Elections
Orinats Yerkir Party leader Artur Baghdasarian gave an extensive interview to RFE/RL. Below are excerpts of the interview taken from the ex-parliament speaker by RFE/RL reporters Anna Israelian, Ruzanna Khachatrian, and...
Radical Opposition Gears For Post-Election Protests
The Hanrapetutyun (Republic) party and two other radical opposition groups rallied several thousand supporters in Yerevan on Thursday, telling them to gear up for anti-government demonstrations expected to follow the...
U.S. Reverts To ‘Pro-Azeri’ Wording Of Rights Report
In a move hailed by Azerbaijan, the U.S. State Department has restored the original version of its annual human rights report that refers to Nagorno-Karabakh as an Azerbaijani territory occupied by Armenia. The...
Kocharian Warns Opposition Against Post-Election Protests
President Robert Kocharian warned the Armenian opposition on Friday against challenging the official results of next month’s parliamentary elections in the streets, saying that fresh attempts to unseat him would meet...
Encroachment Towards Armenian Church
A group of barbarians attacked an Armenian Apostolic Church in the Ukraine. The Ukrainian Mass Media informed that the hooligans made signs of Nazi, and painted on it. In fact, they, made a pigsty on the church two...
U.S. Senator Reaffirms ‘Hold’ On Armenia Envoy Pick
By Emil Danielyan A U.S. senator has pledged to continue to block the congressional confirmation of President George W. Bush’s nominee to be the next U.S. ambassador to Armenia over his failure to describe as genocide...
Most Armenian Citizens Expect No Serious Changes In Next 12 Months
YEREVAN, April 20. /ARKA/. Most Armenian citizens do not expect any serious changes in their personal life or in the country's life as a result of political processes in the next 12 months, Director of the Populus...
Jailed Oppositionist Remains Defiant
One of the two nationalist opposition activists arrested last December for allegedly plotting to overthrow Armenia’s government on Thursday again rejected the accusations as unfounded and politically motivated....