by Tigran Grigoryan #DemocracyWatch – On July 6, the leader of the Prosperous Armenia Party, Gagik Tsarukyan, was arrested and taken to the Investigative Committee. During the day, investigative actions were also carried out at companies owned by Tsarukyan. According to the statement released by the Investigative Committee, he faces criminal charges including organizing fraud on an especially large […]
Tigran Grigoryan From June 15 to 18, our team at the Regional Center for Democracy and Security conducted a research visit to Armenia’s Syunik Province. The purpose of the visit was twofold: to carry out field research on the prospects for implementing the TRIPP project and to organize meetings and discussions with local residents and officials in […]
By Tigran Grigoryan and Hayk Khanumyan On May 8, 2026, the official campaign period for the elections to the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia commenced. The month of May was marked by unprecedented levels of hate speech, with the primary generators being representatives of the ruling Civil Contract Party and their supporters. Once […]
By Tigran Grigoryan #DemocracyWatch – The year preceding Armenia’s parliamentary elections was marked by a sharp deterioration in democratic standards. The ruling party, leveraging the state institutions under its control, targeted various opponents, instrumentalized law enforcement and the judiciary to serve narrow political agendas, and increasingly relied on selective justice. Throughout this period, through the […]
By Eduard Arakelyan If we look at the RISE exhibition, which took place on June 3–4 in Yerevan, the most important aspect is not so much the display of individual samples, but the overall picture of the development of Armenia’s military-industrial complex. More than 40 companies from the defense and high-tech sectors participated in the […]
By Tigran Grigoryan Armenia’s highly polarized and geopolitically charged parliamentary elections have ended with voter turnout reaching 59%, the highest level in recent years and up from 49.4% in the 2021 election, alongside a predictable landslide victory for the ruling Civil Contract party. According to preliminary results, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s Civil Contract received 49.82% […]
By Lili Dubois-Harounyan The comparison between Armenia and Moldova in the face of foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI) threats is gaining increasing prominence in European discourse. At a recent conference on countering information interference, EU High Representative Kaja Kallas explicitly drew a parallel between the two countries, noting that after what was widely perceived […]
The military parade held in Yerevan on May 28, marking the anniversary of the establishment of the First Republic of Armenia, carries an obvious domestic political significance above all else. Formally, the authorities present the event as a public demonstration of the army’s renewed capabilities and progress in military modernization. However, holding the parade precisely […]
On May 28, a military parade dedicated to Republic Day (the anniversary of the proclamation of Armenia’s First Republic) took place, during which newly acquired weaponry purchased by Armenia from various countries in recent years was put on display. Experts in narrow professional circles were already aware of the acquisition of some of the showcased […]
