The Report to the French Parliament on Arms Exports for 2024, prepared in the summer of 2025 by the French government, recorded the beginning of growing military cooperation with Armenia. In the section “Support for Armenia,” the report clearly states that France firmly supports Armenia in defending its territory and population, acting strictly within defensive […]
By Tigran Grigoryan On May 30, at the very beginning of the current phase of confrontation between the Armenian Apostolic Church and the country’s ruling party, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan made his infamous Facebook post: “Reverend, go on and keep banging your uncle’s wife – what do you want from me?” What initially seemed like a […]
By Tigran Grigoryan On October 15, the Investigative Committee of Armenia detained ten clergymen from the Aragatsotn Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church and conducted a search at the diocesan headquarters. The following day, authorities revealed that three individuals had been formally arrested, including the head of the diocese, Bishop Mkrtych Proshyan. The charges against […]
General Samvel Babayan (Commander of the Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army, 1992–1999) recently criticized the decision to purchase the French Caesar 6×6 self-propelled howitzers for the needs of the Armed Forces of Armenia, pointing to a number of technical and tactical shortcomings compared with other systems available on the market. In the general’s view, the French Caesar […]
By Tigran Grigoryan and Tatev Ghazaryan On October 3, Archbishop Mikael Ajapahyan was sentenced to two years in prison under the Criminal Code for “making public calls aimed at seizing power, violating territorial integrity, or overthrowing the constitutional order, using publicly displayed works, mass media, or information and communication technologies.” The charge is based on an […]
By Tatev Ghazaryan The Anti-Corruption Committee recently closed a criminal investigation into alleged illegal donations to the ruling Civil Contract (CC) party in 2022. The case, which had been opened on the grounds of large-scale unlawful campaign contributions, was terminated without any prosecutions. This decision, coupled with clear violations in CC’s financing process, raises serious concerns about the […]
In Armenian media, one can often hear the claim made by some politicians and propagandists that on September 19–20, 2023, Artsakh did not fight and simply “surrendered without a shot.” Such narratives are spread by the Armenian authorities and by those close to them, as well as their affiliated media resources, with the aim of […]
The Regional Center for Democracy and Security has published a new report titled “The New Face of War: Lessons from the Russo-Ukrainian Conflict for Armenia.” The report examines how the nature of warfare is evolving, showing that modern conflicts mobilize not only armies but entire societies, economies, and information spaces, blurring the lines between the […]
By Tigran Grigoryan and Tatev Ghazaryan On September 8, Armenia’s political discourse sank to a new low when Artur Hovhannisyan, secretary of the ruling Civil Contract faction, launched a personal and sexist attack against opposition MP Taguhi Tovmasyan during a press briefing inside the National Assembly. The incident followed Hovhannisyan’s interruption of Tovmasyan’s earlier press […]
