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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Six opposition politicians have been arrested one day before the parliamentary election in Armenia. They belong to the pro-Russian party Strong Armenia. Reasons for the arrests have not been mentioned so far.
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Armenian authorities arrested six candidates of a pro-Russian opposition party today, the day before parliamentary elections, the state media reported, without specifying the reasons for the arrests.
Six pro-Russian opposition candidates were detained on Saturday, the day before parliamentary elections, Armenian state media reported. The reason for the measures was not given, only that they were candidates for the pro-Russian oligarch Samvel Karapetyan's Strong Armenia party. According to the Armenpress news agency, the country's Central Election Commission has given permission for investigative authorities to open criminal proceedings again…
Immediately before the parliamentary election Armenian investigators arrested six politicians of the pro-Russian opposition. Concrete reasons were not mentioned at first.
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