Armenia

February 01, 2026 15:58

• Another train carrying Russian grain was sent via Azerbaijan to Armenia.

  Twenty-five railcars carrying Russian grain transited Azerbaijan to Armenia. A total of 285 railcars carrying 19,900 tons of grain have already been sent from Russia to Armenia via Azerbaijan.

February 01, 2026 01:11

• The Church accused the Armenian authorities of violating human rights.

  Six clergymen of the Armenian Apostolic Church have been summoned to the investigative department as defendants in a criminal case and are banned from leaving the country. The Church has accused the Armenian authorities of interfering in its internal affairs and violating human rights.

January 31, 2026 08:31

• The number of signatures for the call for Baimuradova's burial has exceeded 100.

  A petition by human rights activists calling on Armenian authorities to release the body of murdered Chechen native Ayshat Baimuradova to her friends for burial has garnered 107 signatures.

January 31, 2026 04:35

• The arrest of the brother of the Catholicos of All Armenians has been extended.

  An Armenian court has remanded in custody for two months the brother of Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II, Gevork Nersisyan, who is accused of hooliganism and obstructing election campaigning.

January 30, 2026 14:26

• The defense cited the deterioration of Narek Samsonyan's condition as a consequence of his imprisonment.

  Narek Samsonyan, co-author of the "Imnemnimi" podcast, was brought to the Yerevan court hearing in a wheelchair. His defense and the opposition blamed his condition on his imprisonment and a 15-day hunger strike.

January 29, 2026 04:48

• The case against the Khachaturyan sisters has been reopened despite their recognition as victims of violence.

  The Investigative Committee has reopened the investigation into the murder of Mikhail Khachaturyan by his daughters, despite a court ruling posthumously finding the businessman guilty of sexually abusing the girls. Khachaturyan's representative continues to dispute the sisters' allegations of sexual abuse by their father.

January 29, 2026 02:50

• Armenian authorities insist on the return of Baimuradova's body to her relatives.

  Armenian law enforcement agencies investigating the murder of Chechen native Ayshat Baimuradova in Yerevan continue to attempt to contact her family. They insist on the release of the body to the family members to avoid any future claims.

January 27, 2026 21:47

• More than 70 people supported the call to bury Aishat Baimuradova in Armenia.

  A petition calling for the return of the body of Chechen woman Ayshat Baimuradova, murdered in Yerevan, to her friends for burial in Armenia has garnered 73 signatures in just one day.

January 27, 2026 04:04

• Lawyers and activists in Armenia have spoken out in support of the church.

  More than a thousand citizens have signed a statement in defense of the Armenian Apostolic Church, initiated by a group of lawyers and public figures. They called the authorities' actions against the church unconstitutional.

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