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A man looks at his ballot at a polling station during the parliamentary election in Yerevan, Armenia, Sunday, June 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Anthony Pizzoferrato)

Armenians vote in general election under Russian pressure aimed at preventing a drift toward West

Armenians are voting in a parliamentary election as the government seeks to loosen ties with Moscow and increase cooperation with the West.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan holds a child as he walks on Northern Avenue in Yerevan, Armenia, Monday, June 1, 2026, during public celebrations marking International Children's Day. (AP Photo/Anthony Pizzoferrato)

Armenia prepares for an election that could reshape ties with Moscow and the West

Front from left: Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, and Kyrgyztan's President Sadyr Zhaparov attend a plenary session of the Eurasian Economic Forum in Astana, Kazakhstan, Thursday, May 28, 2026. (Alexander Kazakov/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Moscow-led economic grouping threatens to suspend Armenia over its EU bid

In this photo distributed by the Armenian Prime Minister Press Office, Armenian President Vahagn Khachaturyan, left, French President Emmanuel Macron, center, and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan hold awards following a state dinner after the European Political Community in Yerevan, Armenia, Monday, May 4, 2026. (Tigran Mehrabyan/Armenian Prime Minister Press Office via AP)

Macron croons classic ballads at a state dinner in Armenia for the French leader

From left, European Council President Antonio Costa, Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at the conclusion of a media conference during the EU-Armenia summit at the Presidential Palace in Yerevan, Armenia, Tuesday, May 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Anthony Pizzoferrato)

Armenia hosts a historic European Union summit as the country charts a course away from Russia

Armenians vote in general election under Russian pressure aimed at preventing a drift toward West

Armenians voted in a parliamentary election on Sunday as the incumbent government, under mounting Russian pressure, sought to loosen ties with Moscow and deepen cooperation with the West. (AP Video by Kostya Manenkov)

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Armenian PM and opposition vote in election, amid Russian pressure to prevent drift toward West

Armenia prepares for an election that could reshape ties with Moscow and the West

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A woman checks her phone as she walks through Red Square at sunset, in Moscow, Tuesday, March 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov, File)

Russia’s internet crackdown leads to a spring of growing discontent

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan greet each other during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, April 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov, Pool)

Putin warns Armenia it can’t be both a member of EU and Russia-led economic bloc

U.S. Vice President JD Vance and Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan hold a joint press conference, in Yerevan, Armenia, Monday, Feb. 9, 2026. (Kevin Lamarque/Pool Photo via AP)

Vance is in Armenia, a country no sitting US president or vice president has visited before

Archbishop Sahak II Mashalian, Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople, leads Sunday Mass at the Surp Asdvadzadzin Patriarchal Church in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025, ahead of the visit of Pope Leo XIV to Turkey. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Pope Leo XIV prays at Armenian cathedral in Istanbul as Turkey and Armenia attempt reconciliation

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan attends a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Senate Palace of the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Sept. 26, 2025. (Ramil Sitdikov/Pool Photo via AP)

Leading bishop among Armenian clerics arrested in government crackdown on church

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan attends a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Senate Palace of the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Sept. 26, 2025. (Ramil Sitdikov/Pool Photo via AP)

Armenian archbishop sentenced to 2 years in prison over alleged coup plot

President Donald Trump, center, shakes hands with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, right, and Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev during a trilateral signing ceremony in the State Dining Room of the White House, Friday, Aug. 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan shake hands and sign deal at White House peace summit

In this photo provided by the Azerbaijan's Presidential Press Office on Thursday, July 10, 2025, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, right, and Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan pose for a photo prior to their talks in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (Azerbaijani Presidential Press Office via AP)

Trump will meet Friday with leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan to sign US-brokered peace deal

In this photo provided by the Azerbaijan's Presidential Press Office on Thursday, July 10, 2025, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, right, and Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan pose for a photo prior to their talks in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (Azerbaijani Presidential Press Office via AP)

Leaders of Azerbaijan and Armenia reach no breakthrough on decades-long conflict

In this photo taken from video released by Armenia's National Assembly on Tuesday, July 8, 2025, Armenian lawmaker Artur Sargsyan, who represents the opposition bloc, delivers a speech at Armenia's National Assembly in Yerevan, Armenia. (Armenian National Assembly via AP)

Armenian lawmakers brawl as the government cracks down on its political opponents

Armenian National Security Service officers clash with parishioners as they arrive to arrest Mikael Ajapahyan, Archbishop of Gyumri and Shirak, at Echmiadzin, the seat of the Armenian Apostolic Church outside Yerevan, Armenia, Friday, June 27, 2025. (Grigor Yepremyan, PAN Photo via AP)

Armenia arrests another top cleric over an alleged coup plot

Armenian National Security Service officers clash with parishioners as they arrive to arrest Mikael Ajapahyan, Archbishop of Gyumri and Shirak, at Echmiadzin, the seat of the Armenian Apostolic Church outside Yerevan, Armenia, Friday, June 27, 2025. (Grigor Yepremyan, PAN Photo via AP)

Crowds block Armenian security forces seeking to arrest a clergyman who criticized the government

Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan, a major figure in the influential Apostolic Church arrested by Armenian authorities on Wednesday, gestures while addressing a crowd during a rally against Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in Yerevan, Armenia, Sunday, May 26, 2024. (Stepan Poghosyan/Photolure via AP, File)

Armenian authorities arrest an archbishop and accuse him of plotting against the government

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, and Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan shake hands before a meeting at Prague Castle in Prague, Czech Republic, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022. (Turkish Presidency via AP, file)

Armenian prime minister discusses reconciliation with Erdogan in landmark Turkey visit

Armenian billionaire appears in court accused of calling for regime change as church feud spirals

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, left, and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, pose for a photo prior to a meeting of the heads of state of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on Oct. 8, 2024. (Sergei Ilnitsky/Pool Photo via AP, File)

An altercation erupts at a high-level meeting of a Russia-dominated economic union

CORRECTS BYLINE - A police stun grenade explodes during a rally against Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in Yerevan, Armenia, Wednesday, June 12, 2024. (Vahram Baghdasaryan/Photolure via AP)

Armenian leader announces plan to leave Russia-dominated security alliance as ties with Moscow sour

FILE - Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan attends a meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council of the Eurasian Economic Union at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on Wednesday, May 8, 2024. Thousands of protesters gathered Thursday, May 9, 2024, in the Armenian capital, Yerevan, to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan over his government's decision to hand over control of border villages to Armenia's long-time rival Azerbaijan. (Evgenia Novozhenina/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Thousands of Armenians demand prime minister resign over border villages dispute with Azerbaijan

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a session of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) in Minsk, Belarus, Thursday, Nov. 23, 2023. (Valery Sharifulin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Armenia’s leader snubs meeting of Russia-dominated security grouping over a rift with the Kremlin

Armenia launches joint military drills with United States that anger Moscow

Armenia raises Nagorno-Karabakh conflict troop toll to 2,425

Armenian FM resigns amid turmoil over Nagorno-Karabakh truce

Thousands call for Armenia PM to resign over truce agreement

This photo taken from a video released by Azerbaijan's Defense Ministry on Monday, Nov. 9, 2020, shows a view of Shushi, in the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh. President Ilham Aliyev said Sunday that Azerbaijani forces had taken control of the strategically important city in Nagorno-Karabakh, where fighting with Armenia has raged for over a month. (Azerbaijan's Defense Ministry via AP)

Armenia, Azerbaijan agree to end fight in Nagorno-Karabakh

Armenia asks Moscow for help amid Nagorno-Karabakh fighting

A volunteer soldier practices firing a Kalashnikov weapon near a front line at a military base during a military conflict in the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020. Fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh is raging, unimpeded by a U.S.-brokered cease-fire, while Armenia and Azerbaijan are trading blame for the deal's quick unraveling. (AP Photo)

Armenia, Azerbaijan keep fighting despite cease-fire deal

Ethnic Armenian soldiers stand at a fighting position on the front line, during a military conflict against Azerbaijan's armed forces in the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020. Armenia's prime minister has urged citizens to sign up as military volunteers to help defend the country amid the conflict with Azerbaijan over the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh as intense fighting has raged for a fourth week with no sign of abating. (AP Photo)

Armenian PM sees no way to settle conflict through diplomacy

Pigeons fly near Holy Mother of God Cathedral in Stepanakert during a military conflict in the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh, Friday, Oct. 9, 2020. Armenia and Azerbaijan say they have agreed to a cease-fire in Nagorno-Karbakh starting at noon Saturday. (AP Photo)

Russia sponsors Nagorno-Karabakh cease-fire talks

Court denies request for arrest of Armenia opposition leader

Armenia’s ex-president freed from jail on $4.1-million bail

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