POLITICAL BATTLE IN ARMENIA.
Yesterday, in a 65-56 vote with 25 abstentions, the Armenian parliament rejected Prosecutor-General Aghvan Hovsepian's request to lift Vano Siradeghian's parliamentary immunity, which would permit... MORE
MOSCOW CLARIFIES INTENTION TO PLACE MISSILES IN ARMENIA.
Russia has now made public, in explicit form, its intention to deploy S-300 surface-to-air missiles at Russian military sites in Armenia. Major-General Vasily Grigoriev, identified... MORE
AZERBAIJAN CONCERNED BY RUSSIAN FORCES IN ARMENIA.
In a statement yesterday, the Foreign Ministry of Azerbaijan expressed concern over "Russia's growing military presence in Armenia" and "continuing Russian arms deliveries, leading to... MORE
RUSSIAN AIR POWER IN ARMENIA UPGRADED.
A group of five MiG-29 fighter planes landed on December 16 at Yerebuni military airport outside Yerevan. This represents the first move in a program... MORE
RUSSIAN CREDIT TO ARMENIA’S NUCLEAR POWER PLANT.
Under an intergovernmental agreement signed in Moscow yesterday, Russia has extended a US$20.6 million credit to Armenia to support the operation of the Medzamor nuclear... MORE
ANOTHER HIGH-PROFILE ASSASSINATION IN ARMENIA.
Deputy Defense Minister Colonel Vahram Horkhoruni was killed during the night of December 9-10 on the threshold of his apartment in central Yerevan (see also... MORE
SENIOR ARMENIAN MILITARY OFFICIAL ASSASSINATED.
Armenian Deputy Defense Minister Colonel Vahram Horkhoruni was gunned down last night near his apartment in downtown Yerevan. Details are sketchy, and the Defense Ministry... MORE
ARMENIA, AZERBAIJAN….
The territory of Nagorno-Karabakh lies within the borders of Azerbaijan, but its population is almost wholly Armenian. Fighting over the territory broke out in 1987,... MORE