Armenian Actor and Director Artashes Aleksanyan Dies at 64
Honored Artist of Armenia Artashes Aleksanyan, whose career spanned Armenian theater, cinema and television, died early Monday after a brief hospitalization. He was 64. His friend Harutyun Bogaryan said Aleksanyan had been in the hospital for three days. His heart stopped at 3:55 a.m. on July 6, Bogaryan said. Aleksanyan was born in Yerevan in 1961 and would have turned 65 on July 17. He studied acting at the Gabriel Sundukyan National Academic Theatre’s studio under Khoren A
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Armenia’s Constitutional Court Upholds June 7 Election Results, Rejects Opposition Appeals
Armenia’s Constitutional Court on Thursday upheld the official results of the June 7 parliamentary elections, rejecting appeals filed by seven political forces that sought to overturn the vote. The decision keeps in place the Central Election Commission’s final results and confirms the makeup of the country’s next parliament. The appeals were filed by several opposition groups, including the Strong Armenia Alliance, the Armenia Alliance and the Prosperous Armenia Party, which
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Pashinyan Removed From Speakers List at Russian Industry Forum as Armenia-Russia Tensions Continue
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has been dropped from the list of speakers at Russia’s INNOPROM International Industrial Exhibition, despite earlier plans for him to address the high-profile event in Yekaterinburg. The Armenian government previously announced that Pashinyan would travel to Russia for the July 6-9 exhibition. Until recently, the event’s official program listed him among the featured speakers. His name has since been removed from the schedule, although
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6.5 Million Swiss Francs Moved to Israel and Armenia From Magnitsky-Linked Businessman’s Account
An investigation by Armenian investigative outlet Hetq says nearly 524,000 Swiss francs (about $592,000) linked to Russian businessman Denis Katsyv was transferred to Armenia earlier this year, citing findings from a report by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) and banking records reviewed as part of its reporting. According to Hetq, the transfer is detailed in PACE’s April 2026 report, Tracking the Proceeds of the Crime Denounced by Sergei Magnitsky a
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