{"id":1073,"date":"2026-06-07T04:35:41","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T04:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=1073"},"modified":"2026-06-07T04:35:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T04:35:41","slug":"armenians-vote-with-peace-efforts-and-russia-in-focus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=1073","title":{"rendered":"Armenians vote with peace efforts and Russia in focus"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><!-- --><!-- --><!-- WPS-5038 -- removed the script from WPS and added the placeholder for trinity player --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- CONTENT --><!--[--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>YEREVAN &#8211; Armenians head to the polls on Sunday in a parliamentary election seen as a test of the government&#8217;s efforts to forge a peace deal after a crushing military defeat by Azerbaijan three years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=1071\">US intercepts fresh Iranian attacks as peace talks stall<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Polls show Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan&#8217;s ruling Civil Contract party leading, backed by up to 32% of voters, with the pro-Russian Strong Armenia party trailing in second place with up to 11%.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Pashinyan has moved Armenia closer to the West since coming to power in 2018, and away from traditional patron Russia, which has provoked Moscow&#8217;s ire in the lead-up to the vote.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>GDP per capita has also doubled under Pashinyan, a journalist and opposition activist turned politician.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I really like how Armenia has been growing right before my eyes,&#8221; 39-year-old voter Karine Darbinyan said at a rally for Pashinyan in Yerevan&#8217;s central square on Friday. <\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>PAIN OF KARABAKH EXODUS <\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Pashinyan has faced a wave of criticism from the opposition and some sections of the public who have accused him of capitulating to Azerbaijan, particularly since the 2023 war.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>He has countered by placing his peace effort centre stage in his campaign, above all the agreement he signed at the White House last August with Azerbaijan after on-and-off war that has raged since the late 1980s.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Armenia&#8217;s opposition is dominated by pro-Russian groups including Strong Armenia, formed last year by Russian-Armenian billionaire Samvel Karapetyan. He wants to keep Armenia close to Russia, a key supplier of energy and buyer of exports.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>At a Strong Armenia rally in Yerevan last week, a woman who gave her name only as Gayane said she supported Karapetyan because he would ensure &#8220;that our Armenia remains Armenian&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=1069\">US floats steering frozen Iran assets to Gulf allies for repairs<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>She said her roots were in Nagorno-Karabakh, the breakaway territory inhabited by ethnic Armenians that was retaken by Azerbaijan in the 2023 war. The region&#8217;s entire Armenian population fled after the chaotic one-day lightning offensive.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We lost Artsakh, hoping it would remain with us,&#8221; Gayane said, using a historic Armenian name for the territory.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The current authorities have taken away that hope from us. And Samvel Karapetyan has now given us new hope that we can at least preserve our Armenia and our traditions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Critics and rights groups have accused Pashinyan of authoritarianism after many of his opponents have been jailed in recent years.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The government broadly has defended the actions of law enforcement agencies against individuals whom it says are trying to foment coups.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>A spate of arrests in the lead-up to the vote has targeted the opposition, including parliamentary candidates for the Strong Armenia party.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Polls open at 8 a.m. local time (0400 GMT) and close at 8 p.m. Some 2.48 million people are registered to vote in the landlocked country of 3 million.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=1067\">Farewell, my Smilodon: La Brea Tar Pits to close for 2 years<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p> (Reporting by Lucy Papachristou; Editing by Andrew Heavens)<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p><i> Copyright Reuters or USA Today Network via Reuters Connect.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--]--><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>YEREVAN &#8211; Armenians head to the polls on Sunday in a parliamentary election seen as a test of the government&#39;s efforts to forge a peace deal after a crushing military defeat by Azerbaijan three years ago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1072,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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