Politics

Election campaign in Armenia officially started yesterday. Central Election Commission and Territorial Election Commissions already accept necessary documents for candidates’ registration to be appointed by proportional and single-mandate constituency. Parliamentary elections are scheduled on May 6. The applications can be submitted no later than March 22. As on yesterday only few single-mandate candidates submitted their …

“Opposition powers should find courage for joint struggle under the majoritarian system of elections,” said the president of Free Democrats party Khachatur Kokobelyan during a discussion organized at the Union of Politicians of Armenia. According to him, opposition powers should understand that they cannot compete against the pro-government powers alone, thus they should support a …

Richard Giragossian, director of the Center of Regional Studies announced that the election of Vladimir Putin in the position of the president of Russia would bring some changes in the policy of Russia, and in many cases the policy of the former president Dmitry Medvedev had been instructed by Putin. According to Giragossian, the ideas …

Today the RPA will hold the 13th congress at Sport & Concert Complex after K. Demirchyan. Recently this event has been so mush discussed and spoken about as if it would make any changes in the country. In reality another large and splendid congress will be held by the ruling party where it will be spoken about …

Today the Republican Party of Armenia will hold its 13th summit in the sport and concert complex after Karen Demirchyan. Before the summit the RPA held a sitting of the executive body and discussed the issue of the board members to be elected and other issues related to the summit. According to our information, the …

While during the past two days the Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan was speaking about the importance of the European integration and deepening of ties, and while in Yerevan there were opinions that this might have created certain jealousy within Russia, yesterday the Armenian government made a few decisions, through which it once again and for …

“We are waiting, suffering and are patient. And we still can be patient. Back then the economy was growing. The economy was on the rise in the past and we could put up with this. Now the economy is down and we can’t get by anymore. That is why we are saying, either we declare …

National and private TV companies have already publicized the pricelist of political ads for the elections due May 6. It is one of the requirements of the law that the price of the political ad cannot exceed the prices of ads set for average commercials on TV channels for the past 6 months prior to …

“We are happy that Vladimir Putin was elected,” said Lyudmila Sargsyan, who is the head of a political power being a member of the opposition ANC power. Several weeks before the election she sent an open letter to the Armenians of Russia petitioning them to vote for Putin. Lyudmila Sargsyan says she believes her petition …

It would be difficult to call RF elections a surprise, as it has long been destined in this way. The only surprise was the tears of the elected candidate Vladimir Putn at Manejhnaya square during his meeting with his supporters. Those tears were saying that he was pretty sure that the majority of Russians have …