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Samvel Karapetyan named PM candidate. New intrigues on political stage? Alpha Newsroom 02/12/26

February 12 2026, 17:00

Today in Alpha Newsroom:

🔹Samvel Karapetyan has been nominated as the Prime Ministerial candidate of the Strong Armenia party

🔹Peace without a strong state is called surrender – Samvel Karapetyan

🔹The upcoming elections are a political Sardarapat – Tigran Kocharyan

🔹The detention of Bishop Mkrtich Proshyan has been lifted; house arrest has been applied instead

🔹Six opposition members arrested in Vagharshapat will remain under house arrest

🔹Armenia’s leadership has said it will not allow any steps to be taken against Iran – Iran’s ambassador

🔹Trump–Netanyahu 2.5-hour meeting: why did Bibi go to Washington ahead of the second round of US–Iran negotiations

🔹This is simply interference in another state’s affairs – Alexey Leonkov on Vance’s support

🔹First of all, this is a blow to Armenian interests – Alexey Mukhin on US SMRs