Another death in the army, minister sees no fault of his own. Pashinyan’s game with Putin. Alpha Newsroom 24.08.2026
August 24 2026, 21:00
Today in Alpha News Room:
🔹 A contract serviceman has died, the third such death this week: Suren Papikyan does not acknowledge responsibility for what is happening
🔹 Nikol Pashinyan, Prime Minister, presented the government’s five-year program to parliament and stated that Armenia will soon begin the process of submitting an official application for EU membership
🔹 Armenia will never become a member of the EU, which suffers from chronic problems, but will long damage its relations with Russia and the EAEU: Dmitry Medvedev
🔹 The statement on Armenia’s EU accession is more PR and playing to the public: Waldemar Gerdt
🔹 Pashinyan will be pleased if the CSTO expels Armenia from its ranks: reaction from the Press Secretary of the Russian President
🔹 Yerevan is free to leave the CSTO if it no longer needs membership in the organization: Peskov
🔹 Pashinyan again asked Moscow to hand over management of the railway to a third country
🔹 Pashinyan is playing with very serious risks, this is not just playing with fire, but steps that could lead to a new war: Marat Bashirov
🔹 When will Aliyev return the occupied lands to Armenia? A painful question addressed to Pashinyan
🔹 Official Moscow is ready for constructive dialogue with Armenia, but notices certain problems on Yerevan’s part
🔹 Is Putin’s Russia an enemy of Armenia? Commentary by Beniamin Matevosyan
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