New scandal around Catholicos. Syunik in SETA’s report. Assessment of Simonyan’s visit to Russia. AlphaNewsroom 02/06/26
February 06 2026, 21:00
Today in Alpha Newsroom:
🔹Archbishop Mikael Ajapahyan’s detention was replaced with house arrest. What lies behind this court decision?
🔹Contradictory statements by the Minister of Defense and chaplains. Why was the Spiritual Leadership of the Armed Forces dissolved?
🔹Stepan Asatryan and Aramayis Takhmazyan have filed a lawsuit against the Armenian Church. What are the former priests demanding?
🔹Shame, clouded judgment, reckless behavior – a new storm has erupted around the Church
🔹The US Vice President will be in Yerevan in three days. Can Armenia gain the maximum benefit from this visit—or at least something? Political analyst Andranik Hovhannisyan live on AlphaNews
🔹 Alen Simonyan’s visit to Moscow. What messages were conveyed, what sentiments were formed? Political analyst Igor Semenovsky live on AlphaNews
🔹 A new report from the think tank attached to Turkey’s Foreign Ministry: From real Armenia to the Zangezur corridor, and the window opened for Turkey by Russia’s retreat
🔹 The Episcopal Assembly, the agenda of the US Vice President’s visit, and what the Armenian community of California can do. Harut Sassounian, editor and publisher of the California Courier, and Fr. Serob Azaryan live on AlphaNews
🔹 The Armenian authorities have not yet responded to Baku’s fabricated verdicts. Will Artsakh’s military-political leadership bear punishment?