Pashinyan’s “remote control” is in Aliyev’s hands. “CC” operations to distract from the hysteria. Alpha News Room 20.05.2026

Today in Alpha News Room:

🔹 The main scandal of the election campaign day, or a repeat of the ESA scenario

🔹 The backbone of Gagik Tsarukyan’s business, the “Ararat Cement” plant, will be nationalized: Nikol Pashinyan

🔹 The Prosecutor General’s Office has identified violations in the privatization process of the “Ararat Cement” plant

🔹 Aliyev used to import oil in tanker cars, now he wants to import cement, they can feel their end is near: Tsarukyan’s response

🔹 I suspect that Pashinyan will soon want to nationalize or arrest the statue of Christ: Iveta Tonoyan

🔹 Whoever votes for Nikol will be voting for Aliyev, on June 7 we will vote for having an Armenia: Robert Kocharyan

🔹 We will not take any drastic steps in relations with Russia: Pashinyan describes his relationship with Putin as warm and friendly

🔹 Maria Zakharova has called the Western accusations that Russia is running a campaign against Pashinyan an act of cynicism

🔹 Calls to strengthen relations with Russia and Iran pose a real threat to regional peace: a public statement by Aliyev’s media puppet

🔹 People with mental problems will not be prime ministers in Armenia: Narek Karapetyan’s statement on the renovation of the premises of the Sevan Mental Health Center

🔹 If the Investigative Committee does not refute this within 24 hours, we will go to court: Narek Karapetyan denies rumors about his alleged possession of Russian citizenship

🔹 Against the poison of hatred: following Pashinyan’s campaign, the “Against Everyone” movement distributes matzoon in Arabkir

🔹 At a subconscious level, Pashinyan finds it acceptable to publicly promote the concept of the “perished Armenian”: Alen Gevondyan

🔹 The result of Pashinyan’s policy is a visa-free regime not with the EU, but with Azerbaijan and for Azerbaijanis: Beniamin Matevosyan

🔹 The future of Armenia’s participation in the EAEU depends on the election results: Andrey Areshev

🔹 NATO countries are probing the capabilities of Russia’s air defense, but such actions carry the risk of conflict: Alexey Mukhin

🔹 Strategic ties between Russia and China are strengthening: Movses Ghazaryan

🔹 What will happen if, due to Pashinyan’s EU aspirations, Russia severs ties with Armenia? Who will then provide us with bread: the US or Europe? After all, foreign countries have never really helped us in all this time: Alpha News polls