Samvel Karapetyan elected chairman of ‘Strong Armenia’. Vance raised issue of Armenian prisoners in Baku. AlphaNewsroom 02/11/26
February 11 2026, 17:00
Today in Alpha Newsroom:
🔹Samvel Karapetyan has been elected chairman of the “Strong Armenia” party; the party will announce its candidate for prime minister tomorrow
🔹Catholicos of All Armenians and Robert Amsterdam discussed legal proceedings against bishops and Samvel Karapetyan
🔹Attempts are underway to turn the Church into a “puppet structure”, but that is impossible – Nikoghos Hovhannisyan
🔹Vance raised the issue of prisoner releases during his visit to Baku
🔹The countries of the South Caucasus are sovereign states with the right to build relations with other nations – Peskov
🔹Vance’s visit to the region is an attempt to establish control over the Silk Road – Marat Bashirov
🔹The US goal is not to create a new nuclear industry, but disrupting existing Russian-Armenian projects is a fully achievable objective – Danila Gureyev
🔹Six people were arrested in Vagharshapat. The authorities aim to isolate opposition figures ahead of the elections – Ishkhan Saghatelyan
🔹Armenian citizens aged 27 to 37 who evaded military service will be able to avoid criminal prosecution by paying a fee