Tough questions for Civil Contract over corruption scandals. Putin to continue sanctions․ Alpha Newsroom 03.08.2026
August 03 2026, 21:00
Today in Alpha News Room:
Questions for Rubinyan about political patronage: how a Civil Contract official who took part in negotiations with Turkey was elected chairman of the National Assembly;
An ethics commission will be established in the National Assembly. “There will be no sanctions, but the mere existence of the commission will serve as a deterrent”: Rubinyan;
Hayk Konjoryan, a candidate for vice-speaker of parliament, faced uncomfortable questions about his wife;
Parliamentary elections have deepened the crisis, Putin will continue imposing sanctions over Pashinyan: Beniamin Matevosyan;
Employees of Tsarukyan’s companies, left without work for about a month, demand that Pashinyan reopen their workplaces;
There are no contacts at all: Iran denies Trump’s claims of negotiations;
Possible negotiations between the US and Iran will be a lengthy process: Irina Fedorova;
Tension in the Middle East will likely remain at its current level: Kirill Semyonov;
Philosopher and essayist Nassim Nicholas Taleb declined an invitation to give a lecture in Azerbaijan because of Ruben Vardanyan.
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