Twelve detained: arrests and restrictions. Harsh assessments of the Armenian authorities Alpha Newsroom 17.04.2026
April 17 2026, 14:00
Today in Alpha Newsroom:
🔹 House arrest and a travel ban imposed on 12 detainees in Artashat;
🔹 Robert Kocharyan on regional security and Iran’s role;
🔹 Sergey Lavrov at the CIS Council of Foreign Ministers meeting in Moscow: the agenda covers expanding cooperation and the Commonwealth’s 35th anniversary;
🔹 “You are many times weaker than both Samvel Karapetyan and Gagik Tsarukyan, to say nothing of Robert Kocharyan”: Artsvik Minasyan to the Armenian authorities;
🔹 “If the Armenian authorities are re-elected, we will turn into ‘Western Azerbaijan’:” Angela Achikgezyan;
🔹 By blocking the Strait of Hormuz, Trump is playing with fire and deepening the global energy crisis: Malek Dudakov;
🔹 Trump’s decision to strike Iran could spell trouble for the entire world: Oleg Blokhin.
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