US Vice President’s visit to Yerevan. Letter from Artsakh Armenians. Parliament Speaker’s failed visit to Moscow. AlphaNewsroom 02/09/26
February 09 2026, 21:00
Today in Alpha Newsroom:
🔹US Vice President’s visit to Armenia: What did Pashinyan and JD Vance discuss?
🔹The Speaker of the Artsakh Parliament sent a letter to the visiting US Vice President, raising the issue of the return of Artsakh residents
🔹Ahead of Vance’s visit, citizens gathered outside the presidential residence demanding steps for the release of Armenian prisoners held in Baku
🔹Citizens demanded solutions to humanitarian issues between Yerevan and Baku outside the US Embassy
🔹 The order of the US Vice President’s visit lowers expectations on the prisoner issue – Robert Margaryan
🔹The US Vice President’s visit to Yerevan and Baku is an attempt to strengthen American influence in the region – Bogdan Bezpalko
🔹Vance’s visit is linked to US presence near the Iranian border, creating risks for both Armenia and Azerbaijan – Pyotr Kolchin
🔹Alen Simonyan’s failure in Russia: Moscow does not believe in tears – Beniamin Matevosyan
🔹 Turkey has accelerated preparations for opening the Alican checkpoint. “This is soft power politics” – Mher Abrahamyan
🔹 “We will live long enough to get an answer” – families of soldiers missing in the war demand publication of the investigative commission’s report
🔹Arrests of representatives of Iran’s reformist camp are the result of internal systemic struggles – Zhanna Vardanyan
🔹What kind of foreign trade did we have in 2025? Which countries had the largest share and why? – analysis by Lilia Amirkhanyan
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