The country’s social media has been filled with patriotism and cheering for the attacks on Azerbaijan, but many also are pushing back and calling for cooler heads.
Until recently, oligarch Gagik Tsarukyan had managed to stay in the government’s good graces. But then he started criticizing them more sharply, and now the authorities have unveiled several criminal cases against him.
The seizures follow shortly after the former official linked to the firms had taken to Facebook with a series of scandalous allegations involving Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.
Two weeks after the country largely ended its lockdown, the number of coronavirus cases has shot up and the government is preparing to use a repurposed sports hall to treat patients.
The Council of Europe convention was opposed by right-wing and social conservative groups, which objected to provisions calling for sex abuse education for school children.
Armenian ruling party members have been involved in two physical altercations in recent days. They say they are just responding to verbal provocations.
The legislation allows authorities to freeze property acquired with suspicious funds. Now they want access to bank and insurance information without a court order.
