Internal and external factors of crisis in Armenia
Although the hostage standoff has ended, the crisis is likely to have serious repercussions for both domestic politics and the foreign policy of the Sargsyan government
Sassoon brave
Armen Badalyan: "The police in Armenia have become an organ for sustaining the authorities ’’
The political consultant believes that the events surrounding ‘Sasna tsrer’ can’t be separated from the general situation in the country
Armenia’s daredevils and demonstrators: What lies ahead?
What makes the task of overhauling the current system so difficult is the divergent positions from which people are coming together – a jumble of nationalists, liberals, Russophiles, and Europhiles, among others.
Events in Yerevan: coverage from Armenia and coverage from Europe
Despite claims that the process is political or it is necessary to be transformed into a political format, there are no preconditions for this
‘‘Sassoon brave’’: the end of story
"Sassoon braves" have laid their weapons down. Antiterrorist operation on liberation of the PPS regiment building in Yerevan is over, the Armenian National Security Service reports. …
Zhirayr Sefilyan insists on meeting with members of Sasna tsrer
The chairman of the Founding Parliament Zhirayr Sefilyan, who was more than a month in detention, told about the ongoing negotiations in the last few days. "Over the past 3-4 days some well-known and respected people came to …
Armed group which seized police building in Yerevan opens fire, klls policeman
An armed group which seized a police building in Armenian capital has opened fire and killed one policeman, the press service of Armenian police said, Sputnik reported. Earlier on Saturday, the Armenian National Security Service …
Doctor held as hostage by ‘Sassoon Braves’ manages to escape
One of the physicians, Salvador Hechoyan, managed to escape from the police regiment in Yerevan, on the territory of which a group of armed men held him hostage since Wednesday, the director of the company ‘ Skoraya …
Matthew Bryza: Sasna Tsrer want to intimidate Sargsyan
The former US Assistant Secretary for the South Caucasus, former US ambassador to Azerbaijan, Matthew Bryza, explained to Vestnik Kavkaza that the armed seizure of the patrol in Yerevan's Erebuni district by activists of the …
Gunmen who seized police station in Yerevan release last 2 hostages
The armed group, which seized a police station in Armenia’s Yerevan, has released the last two hostages, RIA Novosti reports. The armed group seized the headquarters of the police and interior troops in Erebuni, Yerevan, July 17, …