ArmInfo.Secretary of the Security Council of Armenia Armen Grigoryan gave a manipulative answer to the question whether the Armenian side asked Moscow for Russian border guards to continue guarding the Armenian-Iranian and Armenian-Turkish borders, as stated by the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov.

ArmInfo.Moscow sees a lot of speculation regarding the meeting of the leaders of Armenia and  Russia in Moscow on May 8. This was stated on May 15 during a weekly briefing by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, in response to clarification as to whether it could be assumed that Moscow offered Pashinyan to completely withdraw Russian troops from the Republic of Armenia.

ArmInfo. Yerevan requested to withdraw  the temporary operative forces of the Russian border  guards. This was announced on May 14 by Alexander Bortnikov, a candidate for the post of director of the Federal Security Service (FSB) of Russia. "Such a decision has been made," noted the head of the FSB.

ArmInfo.The "Shirak for the Motherland" movement is currently holding a car rally in Gyumri in  support for the residents of Tavush.

ArmInfo. The "Mother Armenia" bloc is holding an protest action on April 29 in support of residents  of villages in the Tavush region of the republic.

ArmInfo.From April 26 to May 10 Two Arcs Art Space is pleased to be hosting Interactive portait  exhibition by sculptor Mkrtich Mazmanian, dedicated to Charles Aznavour. 

ArmInfo. In Armenia, on the morning of April 29, protests in defense of residents of villages in  the Tavush region resumed.

ArmInfo.Children in Tavush have been forced to fight for their safety and the right to live on  the street with their parents for a week now, expert in Azerbaijani studies Angela Elibegova wrote.

ArmInfo.Actions of disobedience have started in Armenia directed against the policies pursued by the current authorities of Armenia. Citizens oppose the unilateral concessions of the Armenian authorities to Azerbaijan.  Citizens took to the streets in support of Tavush and, as a step of disagreement with the policy of the Armenian authorities, blocked the Yerevan-Gyumri, Yerevan-Meghri, Yerevan-Sevan roads.

ArmInfo. We are leaving Artsakh, which no longer exists. There is no one else to pacify in Karabakh - Azerbaijan got what it wanted, having been preparing revenge for decades. Famous Russian journalist - war correspondent, analyst and blogger Yuri Kotenok wrote on his Telegram channel. As a journalist who supports  the principle of the people's right to self-determination, Kotenok covered the course of the second Karabakh war, during which he was seriously wounded and barely survived.

ArmInfo.Human rights NGOs in Armenia, with the support of a number of Russian liberal platforms,  began to "disperse" information that the military police of the 102nd Russian base detained another Russian deserter - Anatoly Shchetinin in Gyumri. But is everything so clear in this story? As ArmInfo learned from the competent law enforcement agencies, everything that is said around this case is not true.

ArmInfo.The presence of the 102nd base and Russian border guards is the only real guarantee of  Armenia's sovereignty. This was stated by the Russian Foreign Ministry when asked to comment on the provisions of the "Deepening EU-Armenia Relations:

ArmInfo.The situation created in Armenian-Russian relations does not inspire optimism due to the  position of the Armenian leadership, which deliberately destroys relations with Russia. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stated on March 28 in an interview with Izvestia.

ArmInfo. Pashinyan and his 'masters' are afraid of political struggle. Leader of the Mother  Armenia movement Andranik Tevanyan wrote on his Facebook page.  "This is why they are trying to avoid a referendum or early parliamentary elections and are terribly afraid of street protests. You need to  understand this very well and be prepared," he emphasized.

ArmInfo. It is premature to talk about the withdrawal of Russian border guards from the land borders of Armenia. Armenia has neither the human resources nor the technical capabilities to replace Russian border guards at the border, the first commander of the border troops of Armenia, Major General Levon Stepanyan told ArmInfo in response to a request to comment on rumors about the possible withdrawal of Russian border guards from Armenia, given the current difficult geopolitical realities.

ArmInfo. The official voting results of Russian citizens on the territory of Armenia in the presidential elections held on March 15-17 have been announced.  Thus, according to official results, a total of 10,396 people voted in Armenia.

ArmInfo.The 'Crossroads of Peace' initiative proposed by the Armenian authorities is a project divorced from reality, since any desire to achieve peace and implement it ''on earth'' must be the result of the manifestation of the will of all participants in the conflict, both direct and indirect. About this in a conversation with the correspondent, Doctor of Political Sciences Vahe Davtyan told ArmInfo.

ArmInfo.TUMO will reconstruct the historic Gyumri market to establish an international culinary  school and implement a project aimed at long-term economic development with a 2.5 million euro grant provided by the European Union.

ArmInfo.The processes taking place today on the Russian-Armenian track are  cannot be qualified as diversification. Political scientist Arman Ghukasyan stated at a meeting with journalists.

ArmInfo.The Armenian government is demonstratively breaking ties with Russia, Konstantin  Zatulin, first deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on CIS Affairs, told RIA Novosti, commenting on Yerevan's intentions to replace Russian border guards at Zvartnots airport with Armenian border troops.