Armenia enters next stage of repressions - MP

ArmInfo. Another stage of repressions has begun in Armenia. This was stated to journalists on June 25 by Garnik Danielyan, a member of the National Assembly of the  Republic of Armenia from the opposition faction "Armenia", commenting  on the searches that had begun in the houses and apartments of  supporters of the "Sacred Struggle" movement and members of the ARF  "Dashnaktsutyun" party. 

"Yesterday he (RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan - ed.) published a  message in which he said some absurd things, and searches are being  conducted within its framework. If a few days ago people were taken  to the Investigative Committee and the Police, now, according to our  information, a member of the Noyemberyan branch of the ARF Varazdat  Amiraghyan was taken to the National Security Service. This is  another round of repression, this time on a much larger scale. Almost  all security agencies are involved in the special operation - the  Police, the Investigative Committee, the National Security Service,"  the MP added.

He noted that about 50 people were taken to police stations.  Meanwhile, according to the parliamentarian, none of them committed  any illegal actions. Garnik Danielyan noted that recently  unprecedented events have been taking place in post-Soviet Armenia,  which in their nature are reminiscent of 1937. "When they break into  people's houses and take them to the NSS, what does this mean? About  1937. The man (RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan - ed.) once again  fell into a fit of hysteria, sending corresponding SMS messages to  the leadership of law enforcement agencies with a demand to provide  the necessary "evidence" of guilt at any cost," the MP emphasized.

On June 25, searches were conducted in the houses and apartments of  representatives of the "Sacred Struggle" movement and the ARF party  from early in the morning. They began after yesterday's statement by  RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan about preventing an attempt at a  coup d'etat and usurpation of power. "This process will go down in  history as a 'failed coup d'etat of swindlers,'" he wrote on social  media, attaching a link to an article from the Civic publication to  the post. The message says that the Armenian opposition was preparing  a coup d'etat in the country and developed a special plan for this  purpose. It mentions former presidents of Armenia and Russian  companies.

The Civic portal published scans of an unknown document consisting of  seven pages. It is titled "Coup Strategy". At the beginning of the  text, the "goal is to overthrow the regime of Nikol Pashinyan" and  transfer power to the people, the church and other structures. The  document says that the implementation of the plan should begin on  July 23. 

The "human resources" section mentions former Armenian presidents  Robert Kocharyan and Serzh Sargsyan, as well as the leader of the  Tavush for the Motherland movement Bagrat Galstanyan, the recently  arrested billionaire Samvel Karapetyan and the founder of the  Prosperous Armenia party Gagik Tsarukyan.  The list also includes  Russian companies Gazprom Armenia and South Caucasus Railways, which  belongs to Russian Railways.