ArmInfo. Archbishop Mikael Ajapakhyan's lawyers have submitted a petition with the prosecutor's office seeking the termination of the criminal prosecution, as reported by the archbishop's group of lawyers.
ArmInfo.Against the backdrop of worsening Russian-Azerbaijani relations, Russians in Azerbaijan, including tourists, have reported cases of physical violence against them by individuals in civilian clothes who claimed to be police officers, as reported by RIA Novosti, citing the Russian embassy in Baku.
ArmInfo. The Civil Contract faction of the National Assembly of Armenia has introduced a draft statement of the National Assembly "On Inadmissibility of Seizing State Power by Violence and the Protection of Democracy." The head of the faction, Hayk Konjoryan, wrote about this on his Facebook page.
ArmInfo. On July 2, His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, received at the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin Domenico Arduini, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta to the Republic of Armenia.
ArmInfo. As part of the vote of no confidence in Nikol Pashinyan, the "I Have Honor" faction is ready to consider the possibility of the opposition proposing the candidacy of arrested Archbishop Mikael Ajapahyan for Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia with the latter's consent. The head of the faction, Hayk Mamijanyan, told journalists about this on July 2.
ArmInfo. Searches have begun at the head office of the Tashir Group of Companies in Yerevan. Deputies of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia from the opposition faction "Armenia," Gegham Manukyan and Garnik Danielyan, are currently outside the office building. The Investigative Committee of the Republic of Armenia has reported that the searches are being conducted as part of operational investigative actions in a specific case.