ArmInfo.   Speaking at a campaign rally in Sevan, former Armenian President Robert Kocharyan accused the current administration of deliberately injecting "poison, lies, and falsifications" into the upcoming parliamentary election  campaign. Kocharyan, who leads the opposition "Armenia" alliance,  claimed the government is attempting to replicate its 2018 tactics by  actively sowing public discord and hatred.

ArmInfo.Nagorno-Karabakh was lost by Armenia because Yerevan, without consulting Russia, signed a statement recognizing it as part of Azerbaijan, as stated by Robert Kocharyan, Armenia's second president and the "Armenia" bloc candidate for prime minister, in an interview with the RBC TV channel.

ArmInfo.Russia's trade restrictions and import bans on certain Armenian goods cannot frighten Armenia, as they constitute another "shot in the foot." This opinion was expressed by Nikolai Platoshkin, a Russian diplomat,  former head of the Russian Foreign Ministry's Armenia department, and political scientist, commenting on recent Russian statements amid the start of Armenia's accession process to the European Union (EU).

ArmInfo. Public figure Gegham  Ohanyan has begun an indefinite, 24-hour sit-in in the area adjacent  to the Armenian presidential residence on Baghramyan Street in  defense of Artsakh resident Artur Osipyan, who was arrested after an  argument with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.

ArmInfo. The November 9, 2020, ceasefire agreement did not grant the Russian peacekeepers any mandate, and the Armenian Prime Minister's actions on the Artsakh  issue have relegated these peacekeepers to the status of outside  observers. This was stated by Robert Kocharyan, the second president  of Armenia and leader of the "Armenia" bloc, on the Public Television  of Armenia.

ArmInfo.  US Secretary of State Marco Rubio's visit to Armenia is part of an election campaign aimed at taking control of the Iranian border and once again hurting Russia. This opinion was expressed by Robert Kocharyan, the second president of Armenia and leader of the "Armenia" bloc, in a  conversation with journalists during a campaign stop in Armenia's  Vayots Dzor region.

ArmInfo. Members of the Armenia parliamentary faction intend to file a criminal complaint in connection with current Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's attacks against a woman who approached him during the campaign for the upcoming June parliamentary elections.

ArmInfo. Matsak Matosyan, head of the Spitak office of second Armenian President Robert Kocharyan's Armenia Bloc, has been released. The Anti-Corruption Court rejected the prosecution's motion to detain him. Lawyer Alexander Kochubaev announced this on his Facebook page.

ArmInfo.  The Anti-Corruption Committee of Armenia is conducting searches at the Spitak office of the "Armenia" bloc of second Armenian President Robert Kocharyan. The political party confirmed this information, stating that such actions will not intimidate them.

ArmInfo.  Festive events are taking place throughout Armenia to mark May 9 – Victory Day in the Great Patriotic War. More than 600,000 sons of the Armenian people  fought, with approximately 300,000 never returning from the front  lines

ArmInfo. Armenian President Vahagn Khachaturyan has issued a formal message on the launch of the  election campaign in the country for the upcoming parliamentary elections on June 7.

ArmInfo.Latvia expresses its full solidarity with Armenia regarding its development and progress along the European path, as stated by Latvian President  Edgars Rinkevics during a joint briefing with Armenian President Vahagn Khachaturyan on May 7.

ArmInfo.  Latvian President Edgars Rinkevics arrived in Armenia on an official visit. The official welcoming ceremony took place on May 7 at the residence of the  Armenian President.

ArmInfo.  Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan was awarded the Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor by decree of French President Emmanuel Macron. The Armenian  Foreign Ministry press service reported this.

ArmInfo.  French President Emmanuel Macron, as part of his state visit to Armenia, visited the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex to the Victims of the Armenian  Genocide and honored the memory of the holy martyrs. He was  accompanied by Armenian President Vahagn Khachaturyan.

ArmInfo. Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze arrived in Yerevan to participate in the European Political Society Summit. The guest was met at the plane's steps by Alen Simonyan, Speaker of the Armenian Parliament.

ArmInfo.Small countries must avoid getting entangled in the contradictions between major geopolitical players, as stated by former Armenian President Robert Kocharyan during an interview with RTVI. He pointed out that the  Kremlin's concern regarding Yerevan's current policy is well-founded. 

ArmInfo. Relatives of missing servicemen were forced to hold hearings on the declassification of the investigation report into the circumstances of the 44-day war of 2020 outside the Armenian parliament because the  country's authorities refused to provide them with a larger hall.

ArmInfo.  As part of his working visit to Kazakhstan, Armenian President Vahagn Khachaturyan held separate meetings with his counterparts from Kyrgyzstan, Sadyr  Japarov, and Mongolia, Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh.

ArmInfo.  Third President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan issued a statement on the eighth anniversary of his resignation as head of the republic, following the so-called  Velvet Revolution of the spring of 2018.