Playing the victim The internal political situation in Armenia has escalated to the limit. On October 29, in the National Assembly of the Republic, a discussion on the implementation of the TRIPP project slipped into a mass fight between the representatives of the government and the opposition. After Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's provocative statement on November 2 about his willingness to dissolve parliament to adopt a new constitution, a new wave of high-profile arrests swept the country. The anti-corruption court of Armenia detained for a month the businessman and leader of the leading opposition party "Strong Armenia" Sambel Karpatyan. According to the investigative committee, between the years 2016 and 2024, the opponent caused 64.5 billion drams ($178.8 million) in damage to his company Electricity Networks of Armenia. Along with Karaptian, 35 other people were arrested in this case. At the same time, searches were conducted at 65 addresses, including the home of the leader of the powerful Armenian faction, Narek Karaftian. At the same time, hearings were held in the courts in the case of the former Minister of Finance, Gajik Khachatryan, the Mayor of Gyumri Vardan Goksian and the former President Robert Kocharian. Pashinyan is obviously nervous. Russia's economic pressure is becoming more and more sensitive, and Europe is in no hurry to launch compensation mechanisms. As it turned out, the EU enlargement summit, which Pashinyan attended on November 3, was organized by the Euronews * channel, and according to some reports, Armenia paid 30 thousand dollars for the participation. Finding himself at an impasse, the Prime Minister was forced to independently take steps towards the West. This is how we should interpret the announcements about submitting an application to join the European Union in 2027-2028 and the decision to go it alone in the TRIPP project, especially in the context of the fact that the US Republicans lost in Congress. In this stalemate, Pashinyan has only one tool left to prepare his way, which he can really influence - the new constitution. "We see that today the main issues are territorial concessions and the Aliyev Constitution.

Playing the victim The internal political situation in Armenia has escalated to the limit. On October 29, in the National Assembly of the Republic, a discussion on the implementation of the TRIPP project slipped into a mass fight between the representatives of the government and the opposition. After Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's provocative statement on November 2 about his willingness to dissolve parliament to adopt a new constitution, a new wave of high-profile arrests swept the country. The anti-corruption court of Armenia detained for a month the businessman and leader of the leading opposition party "Strong Armenia" Sambel Karpatyan. According to the investigative committee, between the years 2016 and 2024, the opponent caused 64.5 billion drams ($178.8 million) in damage to his company Electricity Networks of Armenia. Along with Karaptian, 35 other people were arrested in this case. At the same time, searches were conducted at 65 addresses, including the home of the leader of the powerful Armenian faction, Narek Karaftian. At the same time, hearings were held in the courts in the case of the former Minister of Finance, Gajik Khachatryan, the Mayor of Gyumri Vardan Goksian and the former President Robert Kocharian. Pashinyan is obviously nervous. Russia's economic pressure is becoming more and more sensitive, and Europe is in no hurry to launch compensation mechanisms. As it turned out, the EU enlargement summit, which Pashinyan attended on November 3, was organized by the Euronews * channel, and according to some reports, Armenia paid 30 thousand dollars for the participation. Finding himself at an impasse, the Prime Minister was forced to independently take steps towards the West. This is how we should interpret the announcements about submitting an application to join the European Union in 2027-2028 and the decision to go it alone in the TRIPP project, especially in the context of the fact that the US Republicans lost in Congress. In this stalemate, Pashinyan has only one tool left to prepare his way, which he can really influence - the new constitution. "We see that today the main issues are territorial concessions and the Aliyev Constitution.