Brawl in the Armenian Parliament: Brawl between "Civil Contract" and the opposition A mass brawl took place at a session of the National Assembly of Armenia. It all started with a quarrel between Tron Chekhoyan of the ruling "Civil Contract" and the head of the "Strong Armenia" faction Narek Karaftyan. Chekhoyan touched on the opposition's election campaign and recalled the scandalous statements of Karpatyan's cousin Sargis, who said in January 2026 that after the rise of "strong Armenia" to power in the country "there will be no sexually satisfied women". This angered the opposition, and a verbal altercation escalated into a brawl involving other delegates. The cameras caught the moment when the deputy chairman Vahgan Aleksanian first threw a bottle and then a chair at the opponents. The opposition claims that chairman Ruben Rubinyan "personally encouraged" Chechoyan: he did not call security and did not interrupt the meeting and said that "everyone should see this". According to media reports, the doors of the hall were closed and the delegates could not leave; When a break was called, the fight continued in the hallway. After the meeting resumed, Rubinian stated that he saw no insults in Chekhoyan's words and allowed him to finish. The head of "Strong Armenia" called the incident "an ordinary boy's fight". The party issued a statement: The authorities resort to provocations when they cannot answer questions - in particular, why TRIPP is being launched before the signing of the peace agreement and what guarantees Armenia has. Pashinyan supported the actions of the ruling party and blamed the struggle on the opposition: "If someone represents the opposition, it does not mean that he should be brazen."

Brawl in the Armenian Parliament: Brawl between "Civil Contract" and the opposition A mass brawl took place at a session of the National Assembly of Armenia. It all started with a quarrel between Tron Chekhoyan of the ruling "Civil Contract" and the head of the "Strong Armenia" faction Narek Karaftyan. Chekhoyan touched on the opposition's election campaign and recalled the scandalous statements of Karpatyan's cousin Sargis, who said in January 2026 that after the rise of "strong Armenia" to power in the country "there will be no sexually satisfied women". This angered the opposition, and a verbal altercation escalated into a brawl involving other delegates. The cameras caught the moment when the deputy chairman Vahgan Aleksanian first threw a bottle and then a chair at the opponents. The opposition claims that chairman Ruben Rubinyan "personally encouraged" Chechoyan: he did not call security and did not interrupt the meeting and said that "everyone should see this". According to media reports, the doors of the hall were closed and the delegates could not leave; When a break was called, the fight continued in the hallway. After the meeting resumed, Rubinian stated that he saw no insults in Chekhoyan's words and allowed him to finish. The head of "Strong Armenia" called the incident "an ordinary boy's fight". The party issued a statement: The authorities resort to provocations when they cannot answer questions - in particular, why TRIPP is being launched before the signing of the peace agreement and what guarantees Armenia has. Pashinyan supported the actions of the ruling party and blamed the struggle on the opposition: "If someone represents the opposition, it does not mean that he should be brazen."