{"id":7221,"date":"2026-06-12T16:35:36","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T16:35:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/06\/12\/pro-russian-opposition-party-calls-for-armenian-election-result-annulment\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T16:35:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T16:35:36","slug":"pro-russian-opposition-party-calls-for-armenian-election-result-annulment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/06\/12\/pro-russian-opposition-party-calls-for-armenian-election-result-annulment\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro-Russian opposition party calls for Armenian election result annulment"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><em>Strong Armenia claims that Sunday\u2019s election \u2013 which Moscow was accused of seeking to influence \u2013 was marred by \u2018voting irregularities\u2019.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>The pro-Russian Strong Armenia party has called on Armenia\u2019s election commission to annul Sunday\u2019s parliamentary election result due to \u201cvoting irregularities\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The opposition alliance\u2019s Aram Vardevanyan told reporters in the capital Yerevan that the petition was submitted on Friday, alleging that the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/6\/8\/pm-pashinyans-party-wins-armenia-election-preliminary-results-show\">victory<\/a> claimed by incumbent Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan\u2019s governing Civil Contract party should not be allowed to stand, despite the huge margin.<\/p>\n<section>\n<h2>Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n<p><span>list of 3 items<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>list 1 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/6\/7\/armenians-vote-in-election-testing-move-towards-west-amid-russian-backlash\">Armenia votes in test of PM\u2019s pivot to Europe amid Russian pressure<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 2 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/video\/inside-story\/2026\/6\/6\/why-are-armenias-elections-being-so-keenly-watched\">Why are Armenia\u2019s elections being so keenly watched abroad?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 3 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/6\/1\/armenian-pm-rejects-russias-demand-for-eu-referendum-as-relations-nosedive\">Armenian PM rejects Russia\u2019s demand for EU referendum as relations nosedive<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>The ruling party, which has bolstered ties with Western countries since coming to power in 2018, won 49.8 percent of votes. Strong Armenia secured 23.2 percent in the June 7 election, running on a pledge to maintain Armenia\u2019s traditionally close ties to Russia.<\/p>\n<p>The annulment call came despite Russia\u2019s obvious efforts to influence the race. Moscow was accused of seeking to tip the scales by exerting <a href=\"http:\/\/Armenian PM rejects Russia\u2019s demand for EU referendum as relations nosedive\">economic and diplomatic pressure<\/a> on Pashinyan\u2019s government.<\/p>\n<p>Moscow was quick to condemn the result as soon as it became clear that Pashinyan had won, claiming the vote had been marred by Western interference.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, Armenia\u2019s Central Election Commission declared tallies at two polling stations invalid citing a concentration of military personnel at voting sites after polls closed.<\/p>\n<p>Opposition groups have also complained of a spate of arrests before the vote that targeted their parliamentary candidates and supporters.<\/p>\n<p>A group of international electoral observers, while noting allegations of vote-buying and other electoral violations, said voting had gone smoothly in most polling stations.<\/p>\n<p>Analysts accused Russia of online misinformation and spreading Kremlin-friendly narratives portraying Western cooperation as dangerous.<\/p>\n<p>Russia has a military base in the mountainous Caucasian country and is among Yerevan\u2019s top trading partners.<\/p>\n<p>Despite freezing its participation in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/features\/2013\/10\/6\/russias-putin-battles-for-his-eurasian-dream\">Russian-led Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU)<\/a> in 2024, Armenia has remained in the economic bloc, as Pashinyan has sought to maintain pragmatic relations with Armenia\u2019s larger neighbour.<\/p>\n<p>The Kremlin has warned that it would be impossible for Armenia to be part of both the European Union and EAEU.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the vote, Russia\u2019s agricultural watchdog suspended seafood imports from Armenia, <span>a vital sector for the economy that sends 30 percent of its exports to Russia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span> Bans were also implemented on Armenian flowers, mineral water and alcohol. Trade bans are a common tactic employed by Moscow displeased by former colonies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"2\">The European Union accused Russia of attempting to cripple Armenia\u2019s economy to influence the election\u2019s outcome.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"2\">The Election Commission is expected to publish the final results on Sunday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Strong Armenia claims that Sunday\u2019s election \u2013 which Moscow was accused of seeking to influence \u2013 was marred by \u2018voting irregularities\u2019. The pro-Russian Strong Armenia party has called on Armenia\u2019s election commission to annul Sunday\u2019s parliamentary election result due to \u201cvoting irregularities\u201d. The opposition alliance\u2019s Aram Vardevanyan told reporters in the capital Yerevan that the &#8230; <a title=\"Pro-Russian opposition party calls for Armenian election result annulment\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/06\/12\/pro-russian-opposition-party-calls-for-armenian-election-result-annulment\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Pro-Russian opposition party calls for Armenian election result annulment\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7222,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7221\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}