ArmInfo.  The South Caucasus is entering a new phase of turbulence, but it is unclear whether the current Armenian authorities, led by Nikol Pashinyan, are prepared to  withstand it. This is what Artak Zakaryan, former Deputy Defense  Minister of Armenia and member of the Executive Body of the  Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), writes.

ArmInfo.  Human rights activist Ruben Melikyan warns that in the past two days, the absurd thesis that human rights can be trampled in the name of defending  "democracy" has been actively spreading in Armenia.

ArmInfo.  The very fact of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's working visit to Russia  creates opportunities for restoring Armenian-Russian dialogue, but  it's too early to talk about a real thaw in bilateral relations. This  opinion was shared by political analyst and economist Grant Mikaelyan  in an interview with an ArmInfo correspondent. "The fact of the visit  itself offers certain hope and creates opportunities, given that  Moscow was initially against such a visit. We saw that the previous  meeting between Putin and Pashinyan (on April 1 — Ed.) was not very  successful," Mikaelyan noted.

ArmInfo. Public support for Armenia's European integration may weaken if the cost of reforms is felt before tangible benefits emerge. This opinion was expressed on his Facebook page by political scientist Sergey Minasyan, Deputy  Director of the Caucasus Institute, while presenting the domestic  dimension of Armenia's integration with the European Union (EU).

ArmInfo.  Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan avoided providing a direct answer regarding whose initiative led to the cancellation of his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin—a meeting Pashinyan himself had publicly  announced earlier in June.

ArmInfo. On June 25, Ambassador Narek Mkrtchyan and Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs Jacob Helberg signed the Joint Statement on AI Opportunity Partnership at the Donald Trump U.S. Institute of Peace. The  statement was signed within the framework of the #PaxSilicaSummit.

ArmInfo.  Armenia views relations with Russia as a tool for financially securing a  reorientation toward a European path, stated Russian Foreign Ministry  spokesperson Maria Zakharova.

ArmInfo. The Administrative Court has upheld the claim filed by the Prosecutor  General's Office to  invalidate the state title registration held by  the "National Olympic Committee of Armenia" (a union of legal  entities) for a state-owned land plot.

ArmInfo.  Firebird Inc. today announced the signing of strategic cooperation agreements with the Government of Kazakhstan aimed at supporting the development of national next-generation artificial intelligence infrastructure, advanced computing capacity, and a globally competitive digital AI ecosystem.

ArmInfo.  Russian President Vladimir Putin has congratulated the head of the Russian and New Nakhichevan Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church,  Archbishop Yezras Nersisyan, on the occasion of Russia Day.

ArmInfo.RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan sent a congratulatory message to Russian President Vladimir Putin on the occasion of Russia Day.

ArmInfo. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced that he would visit Russia if invited. He made this statement during a press-briefing on June 11.

ArmInfo.  The issue of Armenia's membership in the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) is already a pressing issue, as stated by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at a press conference on June 10, following the CSTO Foreign Ministers' Council meeting in Kazan.

ArmInfo.Team Telecom Armenia will provide communications and internet infrastructure for the Firebird artificial intelligence megaproject through a  next-generation fiber optic backbone network.

ArmInfo.  Moscow will await the official results of the parliamentary elections in Armenia, as stated by the Russian leader's official representative, Dmitry  Peskov.

ArmInfo.Armenia needs to decide between the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and the EU, otherwise it won't know what kind of jam it will make, says Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Overchuk.

ArmInfo.Armenia is essentially repeating the path Ukraine took in 2013-2014, and it is necessary to "think hard" to prevent Yerevan from ultimately following the same path and ending up in a similar situation. Deputy Secretary of the Russian Security Council (SC) Alexey Shevtsov stated this in an  interview with Vesti on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), according to TASS.

ArmInfo. Armenia is being tested by choosing between the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and the European Union (EU), Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated in an interview with Izvestia.

ArmInfo. Russia and Azerbaijan have established good, very good relations, and Azerbaijani leader Ilham Aliyev is investing heavily in them, Russian President Vladimir Putin stated on June 4.

ArmInfo. Russia will maintain normal relations with Armenia, regardless of the decision the country makes regarding its future path, Putin stated during a meeting with the heads of global news agencies on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.