Armenia holds parliamentary elections on 7 June amid geopolitical tug-of-war between EU and Russia (euobserver.com)

• Ruling party leads with ~50% polling; opposition leader jailed.
• Refugee activist arrested after confronting PM over Nagorno-Karabakh.
• EU and US back Pashinyan; Russia accused of election interference.

"Armenia votes on 7 June 2026 with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s Civil Contract party forecast to win about half the vote. Opposition leader Samvel Karapetyan is jailed, and activist Artur Osipyan, a Nagorno-Karabakh refugee, was arrested after confronting Pashinyan. The 2023 Azerbaijani annexation of Nagorno-Karabakh displaced 100,000 Armenians; a 2025 peace treaty omitted their return. Russia and the EU vie for influence, with Brussels and Washington backing Pashinyan. Critics accuse the government of politically motivated arrests."