Arsen Gevorgyan, an opposition politician with the Strong Armenia party, died of heart attack in jail. He was arrested last month, four days before a local election, on charges of vote buying in the northern town of Stepanavan, where he was running for mayor.
Two separate incidents involving Russian servicemen stationed at the military base in Gyumri occurred in October, including a viral video showing a uniformed man pinning someone to the ground and declaring that “Gyumri is the city of Russian soldiers.” While the authorities are still investigating the video, two Russian servicemen have been arrested in a separate assault case involving a Ukrainian national.
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