CivilnetIn this episode of Insights, host Eric Hacopian covers the dramatic arrests of billionaire Samvel Karapetyan and Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan, both accused in connection to an alleged coup plot. Eric unpacks what these charges reveal about rising political tensions in Armenia, the role of Russia, and the state’s approach to dissent. He also examines Prime Minister Pashinyan’s visit to Turkey, why a planned meeting with Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev there fell through, and what the failed summit says about the peace process. Finally, Eric responds to the prime minister’s controversial statement that Armenia “gained independence by losing Artsakh,” and asks what such rhetoric means for the country’s future.
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