Armenia
Man charged with hooliganism after throwing apple at Prime Minister Pashinyan
Albert Arustamyan, a 71-year-old resident of Yerevan’s Zeytun district, has been charged with hooliganism after reportedly throwing an apple towards Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan as a sign of protest. The episode occurred on 23 August during a visit by Pashinyan to one of his relatives living in the same building. Eyewitnesses told RFE/RL that the apple did not hit Pashinyan, but that emergency services were still called to the scene. ‘Neighbourhood children say that Nikol Pashi
