Armenia
Arrests follow ‘assassination plot’ against Pashinyan
Several prominent political and military figures have been arrested and accused of attempting to assassinate Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Armenia’s National Security Service (NSS) issued a statement on the alleged plot on Saturday evening. Those arrested include former NSS head and head of the Motherland Party Artur Vanetsyan, former deputy speaker of Armenia’s parliament Republican Party member Vahram Baghdasaryan, Commander of the Sisian Detachment and war veteran Colonel Ashot Minasyan,