The analyst pointed to Pashinyan's attempts to retain power

There is a fierce political struggle going on in Armenia, and the current government is trying to maintain its position and be re-elected by any means. This was announced by political analyst Hayk Ayvazyan in an interview with Izvestia on June 6.

"Total persecution of opposition forces is underway. Every day we hear that law enforcement agencies have detained and opened criminal cases against opposition candidates. At the same time, there are no criminal cases against candidates from the party of power," he said.

According to the political analyst, if Nikol Pashinyan is re-elected to the post of Prime Minister of Armenia, the pace of severance of relations with the Russian Federation will increase. Under the guise of joining the EU, Ayvazyan stressed, there is a process of deterioration of relations and eventually their rupture. He noted that this is the line of the European Union, which the Armenian government does not resist.

The expert notes that at first the war will be waged on an economic, informational or ideological level, and after a while, after the re-election of the current government, the confrontation will also affect the armed sphere.

At the same time, according to Ayvazyan, the Armenian economy will simply collapse. The Russian Federation has already banned the import of tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, green crops and strawberries, Armenian Jermuk mineral water, alcoholic beverages, flowers, fish, etc.

The political analyst added that against the background of economic problems in Armenia, the rating of the current government has fallen and now it is trying to be re-elected through manipulation. The ruling elite understands that there may not be enough votes, Ayvazyan concluded, and that is why the persecution is taking place.

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On the same day, it was reported that on the day of silence before the parliamentary elections in Armenia, the internal political situation escalated. According to Aram Vardevanyan, a lawyer and representative of the Strong Armenia party, there are no legal grounds for not allowing the Strong Armenia bloc to participate in the elections and canceling its registration.

Alexey Shevtsov, Deputy Secretary of the Russian Security Council, said on the same day that threats by the Armenian authorities to restrict citizens' voting rights were unacceptable. He noted that such actions do not correspond to "those European values and standards to which Armenia itself aspires."