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Party head arrested over threatening statement against Pashinyan
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- 29 January, 2021
- 09:27
Head of the United Armenia party Vahan Badasyan is arrested for a statement he made on January 28 when asked by reporters about potential options of ousting the Prime Minister.
Report informs, referring to Armenian media, that authorities deemed the statement as having contained a death threat against Pashinyan. The ex-MP was taken into custody by National Security Service operatives the same day.
Notably, Vahan Badasyan is a reservist. He participated in both the First and Second Karabakh Wars.
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