In February 2026, an unprecedented event in the modern history of Armenia took place. The Prosecutor General's Office of Armenia initiated a criminal case against Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II on charges of obstructing the enforcement of a judicial decision related to former clergyman Arman Saroyan.
The Public Tribunal maintains that the trial has long since exceeded the boundaries of legal procedure. Its political subtext is evident and impossible to ignore.
Just as the collapse of the Soviet Union began with Gorbachev’s reforms — though formally dated to 1991 — Armenia’s process of Turkization, began in 2008.
Ultimately, “Real Armenia” is neither our Republic nor our fatherland. It is an artificial construct, devoid of history, roots, and humanity. Such “realness” threatens not only the cultural and spiritual fabric of the people but the very foundations of statehood.
The CEPA signed by Serzh Sargsyan in 2017 is portrayed as an economic agreement, yet it is argued to be a strategic instrument that shapes Armenia’s long-term energy and political orientation, with the ultimate objective of pushing Russia out of the region and leaving it to Turkey.
In recent days, Armenia’s political agenda has centered on the visit of U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance. The authorities have presented the visit as a milestone event, emphasizing the prospects for deepening Armenian-American relations.
As Armenians approach the polling stations in the summer of 2026, each citizen will be choosing not only among candidates and parties, but between national dignity and conciliation. In making that choice, the people must ask themselves whether they are ready to reclaim their memory, values, and strength or whether they are prepared to settle for exhaustion and the illusion of peace.
True independence is possible only when a nation is able to assess itself, the world, and its place within it soberly. Freedom does not begin with slogans or external orientations. It begins with the rejection of self-deception.
Hambardzumyan insists that revealing the roles of Pashinyan, Sargsyan, and agents such as Mirzoyan is essential to restoring public control over the state and putting an end to manipulation by the special services.
The sentences pronounced in Baku in early February went far beyond the boundaries of judicial proceedings or even the context of a regional conflict. They were neither an attempt to establish the truth nor an exercise in justice. Rather, they constituted a public act of punishment, meticulously staged under the guise of legality. The Azerbaijani authorities used the trial as a continuation of the war and as an instrument to reaffirm its outcome.
