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The Velvet Revolution Paradox: Serzh Sargsyan Prospers After Being “Overthrown”
The Tribunal's file, NewsIn 2018, a non-violent Velvet Revolution took place in the Republic of Armenia. The country’s third president, who was supposedly overthrown, not only remained in Armenia but also retained his influence - and continues to prosper alongside his inner circle.

Five Cases That Never Turned Into Criminal Proceedings
NewsFollowing the change of power in Armenia in 2018, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and members of his team repeatedly spoke of various alleged crimes. While many of those claims led to the initiation of criminal cases, some were never investigated. CivilNet has compiled a list of several such instances.

What Did Nikol Pashinyan Surrender to Azerbaijan? Ishkhan Saghatelyan Drafts the List
The Tribunal's file, NewsIn response, Ishkhan Saghatelyan published a detailed post on his account in the banned social media platform, arguing that it is crucial to remind the public — clearly and factually — of all the unilateral, both oral and written, concessions made since November 9, 2020.

Pashinyan Targets One of the Foundational Pillars of Armenian History
The Tribunal's file, NewsPashinyan is setting a dangerous precedent - not only by interfering in the internal affairs of the Church, but by attempting to bring it under the control of a secular government in a country where the Church is far more than just a religious institution. The potential consequences of this move could prove far more serious for Armenia than the proposed changes to the Constitution or even the state emblem.

Pashinyan and Hakobyan Accused of Using NSS Materials for Blackmail
NewsNikol Pashinyan and Anna Hakobyan don’t just read tea leaves. The cryptic hints they post on Facebook are based on information provided by Armenia’s National Security Service (NSS).

How Nikol Pashinyan Managed to Turn Us Into His Advocates – An Opinion
NewsHow is it even possible that, in a country where tens of thousands of displaced Artsakh Armenians remain homeless, prisoners of war are still in captivity, the wounded and disabled are neglected, Artsakh has been physically erased, migration is surging, and social and economic problems are overwhelming—this is the issue we wake up to?

Tatev Hayrapetyan: Pashinyan and Pashazade “Pass the Ball” – A Game Against the Armenian Apostolic Church
The Tribunal's file, NewsPashazade and Pashinyan are openly passing the ball back and forth in their attacks against the Armenian Apostolic Church. The talking points coming out of Baku are so closely aligned with those voiced by Pashinyan that I could easily create an entire photo album on the subject. For now, I’m only sharing a small portion of it...

The Incomes of Nikol Pashinyan’s Family During His Time in Prison: What Did Anna Hakobyan Declare?
NewsNo employee of the National Archive has been detained or arrested in connection with these charges.

The Incomes of Nikol Pashinyan’s Family During His Time in Prison: What Did Anna Hakobyan Declare?
NewsAnd where was Armenia’s National Security Service while Pashinyan’s wife was collecting cars like Christmas ornaments?

Ashot Grigoryan: Karabakh Was Sold – Pashinyan and the British Connection
The Tribunal's file, NewsThat man sold Armenia. What we are witnessing today is not merely incompetence; it is a grave act of high treason․

“Football Diplomacy” and “Velvet Reshuffle”: How London Used Serzh Sargsyan
The Tribunal's file, NewsTaking into account the involvement of Armenia’s third president and his son-in-law, Mikayel Minasyan, in facilitating the 2018 “velvet revolution,” there is reason to believe that Serzh Sargsyan has been using Nikol Pashinyan to carry out the commitments made to Turkey in 2009 under the so-called “football diplomacy.”

Why Did Pashinyan and Harutyunyan Publicly Disclose Military Secrets? Questions Raised by The Tribunal
The Tribunal's file, News, WitnessesDuring the 44-day war of 2020, as well as before and after it, numerous interviews, public speeches, and social media posts by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, his spouse Anna Hakobyan, and President of the Artsakh Republic Arayik Harutyunyan contained information that qualified as military and state secrets.

Silence implies consent
The Tribunal's file, NewsRussian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, in his comments to journalists, effectively accused the Armenian authorities of betraying Artsakh and surrendering it. Notably, Armenia’s Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan did not refute Lavrov’s claims.

Sputnik Armenia: David Melkumyan recounted episodes from the tragic events of September 2023 that led to the loss of Nagorno-Karabakh.
The Tribunal's file, News, WitnessesThe parliamentary factions of Nagorno-Karabakh did not initiate Harutyunyan’s resignation. Moreover, neither former presidents Arkadi Ghukasyan and Bako Sahakyan - who are currently imprisoned alongside Harutyunyan - nor any other political figure had called for his resignation.

Golos Armenii: How Artsakh Fell
The Tribunal's file, NewsWhy did Artsakh fall? Because by that time, Armenia had been ruled for six consecutive years by a group of loudmouthed liars and political amateurs. There was simply no alternative.

Artsrun Hovhannisyan’s “Brilliant Revelation”: Fascist Germany Planned to Create a United Armenia
NewsThe man widely regarded as the embodiment of wartime misinformation during the 44-day war of 2020—now fully aligned with the current anti-national authorities—has turned his attention to rewriting history, in what many see as an echo of Goebbels-style propaganda.

Robert Kocharyan: During the “Velvet Revolution,” Serzh Sargsyan Calmly Insisted There Were No Problems
News, WitnessesRobert Kocharyan believes that if Serzh Sargsyan had declined the post of prime minister and nominated someone else instead, the change of power would not have occurred.

“An Allegory Truth and Deception” and the 44-Day War
The Tribunal's file, News, InvestigationArtsrun Hovhannisyan’s deception had turned out to be as unexpected as it was devastating for Artsakh.

Boris Murazi: The Murder of Armen Israelyan Unites Nikol Pashinyan and Serzh Sargsyan
NewsFollowing his victory in the 2018 "velvet revolution," Nikol Pashinyan took no steps to investigate the crimes he had spoken about before coming to power.

In 2018, Serzh Sargsyan Used the People to Stage the “Velvet” Revolution
The Tribunal's file, NewsNikol Pashinyan has spent the past seven years trying to prove that seizing power through street protests with public support is practically impossible.

Hayk Demoyan: Pashinyan Engaged in Agent Activities Against Armenia
The Tribunal's file, News, WitnessesHe is engaged in crude agent activity. He speaks about Western Armenia only because we are making claims against Turkey. By drawing such comparisons, Pashinyan casts doubt on the fact of the Genocide and seeks to erase the fact that Armenians were deprived of their homeland.

By Denying Genocide, Pashinyan Hands Armenia to the Turkish Yatagan
Statements of the accused, The Tribunal's file, News, WitnessesHis senseless statements ignore the decades of historical research on the Armenian Genocide conducted by Turkish, German, British, American, and Armenian scholars, among others, stand in the way of the ongoing struggle for justice for the victims of the Armenian Genocide, and create a dangerous geopolitical dynamic, especially in the context of Azerbaijan’s recent genocide of Artsakh Armenians and its ongoing threats to the Republic of Armenia.

“Stop treating people like donkeys!” TRIBUNAL supports the questions of an oppositionist to Serzh Sargsyan and Nikol Pashinyan
The Tribunal's file, News, WitnessesOppositionist Arthur Hambartsoumyan has voiced quite interesting questions to Serzh Sargsyan on the YouTube Channel “Say No to Lie” (arm. — “Ո՛չ ստին”):

Foreign Natives: How the “Velvet” Authorities Are Ousting Artsakh Armenians
The Tribunal's file, NewsNikol Pashinyan’s “velvet” government is pursuing a policy of segregation against the forcibly displaced people, with the apparent aim of driving them out of Armenia.

"$100 Billion Worth of Property Abandoned": Expert Assesses Losses of Artsakh Armenians After 2023 Exodus
The Tribunal's file, News, WitnessesFollowing the forced displacement of Armenians from Artsakh in 2023, property left behind in the region is estimated at $100 billion, according to Armen Sargsyan, adviser on historical affairs at the Genesis Armenia Analytical Center. He made the statement during the conference “One Year Without Artsakh: Statistics and Strategic Perspective.”

Nikol Pashinyan: “We are closing the Karabakh issue, and this means that there is no longer a need for the OSCE Minsk Group.”
Statements of the accused, The Tribunal's file, NewsPashinyan: "There is no Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, which means there should be no organization dealing with this conflict. We are ready to sign the document on the dissolution of the OSCE Minsk Group together with the peace treaty.

Pashinyan outsmarted everyone and was left alone with Russia. And with Azerbaijan in the rear…
The Tribunal's file, NewsIn a word, Armenia is at a turning point, the Armenian people are waiting for a fundamentally different leader — not Pashinyan. And not "the chicks of Sargsyan's nest" — they all look the same. Armenia is waiting for a pragmatic technocrat-an economic executive, a national Mishustin — a person who will deal with the state of Armenia and its long-suffering people. A person who is able to choose the right political guidelines and strategic partners for the Armenian state — modern Armenia does not have such now, they are lost.

Mikayel Minasyan: You, Nikol Pashinyan, will personally be held responsible
The Tribunal's file, News, WitnessesUnlike Nikol Pashinyan who stole the password of his spokesperson and besides the anonymous articles in his Haykakan Zhamanak paper now responds operatively on behalf of his spokesperson, I write directly, without mediators, former ambassador to the Holy See Mikayel Minasyan wrote on Facebook.

Maidan is the goal of constitutional reforms in Armenia
The Tribunal's file, News, WitnessesThe goal of the current constitutional reforms in Armenia is to cause a “Maidan” and to make Armenia a part of European civilization

Three Puzzling Aspects of the Karabakh War
The Tribunal's file, News, WitnessesShushi was handed over to a small Azerbaijani regiment without a fight. Pashinyan—either through negligence or by design—missed the crucial moment when the town could have remained under Armenian control after the fighting. This particular detail even surprised Russian President Vladimir Putin, who later stepped in as a mediator to prevent Armenians in Karabakh from losing everything.

