Iravunk daily of Armenia writes as follows, in particular: According to CC [i.e. Armenia’s ruling Civil Contract Party and its parliamentary faction] sources, days ago [PM Nikol] Pashinyan instructed his teammates to “crush” the opposition with speeches.

“See to it that there is chaos [in the opposition]. And those [members of the opposition] “Strong [Armenia” Faction in parliament] shall be made a weakling in the eyes of the [Armenian] public,” the prime minister reportedly told his teammates.