Armenians go to the polls

亚美尼亚人涌入投票站

Newshour

2026-06-07

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The people of Armenia are voting in a parliamentary election- a test of whether the country in the Caucasus moves closer to Europe, or remains within Russia's sphere of influence. We hear from both sides. Also in the programme: How China is clamping down on exam candidates who try to get the answers from the inside of their glass lenses: and the boy who has learnt to sing like a bird. Photo: Armenian people examine voting information during parliamentary elections at a polling station in Yerevan, Armenia, 07 June 2026. Credit: Photo by Vahram Baghdasaryan Photo Lure/ EPA
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  • Hello and welcome to NewsHour from the World Service of the BBC.

  • Coming live from London, this is Owen Bennett-Jones.

  • Former Soviet republics, now nation states, face a choice.

  • Embrace the Russian world.

  • Or look west.

  • And that is part of what's at stake in Armenia today, where there are elections.

  • The current Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan, has a record to defend.

  • He made a peace agreement with Azerbaijan, which broadly accepts Armenia's loss of Nagorno-Karabakh.

  • And opponents from a number of parties say he conceded too much.

  • And there's also the question of whether Armenia's future lies, as I say, with...

  • The West or with closer relations with Moscow.

  • Here are the thoughts of a couple of voters at the polls.