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Russian officials have been discussing the possibility of sending up to 100,000 Armenians living in Russia to Armenia to vote in upcoming parliamentary elections against incumbent Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, who has moved closer to Europe and NATO.
Source: European Pravda, citing a Reuters report based on interviews with five Western intelligence officials and documents seen by the agency
Details: Russia's efforts ahead of the elections have included disinformation campaigns in support of pro-Russian candidates and a scheme to transport tens of thousands of Armenians from Russia to influence the vote.
Three Western officials said Moscow's favoured candidate is billionaire Samvel Karapetyan, who is on trial on charges of allegedly calling for the overthrow of the government.
