From a gated hilltop mansion on the outskirts of Yerevan, Russian-Armenian billionaire-turned-opposition figure Samvel Karapetyan is carefully coordinating his path to power. An energy sector magnate who made his fortune in Russia, Karapetyan has been under house arrest since January. From behind his high iron gates, he and his pro-Russian Strong Armenia party have emerged as the most prominent force among Armenia's bloc of scattered opposition parties. In Sunday's election, that opposition is

Armenians head to the polls Sunday in a parliamentary election seen as a key test of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s pro-Western agenda. The election...

Prime minister Nikol Pashinyan, who has sought greater alignment with the West, faces a challenge from the largely pro-Russian opposition in this weekend’s elections