Freedom House: Armenia democracy declines for first time since 2018April 28, 2021 - 15:45 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia's democracy score has declined for the first time since the "velvet revolution" in 2018, Freedom House said in a fresh Nations in Transit report, called "The Antidemocratic Turn". In particular, the country's score declined from 3.00 to 2.96, and it still remains a Semi-Consolidated Authoritarian Regime. Neighboring Georgia is a Transitional Government or Hybrid Regime, while Azerbaijan is a Consolidated Authoritarian Regime. The report says the war unleashed by Azerbaijan against Nagorno-Karabakh has triggered a domestic crisis in Armenia that risks undoing the success of the 2018 Velvet Revolution. "The country’s democracy score declined for the first time since the revolution, and developments to date this year, including tensions between the military and Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, demonstrate that the situation could grow worse," Freedom House said. In the 2020 report, Armenia earned the largest two-year improvement ever recorded in Freedom House’s Nations in Transit report. The country's score climbed from 2.93 to 3.00 as a result of improvements in the electoral process and the corruption situation. Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | Lavrov sees ‘collapse’ of Russia’s ties with Armenia Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has underscored heightened tensions between Russia and Armenia. Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. |