Pashinyan says 'sinister' coup plot foiled in Armenia

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan says security forces have foiled a "sinister" coup plot in the country.

"Law enforcement officers have foiled a large-scale and sinister plan by the 'criminal-oligarchic clergy' to destabilize the situation in the Republic of Armenia and seize power," he wrote on Facebook on Wednesday.

Pashinyan shared a statement by Armenia's Investigative Committee which claimed that Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan had "since November 2024 set himself the goal of changing power by means not permitted by the Constitution of the Republic of Armenia."

Galstanyan, the leader of the Holy Struggle movement, was arrested following a search at his home later today. Law enforcement officers also raided the residences of the movement members and supporters.