A website that had previously published fake news has once again targeted Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and his family in what Yerevan described as yet another disinformation campaign.
The website known as VT Foreign Policy published a false report accusing Mariam Pashinyan, the eldest daughter of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, of running an illegal scheme through her Atlix service business and embezzling over 80 million USD from the state budget. The article was subsequently posted on X by an account named RussiaNews.
Nazeli Baghdasaryan, the spokesperson for the Prime Minister, denied the report.
“The article is a lie and has nothing to do with reality. This is yet another disinformation campaign against the country’s prime minister and members of his family,” Baghdasaryan said in a statement.
The article also linked the alleged scheme to Armenian businessman Samvel Alexanyan, falsely describing him as a member of the ruling Civil Contract party—which he has never been—and accusing him of using Atlix for gunrunning to “Kurdish groups” abroad.
False information was also published about Pashinyan’s ex-wife, Anna Hakobyan, as well as her brother and lawmaker Hrachya Hakobyan, accusing them of involvement in corruption scandals.
