The Region in Brief

Armenia An investigation has found that PM Nikol Pashinyan’s Civil Contract Party has abused administrative resources to secure a victory for the ruling party in the upcoming municipal election. The Union of Informed Citizens (UIC) has found that the local government in the town of Spitak has been drawing up lists of people born in the region residing in Yerevan who promise to vote for Civil Contract Party candidate Tigran Avinyan in the mayoral election in September. Spitak officials have