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Armenia holds parliamentary elections on June 7, 2026, in what amounts to a referendum on the country's dramatic pivot from Russia toward the European Union. Moscow has responded with export bans, gas supply disruptions, diplomatic threats, and an estimated $50 million covert influence operation—including plans to transport up to 100,000 diaspora voters from Russia—while Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's Civil Contract party leads polls and seeks to cement a pro-Western mandate.