At armenialiberty.org there is a useful update on the political situation in Armenia.

It reports that, unsurprisingly, President Serzh Sarkisian has been re-elected as head of the ruling HHK party. More interestingly, though, it gives an overview of some of the pressures that President Sarkisian is facing within the HHK party. From a semi-presidential perspective, it is significant that, even in highly presidentialised Armenia, the opponents to President Sarkisian’s policy seem to be targeting the prime minster as a way of trying to bring about change.

In addition, the article also reports on the potentially significant development whereby former president and now de facto leader of the opposition, Levon Ter-Petrosian, has offered to support the regime in return for changes to the country’s political process. President Ter-Petrosian has also defended the controversial deal between the Armenian government and Turkey that has been criticised by nationalists.