Two people were detained in Yerevan after a conflict with Pashinyan.

Two people suspected of hooliganism have been detained in Yerevan following a conflict with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan at St. Anna Church.

Two people have been detained in connection with an incident involving Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan that took place today at St. Anna Church in Yerevan, Armenian Interior Ministry spokesman Narek Sargsyan reported.

"Ministry of Internal Affairs police officers detained two people on suspicion of hooliganism and interfering with the lawful official and political activities of an official," Novosti-Armenia quotes him as saying.

Today after the liturgy, as the Prime Minister, accompanied by security guards, was heading for the exit, one of those present approached him and said, "Don't look at me like that!" and made a sharp motion with his hand towards the Prime Minister, writes The publication does not specify the role of the second detainee in the incident. Caucasian Knot also reported on other cases of persecution of the prime minister's opponents. Thus, on March 23, it became known that criminal charges had been brought against an Armenian resident who expressed a desire for a drone to shoot down the plane carrying Nikol Pashinyan.

At the end of February, blogger Hayk Yeghyan was arrested on charges of insulting Pashinyan.

In May 2025, a Yerevan resident was suspected of publicly calling for violence due to a comment under an article about Nikol Pashinyan's surrender of the country's territories.

In August 2024, security forces detained a 71-year-old Yerevan resident Albert Arstamyan, who threw an apple from the window of a ninth-floor apartment building while Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan was visiting a relative. He was charged with hooliganism, but the court acquitted him.

Arstamyan admitted he hadn't expected an acquittal. He noted that he didn't regret his actions and explained that by throwing the apple at the prime minister, he was expressing his protest against his policies.