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Foreign policy & security

Masadykov: CSTO may discuss stripping Armenia of voting rights

First reported by News.am: 13:31

Updated 19:21, 34 sources

Foreign policy & security. Photo: primeminister.am, cropped
Photo: primeminister.am, cropped

CSTO Secretary General Taalatbek Masadykov said in Minsk that the Collective Security Council may discuss applying Article 25 of the charter to Armenia on November 10. The article provides for the loss of voting rights and the suspension of nominations to quota positions in the event of two years of arrears to the budget. According to him, the draft decision was submitted by Russia, and the question of expelling Armenia is not being discussed.

Coverage timeline

Who reported first and how the others caught up. Each bar shows how many of that side's outlets covered the story.

First to report: News.am · 13:31 · Opposition

Pro-government 4 / 6 First: Haykakan Zhamanak (Armtimes), 1 h 23 min later
Balanced 8 / 14 First: Radar Armenia, 24 min later
Opposition 16 / 21 First: News.am, 13:31

Foreign outlets: 6, first: RIA Novosti, 13:44

Timeline as a list
  1. News.am (Opposition)
  2. RIA Novosti (Foreign)
  3. Radar Armenia (Balanced)
  4. Armlur / Joghovurd (Opposition)
  5. Tert.am (Opposition)
  6. 24news.am (Opposition)
  7. 168 Zham (Opposition)
  8. Shant TV / Shantnews (Balanced)
  9. Alphanews.am (Opposition)
  10. Mediahub (Opposition)
  11. Golos Armenii (Opposition)
  12. Mamul.am (Balanced)
  13. Aravot (Balanced)
  14. APA (Foreign)
  15. Ararat News (Balanced)
  16. Panorama (Opposition)
  17. Yerevan.Today (Opposition)
  18. Hayeli (Opposition)
  19. Past / Pastinfo (Opposition)
  20. Sputnik Armenia (Foreign)
  21. Livenews.am (Opposition)
  22. Iravunk (Opposition)
  23. Yerkir Media (Opposition)
  24. Haykakan Zhamanak (Armtimes) (Pro-government)
  25. Politik.am (Opposition)
  26. Factor (Balanced)
  27. Infocom (Balanced)
  28. Armenpress (Pro-government)
  29. Vestnik Kavkaza (Foreign)
  30. Azernews (Foreign)
  31. Civic.am (Pro-government)
  32. 1in.am (Balanced)
  33. TASS (Foreign)
  34. Public TV news (H1 / Lurer) (Pro-government)

All sources

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