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Foreign policy

Civil Contract MP Lusine Badalyan denied entry into Russia

First reported by Factor: 17:56, 14 October

Updated Yesterday, 13:27, 36 sources

Foreign policy. Photo: Beko / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped
Photo: Beko / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped

Lusine Badalyan, an MP from the Civil Contract faction, said that on October 14 she was not allowed to enter the Russian Federation on the grounds that she is banned from entering the country. She was due to attend a session of the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly's Commission on Social Policy and Human Rights in Saint Petersburg. According to the MP, the reason for the ban is unknown to her.

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  1. Factor (Balanced)
  2. 24news.am (Opposition)
  3. 168 Zham (Opposition)
  4. Radar Armenia (Opposition)
  5. Tert.am (Opposition)
  6. Past / Pastinfo (Opposition)
  7. Armlur / Joghovurd (Opposition)
  8. Oragir.news (Opposition)
  9. Hraparak (Opposition)
  10. Shant TV / Shantnews (Balanced)
  11. Alphanews.am (Opposition)
  12. Mediahub (Opposition)
  13. Public TV news (H1 / Lurer) (Pro-government)
  14. News.am (Opposition)
  15. Infocom (Balanced)
  16. Armenpress (Pro-government)
  17. FreeNews (Pro-government)
  18. Civic.am (Pro-government)
  19. Haykakan Zhamanak (Armtimes) (Pro-government)
  20. Azatutyun (RFE/RL) (Balanced)
  21. Iravunk (Opposition)
  22. Aravot (Balanced)
  23. Yerkir Media (Opposition)
  24. Sputnik Armenia (Foreign)
  25. Yerevan.Today (Opposition)
  26. Hetq (Balanced)
  27. Panorama (Opposition)
  28. Politik.am (Opposition)
  29. Mamul.am (Balanced)
  30. Golos Armenii (Opposition)
  31. OC Media (Foreign)
  32. Azg (Opposition)
  33. Livenews.am (Opposition)
  34. 5th Channel (Opposition)

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