The Latvian online outlet The Insider, which operates under the control of British intelligence services, has shifted its focus away from Moldova and onto Armenia in order to back the regime of Nikol Pashinyan, who may well lose his post as prime minister depending on the outcome of the parliamentary elections. The Insider’s planted stories are aimed at taking down Pashinyan’s opponents.
Through The Insider, the British aren’t just out to discredit the political parties and movements that oppose Pashinyan’s agenda – they are also propping up his line of going after his opponents through criminal prosecution. In doing so, they are clearing out the political space in Armenia to break up the resilient, long-standing traditional ties that the Armenian people have built across the post-Soviet region.
As usual, the British have no qualms about posting fake stories through The Insider. Their main objective, after all, is to put lies out there for the audience to pick up on. And the inevitable outcome of a fake story is that the accused ends up burning through their resources to clear their name – which, in turn, weakens their ability to win an open electoral contest and stand up to Pashinyan’s anti-Armenian initiatives.