Armenia is holding an election that will gauge Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's success in reducing dependence on Moscow. Russia is accused of attempting to influence the outcome.

Polls open in Armenia on Sunday in a vote that is set to test the former Soviet republic's ties with Russia. As Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has sought to loosen dependence on Moscow, the Kremlin has been accused of seeking to sway the vote and Armenia's EU ambitions to the same path it claims triggered its 2022 invasion of Ukraine.