Armenian law enforcement officers are conducting searches at the apartment of Karen Simonyan, a member of the Gyumri Council of Elders and a candidate for parliament from the Armenia bloc. According to Armenian media, the search is part of a case opened on charges of "voter bribery." "The search is related to cases of giving and receiving electoral bribes by supporters of a political force," the media noted. Karen Simonyan ran for mayor of Gyumri in 2025 with the Mother Armenia movement.