2. Is there a ban on donations from foreign interests to candidates?

"2. The candidate's pre-election fund shall be formed: 1) from his own personal resources; 2) the means provided by the party that nominated him; 3) voluntary contributions of the persons entitled to vote.

3. Pre-election fund of the party (party alliance) which participates in elections shall be formed: 1) the means of that party (members of the alliance); 2) personal means of the candidate included in the electoral list of the political party participating in the elections (party alliance); 3) voluntary contributions of the persons entitled to vote."

Paragraph 4 of Article 26 also provides that "The amounts paid to the pre-election funds by natural and legal persons not mentioned in paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Article shall be transferred to the state budget."

Source: Article 26 (2), (3) and (4), Electoral Code of the Republic of Armenia, 2016

Although donations from foreign interests to candidates are not explicitly banned, the paragraph 4 of Article 26  of the Electoral Code of Armenia provides that donations from persons, both physical and legal, not eligible to make donations to pre-election funds, are immediately transferred to state budget. The eligible entities are indicated in the paragraphs 2 and 3 of the Article 26, which do not make any reference to any foreign entity.