Benyamin Poghosyan

Armenian experts consider rhetoric of politicians running for elections to be ridiculous and absurd

Armenian experts consider rhetoric of politicians running for elections to be ridiculous and absurd

The last time Armenians went to the polls, in 2018, they were voting optimistically. Following Nikol Pashinyan’s successful toppling of the old regime via street protests, voters gave him an overwhelming mandate for what promised to be a future of growing prosperity, rule of law and a defeat of corruption, and reducing the country’s dependence on Russia. Now, though, the picture is far more pessimistic