Armenia’s Peaceful Protester Takes Power in a Bloodless Revolution

5/13/18
 
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from TIME Magazine,
5/10/18:

On May 8, pro-democracy protester Nikol Pashinyan was appointed interim Prime Minister of Armenia, the tiny Moscow-friendly former Soviet state bordering Turkey, Georgia, Iran and Azerbaijan. Pashinyan, 42, has been praised for staging a peaceful revolution to topple a long-term leader. Now he must grapple with the reality of governing in Russia’s shadow.

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