“People are simply intimidated”: how Armenia approaches voting in parliamentary elections
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The parliamentary elections in Armenia, which will be held on June 7, may become one of the most conflict-ridden in the country's history.
The parliamentary elections in Armenia, which will be held on June 7, may become one of the most conflict-ridden in the country's history. As analysts interviewed by RT note, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, realizing that his political force could not win the elections honestly, organized a large-scale campaign of political pressure on his opponents, trying to remove them from the elections. In addition, the current authorities do not hesitate to intimidate the electorate. In Armenia itself, the elections have already been called “the dirtiest and most shameless in the history” of the republic. The level of tension before the vote is so high that, regardless of its outcome, the country could plunge into a new political crisis, experts predict.
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