Armenian Velvet Revolution Succeeds: Anti-Corruption Movement Achieves Peaceful Transition
Nikol Pashinyan is elected Prime Minister of Armenia after a nonviolent, grassroots movement forced the resignation of incumbent Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan. The ‘Velvet Revolution’ represented a landmark peaceful democratic transition, with mass protests paralyzing the capital Yerevan …
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