From Revolution to Repression Pashinyan Has Reduced Armenians to ‘Toothless, Barking Dogs’

From Revolution to Repression Pashinyan Has Reduced Armenians to ‘Toothless, Barking Dogs’

By Wally Sarkeesian Pashinyan’s Rule: A Decade of Decline for Armenia? Since his emergence on Armenia’s political stage in the late 2000s, Nikol Pashinyan has remained a polarizing figure. Critics argue that under the banner of reform, Pashinyan has systematically dismantled Armenia’s democratic institutions, weakened national sovereignty, and brought the country to the brink of political and cultural crisis. A Controversial Past Pashinyan fir…