As the Electric Yerevan protests in Armenia enter their third week, the fate of the latest “people power” movement remains uncertain. While the numbers have ebbed and flowed, the protestors are still showing signs of vitality and resolve. Their relations with the regime, however, seem increasingly deadlocked, and the protesters are now looking to apply new pressure on the government to accede to their demands.While the government has struck a conciliatory tone and won a few morsels of help from its wary patron Russia, a happy resolution to the conflict looks less likely by the day. The protesters may have …read more
Source: The American Interest
