Armenia is again agitated. Mass protests have already captured not only Yerevan but also the second largest city of the Republic of Gyumri and a number of other settlements. People who only achieved the resignation of Prime Minister Serge Sargsyan on Monday put forward new demands. They want to see the leader of the opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan. I must say, Pashinyan himself pours oil on the fire. On the morning of Wednesday, April 25, he announced his readiness to become the head of the Cabinet, if "the will of the people". Later, he met with and. premier Karen Karapetyan, but instead of agreeing on how to calm down the republic, he put forward an ultimatum: the representative of the ruling Republican Party headed by Serzh Sargsyan and whose member Karapetyan is a member should not be the prime minister. "RPA (Republican Party of Armenia) plays for a while. I would not advise them to do this, "Pashinyan reacted to Karapetyan's proposal to hold early parliamentary elections. "They want to appoint Karen Karapetyan as prime minister and think that the people are so naive and do not understand that they want to change one Republican to another," Pashinyan said. "The newspaper. Ru ".

According to the leader of the opposition, the new prime minister should be elected in the National Assembly, as required by law. But first, the people who gathered in the square near the parliament building should approve the candidate. The people on the streets of the Armenian capital and other cities, and indeed, a lot. In the morning, two BTRs, several buses and a large number of policemen stood at the office of the Republican Party, RIA Novosti reports.. Special machinery is also seen in other places of the city. But the situation as a whole is peaceful, eyewitnesses say. RPA deputies are counting on the assistance of the country's president Armen Sargsyan: they appealed to him with a request to call opposition forces for dialogue, head of the parliamentary faction of Republicans Vahram Baghdasaryan told journalists.. Moscow continues to react with restraint to what is happening in Armenia. "We believe that this is an internal matter, and we hope that our Armenian friends will be able to resolve this situation and reach a stable design and a consensus decision in the near future," commented Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.

It is important that the events in Yerevan are not confused with the Kyiv Maydan of 2013-14, emphasizes Nikolai Platoshkin, Head of the International Relations and Diplomacy Department of the Moscow Humanitarian University. "In Armenia, the opposition - from the Communists to the Rights - was overthrown by the premier Serge Sargsyan, who in this country is considered the embodiment of total, wild corruption. People who are now coming to power are inclined to cooperate with Russia, "the expert said in an interview with RIA FAN. In his opinion, Armenia can become an example of the fact that in the CIS the change of power can be bloodless and truly popular.