Nikol Pashinyan and the puppets gathered around him appeared to learn nothing from the parliamentary elections held on June 7, 2026, in which the Civil Contract party achieved what seemed to be a victory or rather, what history knows as a Pyrrhic victory. As a reminder, a Pyrrhic victory is one won at the cost of such immense losses and sacrifices that it amounts, in reality, to a defeat. According to tale, when one of the ancient world's greatest commanders, King Pyrrhus of Epirus, was congratulated on his crushing victory over the supposedly invincible Roman army, he famously replied: "One more such victory, and we shall be left without an army."
As for the Civil Contract, should there be one more election like this, the political party will be left without an army of voters. Pashinyan knows perfectly well the "dirty price" he paid for this electoral "victory": repression, the misuse of administrative resources, vote-buying, and countless other electoral violations previously unseen or unheard of. In a country like Armenia, situated at the crossroads of competing external influences, special rules of the game apply. Elections must be free and fair, and the people themselves must choose their own destiny. It was no coincidence that, ahead of Armenia's elections, the President of the Russian Federation hinted at precisely this point, emphasizing that he would gladly accept and respect "whatever choice the Armenian people make."
It is now no longer a secret that the person "elected" prime minister in the June elections is by no means the choice of the Armenian people; he was rejected by the majority of our nation. Undoubtedly, this is the reason, or at least one of the principal reasons, that Vladimir Putin took a principled position and, even after the "re-election," never congratulated our self-proclaimed leader. The significance of such a step by the leader of one of the world's superpowers and Armenia's strategic partner is self-evident. In a single word, it is a disgrace for Armenia and the Armenian people, who for eight years have tolerated an unworthy individual who has turned the state upside down, brought about three wars, and squandered an entire generation of people in their reproductive years.
On the other hand, by refusing to recognize the results of Armenia's elections, Moscow effectively declares the country's new authorities illegitimate. This would mean that any document signed by that government would be regarded by the Russian Federation as lacking legal force. Diplomatic relations would not be formally severed, but they would be sharply downgraded: ambassadors would be recalled, while high-level contacts and official visits would be frozen. Even now, relations between Armenia and Russia are already highly strained and vulnerable, owing to the strict restrictions imposed on Armenian agricultural exports to Russia, Armenia's unpromising political overtures toward the European Union, and the possibility of higher prices for imported utilities.
Nonetheless, let us return to the conduct of our protagonist, who, instead of showing some restraint after his Pyrrhic victory, has become even more brazen, malicious, and aggressive. He has not abandoned his determination to "crush" and "reduce to homelessness" his three main opposition rivals. This is despite the fact that Samvel Karapetyan had been under house arrest from the very outset, preventing him from conducting a full-fledged election campaign. Gagik Tsarukyan was already facing criminal proceedings, quite apart from the fact that Nikol effectively appropriated some 60,000 votes that would otherwise have gone to him. As for the second president, law enforcement agencies, acting on the instruction of a single individual, are now digging up a meaningless case dating back twenty-five years.
Nikol's situation is deteriorating beyond hope: he failed in the elections. Even after so many electoral violations, he was unable to achieve the bare minimum—a "50+1" majority. How, then, is he supposed to amend the Constitution? More fundamentally, how is he to live with the stigma of being branded an election fraudster? Nikol is in a frenzy. Let us conclude with a brief excerpt from one of his recent speeches: "I'm telling you—the Kaluga oligarch, Robert Kocharyan, and that other one, the Belarusian: I am going to crush you, personally... by every possible means. Anyone who disagrees with the citizens of the Republic of Armenia, get out starting today! Launch a revolution. There is simply no other way to stop this process."
The man's heart longs for a revolution. Perhaps he came to power through a revolution and now wishes to leave by one as well. A magnificent thought.
“Hayatsk Yerevanits” Journal