Acting Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has cemented his position with a landslide election victory called to end a political crisis that erupted after ethnic Armenian forces lost a six-week war against Azerbaijan last year and ceded territory in and around the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh.
RFE/RL: Armenians urged to respect rule of law following snap elections
Armenia's acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan (C) delivers a speech during a rally in central Yerevan, on June 21, 2021, a day Armenians voted in snap parliamentary elections, which he called to end a political crisis ignited by his country's humiliating military defeat to Azerbaijan last year.