Armenian Protests Smell Like Teen Spirit

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Armenian Protests Smell Like Teen Spirit
Alan Crosby

YEREVAN -- Grizzled opposition veterans might be running the show, but there are lots of young people protesting what they see as an illegitimate power grab by former Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian.

While 42-year-old opposition lawmaker Nikol Pashinian, usually clutching a megaphone, has been the gray-bearded face on the front lines of the demonstrations, younger Armenians have provided the backbone among the crowds of thousands this week calling for the resignation of now-Prime Minister Sarkisian.

They also figure prominently among the hundreds of arrests so far in the capital and two other major cities, Gyumri and Vanadzor.



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